On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 12:50 +0300, amichay p. k. wrote: > Even if we don't find a company willing to finance the visit we can > definitely raise funds for this purpose. > > By the way, if Israel would pay for the visit I demand that he will > not give a talk for the Palestinians.
NO WAY! WE SHALL NOT STOOP TO THE PALESTINIANS' LEVEL! I agree with those who suggested to raise funds to cover Stallman's transportation costs in lieu of the Palestinians, and then let him lecture also to the Palestinians - no strings attached. Our issue is one of the academic boycott, not of petty monetary quibbles. --- Omer > 2011/5/29 Hetz Ben Hamo <het...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > > I just read this morning that Richard Stallman will not come > to Israel due to pressure from the Palestinians who sponsor > his visit. > You can read it > here: > http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3519167,00.html?dcRef=ynet > > > My question: I'm pretty sure that hotel + ticket is not such a > huge price. Is there any company that can sponsor his visit, > so we might actually see mister Stallman here after all? -- Linux Mint is insecure by design as it won't accept contributions (bug reports) from Israelis who choose to defend themselves against suicide bombers: http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
