Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 22:20 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> I fully agree. We think that the actions of the gnome foundation has a
> profound impact on the world, that the choice of venue is important.
> That holding the conference in morocco lends the moroccian *regime*
> credibility it does not deserve.

Not sure who you mean when you say "we".  I don't agree with your last
sentence, no.

> 2008/4/22, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>:
> > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 19:03 +0000, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>
> > wrote:
> > > >  About GUADEC out of Europe, that's fine as long as the place is Ok for
> > > >  travel.  Bangalore has the same problem that US has.  Too far...  That
> > > >  said, I love to see GUADEC '11 in Morocco for example...
> > >
> > > I wouldn't. GNOME is all about creating more freedom, Morocco is all
> > > about taking away those freedoms. It would seem weird if the
> > > conference was hosted in a country so diametrically opposed to what
> > > GNOME stands for. That and the burning summer heat. :)
> >
> > GNOME is People.  Do you have any evidence that the Moroccan *people*
> > are opposed to the values GNOME stands for?  We think we in GNOME have a
> > great thing to offer, and any person on this planet deserves being part
> > of this the same as any other one.  "Those people have an oppressing
> > regime, ignore them" is not a really compelling idea to me.
> >
> > --
> > behdad
> > http://behdad.org/
> >
> > "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little
> >  Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
> >         -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
> >
> >
> 
> 
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behdad
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 Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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