Eleanor Saitta <[email protected]> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2013.06.24 07.19, Douwe Schmidt wrote: >> Dear LibTech Readers, >> >> In a little bit over a month OHM2013 is happening in The >> Netherlands. There has been a lot of controversy in the run-up to >> this gathering. There was criticism of the involvement of tech >> security company Fox-IT, then there was a heated debate on the >> presence of Dutch High-tech Crime Unit in a village of their own. >> Both discussions have calmed down. But the relevance of these >> topics was clarified and reinforced. > > It's very sad that the organizing team has not actually taken any > meaningful steps to address either their complicity with the > manufacture of surveillance equipment, their acceptance of the > promotion of a fascist police force, or the way they treated people > who had previously been part of their own team during the "discussion" > that ensued. In fact, as far as I can tell, absolutely nothing has > happened on their end, they've just out-waited any discussion. > > A lot of people are asking me to change my mind on attending, and it > sounds like you guys are going to have a lot of fun, but I'm finding > myself pretty unmotivated to change my mind given that much of the > organizing team doesn't seem to care at all about human rights.
I felt the same way as you, but someone convinced me that boycotting just removes my voice from this conversation, and that attending gives a chance to have this well needed discussion with the community. -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
