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

[Stan Goodman]

On 07/17/2011 07:19 PM, Michael Shiloh wrote:
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> On 07/17/2011 09:15 AM, Stan Goodman wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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?
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> Michael
Expressing agreement or disagreement is not what I said. I said making 
political conditions for deigning to accept the invitation (and, 
parenthetically, taking the hosts money). I did not mention e.g. 
Barenboim, but that is a whole nuther story. Stallman has the chutzpa to 
announce that he won't come unless we endorse his politics, those of a 
man who lives 10,000km away, and doesn't have to be frisked before he 
goes into a supermarket, and who would laugh at you if you suggested 
that he do what it takes to vote here. If the invitation has already 
been issued and accepted, I can only hope that nobody shows up except 
the committee, and that those worthies be left to explain to him why he 
is speaking to an empty hall.

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Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel