Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009

["Ali Sabil" <ali sabil gmail com>]

On 4/23/08, BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne gmail com> 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.
>
Wouldn't you be just spreading some kind of FUD ? What do you know
about the Moroccan (not moroccian) regime and history ? What did the
Moroccan people did to you ? Did you ever think that you should stop
trying to keep the freedom for yourself and start sharing it with
those who may not have it ?

Maybe should you rethink your "We are the good guys, they are the ugly
guys" kind of mentality ?

Respectfully,

--
Ali

>
>  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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>  --
>  mvh Björn
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