[Foundation-l] Wikimania and the Muhammad pix

[Ben Yates]

I can't believe you guys are arguing about this.  I don't think Dan
was making any particular point about russia, and if he was I
apologize on his behalf.  Can we please get back to the issues that
might actually affect people's personal safety?

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Aphaia: We are not talking about the Orthodox Church of Russia, nor
>  >  are we talking about Russia.
>
>  >We are talking about the former Soviet Union,
>
>  And what is relevance to this list, please?
>
>
>  >  which was notoriously intolerant of religions, including
>  >  Christianity and its related sects.
>
>  I think I don't need to be informed that from you Westerner.
>
>  > Your offense is misplaced.
>
>  Disagreed. You talk something never happened and unnecessarily mock
>  religious situation. I don't feel insulted even if you don't remember
>  me or His Grace Daniel but your joke is simply pointless and not
>  funny.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>
> >  -Dan
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Feb 21, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Aphaia wrote:
>  >
>  >  > Guys
>  >  > Your jokes sounds very offending. Such thing has never happened for
>  >  > your information. I say it as an personally offended person and a
>  >  > catecumenata (sorry I don't know how you call it in English) at the
>  >  > Orthodox Church of Japan, an autonomous and canonical Orthodox church,
>  >  > whose primate is confirmed by the Orthodox Church of Russia.
>  >  >
>  >  > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Dan Rosenthal
>  >  > <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >> Or perhaps, refusing to smuggle Bibles into the Soviet Union because
>  >  >> smuggling Bibles is illegal by fiat of an intolerant government, and
>  >  >> people who do it run the risk of being beaten or worse.
>  >  >>
>  >  >> Fail analogy is full of fail.
>  >  >>
>  >  >> -Dan
>  >  >>
>  >  >>
>  >  >> On Feb 21, 2008, at 4:44 AM, Lars Aronsson wrote:
>  >  >>
>  >  >>> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>>> This is really the kind of environment we want to host a
>  >  >>>> Wikimania in?  I'd have much more respect for people who BOYCOTT
>  >  >>>> Wikimania in the name of free speech, freedom of the press, and
>  >  >>>> journalistic integrity.
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>> This is like refusing to smuggle Bibles into the Soviet Union,
>  >  >>> because it is such an awful atheist country.  Think again.
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>> --
>  >  >>> Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
>  >  >>> Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
>  >  >>>
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