Nir: I'm not sure I understand what you think Stallman needs to "clarify" about his behavior. He already stated quite clearly what his reason is for cancelling: His Palestinian hosts allegedly informed him that if he speaks in Israel, then he is no longer welcome to speak by them. What part of that did you not understand?
If you are implying that there is a deeper, unstated reason for Stallman's cancellation, which he chose not to mention -- well, I would tend to agree with that. But there is no need to demand any "clarification" from him in order to find out what it is: Stallman is a radical anti-Israel extremist, as a brief Google search will reveal rather quickly. It is thus hardly surprising that he cancelled his appearance here; the only surprise was that he ever agreed to it in the first place, before "coming to his senses". I would also venture an educated guess that Stallman's Palestinian hosts were actually *not* the people who raised objections to his speaking engagements here. Far more likely that the objectors were anti-Israel BDS activists from the US college campus scene, who are Stallman's buddies. As Eddie correctly wrote in his reply to Stallman, cancelling the talks is Stallman's legitimate right. People have the right to go and to speak, or not to, wherever they please -- even if their motivations are hateful and morally repugnant, as they most certainly are in Stallman's case. But by the same token, the rest of us have the right, and perhaps even the obligation, to loudly publicize and condemn that morally repugnant behavior. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant". Moshe On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Nir Aides <n...@winpdb.org> wrote: > Hi, > > This is my first post to this mailing list and regretfully on such a > discussion. > > Why on earth did you people go and put this story on slashdot? > Are you 10 years old? > Are you nuts? > > Did any of you try to reach Stallman in an attempt to clarify his notice or > fix the situation? > This entire discussion is silly and childish at best. > > Nir > > > > 2011/5/29 Shai Berger <s...@platonix.com> > >> On Sunday 29 May 2011 02:02:12 Omer Zak wrote: >> > פרסמתי בסלאשדוט. >> >> קישור? אני לא רואה את זה בעמוד הראשי כרגע, וגם לא בחיפושים על "RMS" או >> "Stallman". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discussions mailing list >> Discussions@hamakor.org.il >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > Discussions@hamakor.org.il > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions >
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