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

[Etzion Bar-Noy]

+1 to that.

Etzion
On Jul 17, 2011 8:07 PM, "Dima (Dan) Yasny" <dyasny at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> --
>> Orr Dunkelman,
>> Orr.Dunkelman at gmail.com
>>
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> Regards,
> Dan Yasny
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