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

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jul 17, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Mordecha Behar wrote:
> Hey, I'm not saying we should sue, I'm just saying it's an option.  
> And not a good one.
> We will alienate ourselves in the worldwide community of open  
> software, and probably burn several bridges which will be very hard  
> to rebuild.
> I too resent the whole idea of mixing computer science and politics.  
> It makes the whole thing stink like unwashed feet.
> I'm just a little disappointed that the whole saga unraveled like  
> this. I had higher opinions of RMS before this.
>


This is from Stalman's posting: " So I decided to follow my  
Palestinians hosts' boycott policy in the trip they organized, and I  
cancelled my speeches at Israeli universities. I apologize for not  
anticipating that this issue would arise. I have arranged two speeches  
at other venues in Israel, one in Haifa and one in Jaffa. Details can  
be found in fsf.org."

This pretty much says that he is supporting a boycott and that it's  
fsf.org's policy. IMHO he should be sued. I'm not going to do it, but  
if I were presented with a poll or petition would say so.

If he did not want to be offensive or politicize himself or the fsf,  
he could of said "So I decided to not offend anyone......" but he did  
not he said that "decided to follow ... the boycott".

To toss out some ad homynms, he's a blight on free speech and free  
software and he and his fsf have outlived their usefulness. He has  
crossed the line over which he should never cross, mixing free  
software with support of terrorists.


Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
Making your enemy reliant on software you support is the best revenge.