Re: no to war in Ukraine

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 11:31 PM
> From: "Alexandre Garreau" <galex-713@galex-713.eu>
> To: "Po Lu" <luangruo@yahoo.com>, "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: no to war in Ukraine
>
> 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.

Not officially from Gnu, but from others who contact me personally.
 
> > 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
> 
>