[AktiviX-discuss] [BigPlan] Aktivix and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel

[Ian Gregory]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 04:17:45PM +0100, Chris wrote:

>I have re-read the discussion from March 2010 and you are correct, there
>was no formal "block", but requests for new BDS lists have been turned
>down and the crux of the disagreement for me is in this exchange:
>
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>> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 18:13 +0000, Chris wrote:
>> > you are still opposed to aktivix letting activists who want to
>> > organise boycotts to Israel use aktivix emails lists for this
>> > purpose...?
>>
>> Yes. Our AUP excludes antisemitism, and at least some proposed or
>> actual boycotts of Israel are -- by effect if not by intention --
>> antisemitic.
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The fact that a person advocates BDS in no way implies that they are 
antisemitic. I am a member of the Bicycology collective and we have 
donated money to Aktivix (we use the wiki) - I don't think we would have 
done so if we had known of this policy. What next, a ban on Tibetan 
support groups for being anti-Chinese? This disturbs me.

Ian

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Ian Gregory
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