On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Orr Dunkelman <orr.dunkel...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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... > > /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.dunkel...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Regards, Dan Yasny
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