Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Jeremy Hoyland
RMS was bullied into canceling his Israeli University talks by his (paying) Palestinian hosts. He explains here: http://stallman.org/articles/palestine-trip.html Can we PLEASE stop playing politics now? This is NOT the right forum, and we're none of us any good at it. RMS himself is a great

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Complementing the time line: On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:56:13AM +0200, Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > On 11/20/2017 11:20 AM, Vladimir Vainer wrote: > > Can you provide more information on  Israel-Palestine controversy as it > > applies to Open Office? > > Time Line: > > Arab League passes a

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/20/2017 11:20 AM, Vladimir Vainer wrote: Can you provide more information on  Israel-Palestine controversy as it applies to Open Office? Time Line: Arab League passes a boycott of Israel. (this will become important later) Oslo accords create Palestinian Authority.  The PA sends

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Vladimir Vainer
Can you provide more information on Israel-Palestine controversy as it applies to Open Office? Couldn't find anything on google either. Thanks. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Geoffrey Mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/20/2017 10:08 AM, Omer Zak wrote: > >> I searched

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/20/2017 10:08 AM, Omer Zak wrote: I searched the English Wikipedia and found in its articles no mention of the Israel-Palestine controversy as it pertains to Linux Mint. There is neither mention of it in the Linux Mint article nor as a separate article. According to my findings:

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-20 Thread Omer Zak
I searched the English Wikipedia and found in its articles no mention of the Israel-Palestine controversy as it pertains to Linux Mint. There is neither mention of it in the Linux Mint article nor as a separate article. According to my findings: People, who would like to read about the

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Yehuda Deutsch
I don't see an issue in clem's views, as long that it stays off the community's ground. His apology for mixing open source with politics is here: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=775 I have no idea if this will fuel or calm things, but there is an archived talk sub-page on wikipedia on the subject:

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:15:37 +0200 Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: [very offtopic] > As for moving on, I have, on to another less political distro. > > Geoff. I was in the process of converting all my and my family's computers to Mint when I heard about Clem's litmus

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/19/2017 4:15 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: just wanted to note that I agree in principle. Not every criticism of certain Israeli policies is anti-Semitic. I've written about it in the past here - http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/politics/define-zionism/ . so do I, in fact, I think it is

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Yuval Adam <_...@yuv.al> wrote: > While we're off-topic and discussing misinformation, it's important to > note that being anti Israeli policies (military occupation of Palestine > in this case) is not being anti-semitic. > > Some Zionists seem to be

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Yuval Adam
While we're off-topic and discussing misinformation, it's important to note that being anti Israeli policies (military occupation of Palestine in this case) is not being anti-semitic. Some Zionists seem to be confused about the fact that it's possible to hold strong opinions against immoral and

"antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Off-topic: On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:18:47AM +0200, Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > On 11/19/2017 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > > I've been thinking about Mint, Kubuntu or Fedora - any thoughts (or > > additional options)? > > Linux Mint was developed and maintained by a raving lunatic