2011/6/15 Ira Abramov <[email protected]> > Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: > > > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > > > > >I don't agree with you, Geoff. What Richard Stallman does as a > > >private person does not mean the FSF in involved. As a private > > >person Richard Stallman has the right to boycott Israeli > > >institutions and universities. It does not mean that the FSF is > > >boycotting Israel. > > > > You can agree or not, it's your opinion. However US law is that once > > he signs his emails as an officer of the corporation, in this case > > president, it does. > > you know, there IS a logical falacy of guilt by association. before you > oycot the FSF and the registration office that handled their NGO > registration, and the entire govenrment of the country that enploys that > registration clerk, and so on, I suggest we stop and call on the FSF > spokespeople to give their opinion on the matter and maybe resolve it > otherwise. > > two sideline remarks: > 1. As I mentioned in my blog post, I don't see the financial boycott as > a problem, and I'm even hoping it started moving something, but I have a > real problem with justifying the academic BDS. however after I saw this > Item, I wonder what will I do if more and more Universities ד‚?ere proven > to act the same: > > http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Channel-2-Newscast/Article-230c47f2e3f8031004.htm# > > 2. As usuall, I am suprised how appropriate my random signature comes > out :-) > > -- > Peacemaker > Ira, I do not know you, but from my experience, people that say they are 'peace makers' usually cause the opposite ... ;-) (e.g. neville chamberlain)
Ira Abramov > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > On the subject: I wouldn't boycott the FSF. I love the idea behind the FSF, even if I do not agree with everything RMS belives in. I may act differently if the FSF boycotts israel. I will probably not go to any of RMS lectures. I do not think he is anti-Semitic, but he have been at least insensitive. I also believe that leaving the issue in low profile would be best. you may agree or not. this is my opinions. cheers, erez, > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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