On 08/23/2011 09:14 AM, KIZU Naoko wrote:
I guess things might not be different upon our Jew or Muslim friends. Some has come, others not, and if I recall correctly no one has claimed the coincidental meeting of Ramadan and Wikimania. They have their tongue and wisdom, if they felt it unease, they could speak on their own behalf. I believe that our Muslim and Jew friends are not so weak as they need someone else criticize without asking for.
Affected people might not be on this list, because this is a Wikimania list. People who decided not to come to Wikimania because of this scheduling issue would, quite reasonably, decide not to subscribe to this list. :-)
And I think it's fine to speak up on behalf of someone else, or in addition to him or her. To speak up as an ally does not imply that a marginalized population is "weak"; rather, it makes clear that the entire community cares about the issue.