<p>+1 to that.</p>
<p>Etzion </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 17, 2011 8:07 PM, "Dima (Dan) Yasny" <<a href="mailto:dyasny@gmail.com">dyasny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Orr Dunkelman <<a href="mailto:orr.dunkelman@gmail.com">orr.dunkelman@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> <br>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Shiloh<br>>> <<a href="mailto:michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com">michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com</a>> >> To be more general, it is unheard of<br>>> for a prospective guest to set<br>
>> >> political conditions for his hosts. Aside of any other aspects, the man<br>>> >> is a boor, and should have been ignored.<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > I'm not sure that's true. Haven't musicians and other performers used<br>
>> their<br>>> > platform as a way to express agreement or disagreement with particular<br>>> > political positions for ages?<br>>> ><br>>> > Michael<br>>><br>>> It is very rare in computer science to mix politics and work.<br>
>> Actually, this is true for most exact sciences.<br>>><br>>> As for RMS, who is an advocate of freedom of rights, he has just<br>>> agreed to accept money (travel costs) in exchange for giving away his<br>
>> freedom of speech.<br>>> Tz'e Wolmad...<br>>><br>>><br>> /me don't see what the argument is about. I'll simply vote against RMS's and<br>> his politically inclined friends bs with my feet by _not_ going. End of<br>
> story<br>> <br>> --<br>>> Orr Dunkelman,<br>>> <a href="mailto:Orr.Dunkelman@gmail.com">Orr.Dunkelman@gmail.com</a><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Linux-il mailing list<br>
>> <a href="mailto:Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a><br>>> <a href="http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il">http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il</a><br>>><br>
> <br>> --<br>> Regards,<br>> Dan Yasny<br></div>