We put our money into organizations that we feel mirror our sensibilities. I would presume most people do the same. If you look online, you can already see that many people have organized activiely AGAINST Susan G Komen based upon this incident, that they are pulling any plans for future donations for them because they feel the organization has betrayed them. They will find another cancer organization to support.
And while I agree that the conference is being held in Egypt, it is being sponsored by an American organization. Much like the tennis competition in the UAE earlier this year (when they didn't issue a visa to the female Israeli player)...if you expect to host international events, then sponsoring organizations get a say in how things are conducted. The UAE almost lost the right to host ANY internationahop sporting events because of their decision -- and they quickly decided that that wasn't what they wanted, so they relented and allowed the male Israeli player to be granted a visa.
If Egypt wants to host its own, home-grown cancer conference, they can go right ahead. But if they want the stature and expertise of an organization that comes from another country to be involved, then they should be sensitive to that country's sensibilities.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx
We put our money into organizations that we feel mirror our sensibilities. I would presume most people do the same. If you look online, you can already see that many people have organized activiely AGAINST Susan G Komen based upon this incident, that they are pulling any plans for future donations for them because they feel the organization has betrayed them. They will find another cancer organization to support.
And while I agree that the conference is being held in Egypt, it is being sponsored by an American organization. Much like the tennis competition in the UAE earlier this year (when they didn't issue a visa to the female Israeli player)...if you expect to host international events, then sponsoring organizations get a say in how things are conducted. The UAE almost lost the right to host ANY internationahop sporting events because of their decision -- and they quickly decided that that wasn't what they wanted, so they relented and allowed the male Israeli player to be granted a visa.
If Egypt wants to host its own, home-grown cancer conference, they can go right ahead. But if they want the stature and expertise of an organization that comes from another country to be involved, then they should be sensitive to that country's sensibilities.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx