[Noisebridge-discuss] Community experiment

[jim]

    I don't see how Julian speaking at Noisebridge should 
be dependent on any other issues: that would be presuming 
guilt, for one thing, and regardless of his guilt of 
whatever (I'm certainly guilty of a number of whatevers) 
freedom of speech and his efforts for wikileaks both 
recommend his talking at NB. 
    It seems less than honorable or rightly courageous to 
be fearful that Julian might be guilty of some charges as 
well as less than practical to think that an official 
conviction or clearance of charges would necessarily be 
meaningful. 
    I don't see any way his coming to NB or speaking at 
NB presents any danger to those who attend, either 
directly through a personal attack or indirectly through 
association. For one thing, given a scheduled date, each 
person can make a choice whether or not to attend. 

    On a somewhat different note, I'm curious to know more 
about the experiment Rubin is performing. 



On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 17:35 -0700, Cameron Hackett wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
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> > If Julian Assange offered to give a talk at Noisebridge, would you be:
> >
> > All for it!
> > Against it!
> > Give no fucks!
> > Other?
> >
> > This is more of an experiment to see what the community response is,
> > and I have no idea if Julian Assange wants to give a talk at
> > Noisebridge or not.
> 
> I had heard a rumor about Julian being arrested, and heard about there
> being trouble in Sweden.
> 
> Here's the Wiki page:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_Authority
> 
> I would like us to talk this over at the next meeting.
> 
> I'd like to directly ask Julian to agree not to come to Noisebridge while
> he deals with these charges.
> 
> Because I want us all to be able to make good decisions about our safety
> and about recommending Noisebridge as a place for others to come to, I
> felt it is important to say this in public and get it out there as
> information for everyone involved with Noisebridge, rather than to rely
> on people spreading the word through backchannel gossip.
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