Hi all! On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Yuval Adam <_...@yuv.al> wrote:
> While we're off-topic and discussing misinformation, it's important to > note that being anti Israeli policies (military occupation of Palestine > in this case) is not being anti-semitic. > > Some Zionists seem to be confused about the fact that it's possible to > hold strong opinions against immoral and unjust actions taken by the > state without those opinions being founded in racism. > > Of course if such racist claims were made directly that's definitely a > problem. > > just wanted to note that I agree in principle. Not every criticism of certain Israeli policies is anti-Semitic. I've written about it in the past here - http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/politics/define-zionism/ . > On 11/19/2017 01:28 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Off-topic: > > > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:18:47AM +0200, Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > >> On 11/19/2017 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> I've been thinking about Mint, Kubuntu or Fedora - any thoughts (or > >>> additional options)? > >> > >> Linux Mint was developed and maintained by a raving lunatic > anti-semite. He > >> demanded that his work had nothing to do with the IDF because it > violently > >> oppresses the Palestinian people. That is impossible, because many of > the > >> maintainers of all distros use code from Israel, and most of the people > here > >> serve milluim. > >> > >> He was eventually chastised to the point he claims he apologized, but > if you > >> can find his apologies, it was for setting off the Jews who control the > >> world. You probably can't find them, as when he was called out on his > slap > >> in the face apologies, he deleted all the relevant blog postings. > > > > He made such an ill-informed decleration long ago (some 10 years ago?). > > If he tries to distance himself from Israel, he's not doing a very good > > job: the "Partners" page on linuxmint.com[1] clearly lists CompuLab, a > > long-time partner (they OEM the "mintBox") with an Israeli flag. > > > > [1] https://www.linuxmint.com/partners.php > > > > Please don't continue spreading this mis-information. Clem made a > > mistake long ago. Let's move on. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ You can never truly appreciate The Gilmore Girls until you've watched it in the original Klingon. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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