On 11/07/11 19:06, E L wrote: > So not only decided to ban Israeli academy. But he also banned > Jewish Israelis and is going to give both lectures for Palestinians? > > Now it's not even political anymore, just plain antisemitic decision > on his side. > I think hamakor should send a protest letter to the FSF. Please, let's all calm down and not blow this out of proportions.
The Palestinian boycott, with which RMS decided (wrongfully, IMO) to abide, demands that any Israeli institutes that someone speaks at during the same tour as speaking in Palestinian ones not only are not academic themselves, but actively declare their support for the Palestinian boycott. Yes, this is an anti-free speech demand, but since the original boycott is already the worst kind of anti-free speech, I can't say how this worse. Once that demand was made, RMS's only option (aside from refusing the trip, which, right though it would be, he already chose not to) is to only go with Israeli institutes that declare their support for the academic boycott. I don't know whether the Haifa one did, but the one in Jaffa did (http://room404.net/?p=42969). I can assume the Haifa one made a similar statement. For obvious reasons, few mainly Jewish organizations would make such a statement. So, not antisemitism. Just stupidity. willful ignorance and lack of consistent principles. Since these are the same stupidity, willful ignorance and lack of consistent principles that were already discussed to death, here and elsewhere, I suggest we avoid going (this time around) and leave it at that. Shachar > > Ban RMS EULA! > > Ely > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Guy Sheffer <guysof...@gmail.com > <mailto:guysof...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Please forward this around > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org <mailto:r...@gnu.org>> > To: Guy Sheffer <guys...@gmail.com <mailto:guys...@gmail.com>> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:19:47 -0400 > Subject: Talks in Israel > I will give two talks in Israel. Please spread the word. > > Haifa: > Copyright vs Community in the Age of the Computer Networks > July 21 at 5pm (sharp). > Baladna Youth Club > Zion Street 3-A > Haifa > > Tel Aviv area: > For a Free Digital Society > July 22, 15:00 > Al Saraya Theater > Mifratz Shlomo St. 10 (near the hamam) > Ancient Jaffa > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org <http://www.fsf.org> www.gnu.org <http://www.gnu.org> > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > Discussions@hamakor.org.il <mailto:Discussions@hamakor.org.il> > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > Discussions@hamakor.org.il > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd. http://www.lingnu.com
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