No, not really. Many conventions are run in ways that are not the way I would do it but the end of fandom will come from not being able to talk to each other about differing opinions without it descending into insults and personal attacks.
If you are actually reading what I am saying without putting your personal bias into it then you are not understanding what is being said. I am in favor of mask, in favor of vaccines and have no problems with those requirements for a con. Either one I attend or one I might run.
What I am saying is there is a middle ground with those requirements - it is quite possible to have a safe convention with masks and vaccines required without the extremes of Westercon's requirement. As noted, the November con we attended required masks and vaccines but also allowed for a negative test within 72 hours of the event as well as requirements for those too young (at that time) to be vaccinated.
There is no one, set-in-stone, method to safely hold an event post-COVID
People can have honest differences of opinion and should be able to discuss them without insults or misrepresenting what is being said by either side. Once the topic veers off into personal comments then no real discussion is possible since at least one side has decided to not actually listen to what the other is saying.
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Re: Sarcastic translation of a wall of text
Date: 2022-06-12 10:43 am (UTC)If you are actually reading what I am saying without putting your personal bias into it then you are not understanding what is being said. I am in favor of mask, in favor of vaccines and have no problems with those requirements for a con. Either one I attend or one I might run.
What I am saying is there is a middle ground with those requirements - it is quite possible to have a safe convention with masks and vaccines required without the extremes of Westercon's requirement. As noted, the November con we attended required masks and vaccines but also allowed for a negative test within 72 hours of the event as well as requirements for those too young (at that time) to be vaccinated.
There is no one, set-in-stone, method to safely hold an event post-COVID
People can have honest differences of opinion and should be able to discuss them without insults or misrepresenting what is being said by either side. Once the topic veers off into personal comments then no real discussion is possible since at least one side has decided to not actually listen to what the other is saying.