On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 08:57:27PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > Hi Steve, > > But as a fellow Debian Developer, I must object to the implication that > > this particular statement is antisemitic. It is not antisemitic to > > object to the policies of the Israeli government. It is not antisemitic > > to characterize the actions of the Israeli government as "murder", any > > more than it is to do so in regards to the actions of my own government. > > This is a problematic topic all around; please do not make it more > > problematic with unsubstantiated accusations of racism. > I did not wanted to say its antisemetic, I wanted to say that we don't > want to see either antisemetic _or_ antiisrelism. In my experience most > discussions starting with antiisrealiasm will end with being antisemetic. > Sorry for not being clear. I just wanted to draw a line for that > discussion that we shouldn't cross. Thank you for the clarification. I suspected this was your intention, but as it was open to interpretation, and because it IS a common pattern (outside of Debian) to accuse all critics of the Israeli government of antisemitism, I thought it was important to have this clear for the entire list. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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