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RMS cancels talks in Israel

• kprobst 15y ago
  The Palestinians must have objected to calling it "GNU/Linux".
• adrianwaj 15y ago
  Too bad for Richard.
• StudyAnimal 15y ago
  Good. It is a small gesture, but considering the recent decision regarding government support for illegal new settlements you have to do what you can. I suspect many people here might otherwise not have realized what is going on, and this draws attention to Israel's intention to do what it can to sabotage the chances for peace in the region. Good on you RMS.
  • JoachimSchipper 15y ago
    You are politicizing things. The stated reason the talk was cancelled was because the people paying for RMS' accommodations were unhappy about him appearing at Israeli universities; this does not imply RMS taking a stand either way.
• dharmatech 15y ago
  Haaretz: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/free-software-campaigner-richard-stallman-cancels-israel-lectures-due-to-palestinian-pressure-1.364722 http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/free-software-...
• adrianwaj 15y ago
  - Richard gets invited to speak in Israel - SawyerX books the conferences - Richard stays at Pali accommodation, paid by Palis - Day before conference the people providing accomodation object to conference - Richard cancels conferences - SawyerX tries to look all strong next to the defiant Richard who had to cancel Sounds like Richard is being used as publicity fodder.
  • yardie 15y ago
    Are we really calling Palestinians palis now? At first I had no idea who or what Pali was until I read the article. I don't know if its derogatory or not but calling a Pakistani a paki or the Japanese japs will get you quite a few raised eyebrows.
    • adrianwaj 15y ago
      It's not an official country.
      • JoachimSchipper 15y ago
        "Kurds" is a useful term even without a Kurdistan.
      • rubinelli 15y ago
        Palestinian Arabs aren't the only nation without an officially recognized country. I'm no fan of PC, but as soon as you throw a term like "Pali" (or "Zionist," for that matter) you lose me.
        • adrianwaj 15y ago
          At least I'm not stooping to their level and saying they don't even exist, or are pigs and monkeys.
        • StudyAnimal 15y ago
          Zionist is acceptable, it is a common term in Israeli law.
          • adrianwaj 15y ago
            I note that people like to use Zionist instead of Jewish or Israeli when they want to deny Jews or Israelis the right to exist in this land.
    • sliverstorm 15y ago