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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by biorach on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:06AM (#38543319)
The distinction between developed and developing countries you think is so clearcut is actually not so clear

"the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986. However, in 2003, the Supreme Court changed opinion and reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_St...

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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by leadingthenet on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:34AM (#38545188)
That looks like the rule of law working as expected to me?
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by ExoticPearTree on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:01AM (#38545630)
You do realize that 20 years ago it was wrong to be gay in various US states, right? And I'm saying this with the consideration that most of the world sees the US as the most advanced country on the planet.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by leadingthenet on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:35AM (#38546144)
The rule of law was correctly implemented. Whether the law was morally correct or not is completely orthogonal to that fact.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by ExoticPearTree on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:00PM (#38546475)
So is the law implemented in various countries in Africa. It's up to you if you want to break the law by going there or not.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by OkayPhysicist on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:10PM (#38551227)
And it's up to the PSF if they want to fund a conference in a country with unconscionable laws.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by bmicraft on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @01:10PM (#38547463)
> most of the world sees the US as the most advanced country on the planet.

With all due respect, mostly the US sees the US as the most advanced country

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