Not to be rude, but the two facts you mention: media manipulation of information + public being idiotic, are dreadful things this world have for which you will find no consolation in a GNU/Linux distro users discussion group.
I *guess* that you disagree with the posture Stallman took. He has his reasons, which are: 1- n talks v 0 talks (on which you disagree based on "bad publicity") 2- Dislike of the Israeli ocupation : this is clear in http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/47491-stallman-does-not-blame-pYoualestinians-for-boycott<http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/47491-stallman-does-not-blame-palestinians-for-boycott> . Overall what Stallman chose, *I think* is a representation of what majority of free-software advocates feel like for things in life: over 1- Not caring about people or intentional media misunderstandings over an issue that is out there to read for anyone REALLY caring. over 2- Dislike of opression. I *guess*, again, that is the reason why you're not comforted with the opinions being tossed out here, which will probably tend to Stallman's point of view. 2011/5/31 <[email protected]> > Yeah I'm Israeli. > > The journalists didn't lie - they just used headlines that suggest that > Stallman cancelled the talks due to pressure by the Palestinian who wish to > boycott Israel when in fact it is just an internal matter of funding. And > that unfortunately is what the public knows as most people don't bother > reading the full articles. >
