On 08/23/2011 09:14 AM, KIZU Naoko wrote: > I guess things might not be different upon our Jew or Muslim friends. > Some has come, others not, and if I recall correctly no one has > claimed the coincidental meeting of Ramadan and Wikimania. They have > their tongue and wisdom, if they felt it unease, they could speak on > their own behalf. I believe that our Muslim and Jew friends are not so > weak as they need someone else criticize without asking for.
Affected people might not be on this list, because this is a Wikimania list. People who decided not to come to Wikimania because of this scheduling issue would, quite reasonably, decide not to subscribe to this list. :-) And I think it's fine to speak up on behalf of someone else, or in addition to him or her. To speak up as an ally does not imply that a marginalized population is "weak"; rather, it makes clear that the entire community cares about the issue. -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
