Non-US WisCon

[bcholmes]

Beginning of a thought: I've met several UK, Australian and Canadian folk at WisCon. I love WisCon a whole heck of a lot. But I've noticed a lot of US-centrism there. Like when people want to avoid saying "last year, Republicans got slagged a lot", they say, "there was exclusion of non-Democrats" Uh. I'm a non-Democrat.

There's a joke. Someone's trying to explain the American political parties to a Canadian. "Well, the Republicans are, by American standards, right-of-centre, and their positions are probably closest to the Conservatives. And the Democrats are, by American standards, left-of-centre, and their positions are probably closest to the Conservatives."

Let me repeat: WisCon is great. I love WisCon and think that it's easily the best con I've ever been to. But I'd be interested in bouncing around thoughts of WisCon with other non-American WisCon attendees.

Comments

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

I am, indeed. Wanna share a meal?

[lcohen]

yes, absolutely! do you want to try to use the message board thingie? or i could e-mail my cell phone number to you....