No More Worldcons in the United States? [Science fiction community laments Trump immigration "horrors"]

File770.com ^ | April 12, 2025 | Gary Westfahl

[Army Air Corps]

oops, I was thinking of Neil Breen.

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I’ve lived in Maine for 33 years and I have never been to Canada. I have no desire to go there.

[ClayinVA]

They held the 2023 WorldCon in China so I really don’t care about their option that much on people being thrown in prison. Trust me, anyone with an account on this board would not be welcome. WorldCon is not completely dead but they are getting closer every year.

[KittyKares]

Are they unfriendly to female Americans? I’ve never been to Canada and almost made it once. I would rather go to Canada than to Mexico, but that might be a mistake nowadays.

[Bikkuri]

Good.. Maybe this next generation will focus more on reality instead of living in fantasy worlds, manga, and anime.

[rlmorel]

LOL...this is probably chauvinistic and unrealistic, but I suspect there is a possibility they might not treat females the same as males.

I have a suspicion it is more enjoyable for sadistic border guards to get a rise out of mistreating men, but I cannot discount the occasional misogynistic male or female guard who might get their jollies the other way.

To be fair-I generally have no issues with individual Canadians I have known. I only seem to have these kinds of issues with the Canadian Border Patrol.

[rlmorel]

I can’t argue with you, though I have gone up to Canada for hockey games, winter carnivals and such.

But yes-I kind of feel the same way you do.

[KittyKares]

Thanks. So if I ever get to Canada, I can hope to have a better experience than you did.

If I go, I will try to go with a tour group; that might give me some protection.

[rlmorel]

Heh, If I were a woman, I would fully expect them to treat me courteously. Being an American man with a military cap and short hair, I probably triggered some kind of alarm on their system.

Or I am on a list shared by by the previous Administration with Canadian authorities in which Im classified as a Domestic Terrorist, Christian, White Supremacist. That is possible too...:)

[packrat35]

Reality is for those who can’t face science fiction...

[KittyKares]

Im classified as a Domestic Terrorist, Christian, White Supremacist.
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And heterosexual male. You check all the wrong boxes for Progressives.

[rlmorel]

LOL, I forgot that one!

[KittyKares]

Progressives sure won’t forget.