Re: no to war in Ukraine

[Alexandre Garreau <galex-713@galex-713.eu>]

Le dimanĉo, 27-a de februaro 2022, 12-a horo kaj 15:22 CET Christopher Dimech a écrit :
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 10:25 PM
> > From: "Po Lu" <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, "Alexandre Garreau"
> > <galex-713@galex-713.eu> Subject: Re: no to war in Ukraine
> 
> > Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > > The Gnu Project does not take orders from your employer.
> 
> 
> 
> > See https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Other-Politics.html,
> > which says:
> > 
> > A GNU package should not seriously advocate any other political
> > causes. Not that the GNU Project opposes those other causes. Rather,
> > it is neutral on them, and GNU packages should be neutral too.
> > 
> > Anyway, I've been doing a great deal of work on Emacs lately.  It
> > would
> > be a shame for that work to go to waste.
> 
> Have stated that the topic should not be progressed further.  I continue
> to work with russian collaborators, irrespective of what happens.

Nobody from GNU ever told otherwise from keep working with russians.  Anyway most 
russians are against this aggression war too.

> You
> make good remark but for the wrong reasons.  Be aware that threats have
> never yielded good results.

But sometimes on short term you cannot escape it(

Also whole capitalism, controlling most of economy, work by threat: obey or you’ll loose 
your money and right to housing and feeding… or at least loose some privilege

> If your employer insists on things you
> disagree on, it is customary to provide them with a rebuttal in
> writing.  Employers are bound not to discriminate based on political
> association.

not in every country, if he was in china, it wouldn’t be so