Ian Jackson dijo [Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:50:26AM +0000]:
> Ansgar writes ("Re: Request to Mini DebConf Montreal Organizers: Fight Israel
> not the DC20 Team"):
> > I think the announcement by the organizers framed the conference as
> > being organized specifically to support the BDS movement, a movement
> > that is uncontroversially seen as antisemitic. They could have chosen
> > not to frame the announcement this way, but they did not.
>
> The BDS movement is not antisemitic.*sigh* I would love to invoke Godwin here. But, after coming back to the issue (no, I do not think this content shouis relevant to debian-project... And yes, I started writing this mail twice and decided not to send it... But it still itches quite wrong... And I have to reply, sorry)... BDS is not antisemitic, but stirs antisemitism. Not by design. Not because it is meant to. But as an unescapable side consequence. Many among us (us == people with Jewish origins) have felt it. Many people recognize Israel to be not-exactly-the-same-as-Jewish. But many people don't. And I have seen BDS being (wrongly) applied to businesses run by non-Israeli Jews in countries other than Israel. Many Jews throughout the world and many Israelis stand firmly against the many injustices the Israeli government carries out. But many people does not understand the great distance between one thing and the other — Why should they? Really, defining our nationality is a difficult and thorny topic. It took me at least 25 years to come to terms with who I am and not take strong distance against parts of it (and I don't participate in any religious nor communitary aspects of judaism in my country). I won't chase my own tail anymore in this post. Let me just repeat something that's as incontrovertible as can be, given that I have felt it. BDS is not antisemitic, but stirs antisemitism.
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