On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1...@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... -- Orr Dunkelman, orr.dunkel...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
