On Jan 7, 3:52 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:17:55 -0800, Mensanator wrote: > > On Jan 7, 8:45 am, Terje <f...@usenet.no> wrote: > >> Is there a web service/API out there identifying Israel owned > >> software/software companies/web sites/web services? If I am about to > >> buy a piece of software, but don't want to support the Israeli economy, > >> it would have been handy if I could just poll a web service to get the > >> answer. This information should be kept in a database, and be public to > >> the world through a very simple xml API, something along these lines: > > >> Request: > >> <nameOfCompany>Some Company Name</nameOfCompany> > > >> Response: > >> <isIsraeliOwned>true</isIsraeliOwned> > > >> Here's one source for this kind of information (I am sure there are > >> plenty others):http://www.science.co.il/SoftwareCo.asp > > >> Of course, a web service like this would be equally useful to those who > >> want to support Israeli companies. > > > Something like that web-service that publishes the names and addresses > > of doctors who perform abortions so that they can be assassinated? > > Hey, it's about boycott, not killing them.
One person's boycott is another person's murder. It's like they say, guns don't kill people, people kill people. If guns are banned, then databases of such information should be banned also. > Applied to the doctors > example: You go to someone without a doctors degree, a clothes hanger > and some experience… ;-) > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
