Finally - A RMS talk in Tel-Aviv. Including details

[Dima (Dan) Yasny]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Orr Dunkelman <orr.dunkelman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> >> To be more general, it is unheard of
> for a prospective guest to set
> >> political conditions for his hosts. Aside of any other aspects, the man
> >> is a boor, and should have been ignored.
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure that's true. Haven't musicians and other performers used
> their
> > platform as a way to express agreement or disagreement with particular
> > political positions for ages?
> >
> > Michael
>
> It is very rare in computer science to mix politics and work.
> Actually, this is true for most exact sciences.
>
> As for RMS, who is an advocate of freedom of rights, he has just
> agreed to accept money (travel costs) in exchange for giving away his
> freedom of speech.
> Tz'e Wolmad...
>
>
/me don't see what the argument is about. I'll simply vote against RMS's and
his politically inclined friends bs with my feet by _not_ going. End of
story

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Regards,
Dan Yasny
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