i think the fact that stallman already came to israel and gave a speech here about free software, several years ago (In IBM haifa, sponsored by IBM) - implies that your conclusion is not very likely to be correct.
--guy On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 11:03 +0300, Moshe Z. Matitya wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions _______________________________________________ Discussions mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
