Roger,

Respectfully speaking, being vocal against apartheid and international crimes 
is the opposite of hate speech. Furthermore, I think bringing up other 
countries is off-topic.

As Avi correctly mentioned before,

> I think we can safely agree that past actions are not the same as ongoing 
> actions. The objections raised include ongoing actions, not just past ones.

There is an active international boycott campaign against Israel with the goal 
to change the apartheid policies. https://bdsmovement.net/cultural-boycott

Absolutely other areas in the world have similar issues, but that is outside 
the scope here considering the ongoing violence and active campaign, and I 
would hope we don't use other conflicts to be dismissive of this one.

I would also humbly encourage my european friends here to inform themselves of 
the situation (if they haven't already), considering that many european 
countries are responsible for starting and supporting the ongoing conflict.

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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, March 21, 2019 1:13 PM, Roger Shimizu <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 1:59 AM Nasir El-Amin
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Here one Palestinian user of Debian points out he would be excluded: 
> > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/b3cen2/debconf20_to_be_hosted_in_haifa_israel/eiyxby6/
> > How about we agree that Debconf never take place in a country that would 
> > exclude someone based on their religion or national origin as a firm 
> > policy? I’d also be advocating against a Debconf in Saudi Arabia because 
> > they exclude Israelis.
>
> I'm sorry you didn't say so when we had debconf in Taiwan, where ever
> occupied by Spanish, Nederlanders, Japanese, and Chinese.
> That didn't prevent a success conference.
>
> We had fun in Taiwan. And I hope we have fun in Israel, too.
> Please stop hate speech.
>
> Cheers,
>
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>
> Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo
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