On 4/23/08, BJörn Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I fully agree. We think that the actions of the gnome foundation has a > profound impact on the world, that the choice of venue is important. > That holding the conference in morocco lends the moroccian *regime* > credibility it does not deserve. > Wouldn't you be just spreading some kind of FUD ? What do you know about the Moroccan (not moroccian) regime and history ? What did the Moroccan people did to you ? Did you ever think that you should stop trying to keep the freedom for yourself and start sharing it with those who may not have it ?
Maybe should you rethink your "We are the good guys, they are the ugly guys" kind of mentality ? Respectfully, -- Ali > > 2008/4/22, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 19:03 +0000, BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > About GUADEC out of Europe, that's fine as long as the place is Ok for > > > > travel. Bangalore has the same problem that US has. Too far... That > > > > said, I love to see GUADEC '11 in Morocco for example... > > > > > > I wouldn't. GNOME is all about creating more freedom, Morocco is all > > > about taking away those freedoms. It would seem weird if the > > > conference was hosted in a country so diametrically opposed to what > > > GNOME stands for. That and the burning summer heat. :) > > > > GNOME is People. Do you have any evidence that the Moroccan *people* > > are opposed to the values GNOME stands for? We think we in GNOME have a > > great thing to offer, and any person on this planet deserves being part > > of this the same as any other one. "Those people have an oppressing > > regime, ignore them" is not a really compelling idea to me. > > > > -- > > behdad > > http://behdad.org/ > > > > "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little > > Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > > > > > > > -- > mvh Björn > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list