Birgitte SB wrote:
--- On Wed, 8/11/10, wiki-list@phizz.demon.co.uk wiki-list@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
OH I was just pointing out that there is an academic boycott of Israel, of course one is at liberty to break or not participate in such, just like those who turned up at Sun City. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists_United_Against_Apartheid
One has to decide where one stands on such issues, does one not?
There seem to regularly be similar issues.
Boston there was people from some countries who could not get visas
- People have suggested Wikmania never be held in US because not
everyone would be allowed to enter
Taipei there were diffculties for some PRC residents.
Alexandria there were boycotts/ethical issues over the executions of LBGT Egytians - People suggested Wikimania never be held in a country where LBGT folks are persecuted
As I said one has to decide where you stand on issues of persecution. Which I guess comes down to whether or not you consider the persecution to be such that one ought to deny oneself a bit of pleasure. It is a difficult decision for sure, one that I agonize over whenever I have to forgo an After Eight Mint: http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html