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Afghan Girl Roboticists Denied US Visas (bbc.com)
Three anonymous readers share a similar report: An all-girl team of roboticists will watch their creations compete in a US competition via Skype after being denied visas to enter the country. President Trump recently ordered a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries, but Afghanistan was not included on the list. Teams from Iran, Sudan and Syria -- which are on the list -- did manage to enter the country. The six-member team watched their ball-sorting robot compete in Washington DC via a video link from their hometown of Herat, in western Afghanistan. "We still don't know the reason why we were not granted visas, because other countries participating in the competition have been given visas," Fatemah Qaderyan, 14, told Reuters.
Why does the fact that she's Afghani matter? Why does the fact that she's a roboticist matter?
You are welcome on my lawn.
It is possible that the reason is unrelated to Thr Trump Ban. many times people from these particular type of shit-hole countries get a visa of one type or another and then just dissapear into an expat community.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Does anyone know how to make a policy that allows visits from legitimate gadget makers while perfectly screening out anyone who might make a bomb instead? Please post the details here.
"You are a racist" is not an argument. Even if it were true, the policy being debated may not be. It is failed logic called a fallacy.
The left has cried "racist!" so much in my lifetime over things that clearly aren't, that more and more people like me have come to the "easy road"
The "easy road" is just responding "Fine, I'm racist. The word has lost all its meaning thanks to you, so now you can't harm me with it."
"His name was James Damore."