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. I think we can also agree that entrenched parties aren't going to convince each other about the rights and wrongs of Israel via this mailing list. Is there a better forum for this discussion?
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 12:31 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > On 3/21/19 5:10 PM, Nasir El-Amin wrote: > > Debian having a conference in contested land where military conflict and > oppressive acts are occurring is unacceptable. > > According to this logic, you wouldn't be allowed to host a DebConf in > almost any > country in the world as almost any stretch of land has changed owners, > deliberately > or by force over the time. > > The farm of my great grand-parents is now owned by Polish people and the > land around > it which used to be Germany is now Poland. But that's a historic fact that > cannot be > reverted. That doesn't mean I boycott Poland or Polish people in any way. > In fact, one > of my best friends is from Poland. > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 > >
