[Noisebridge-discuss] Community experiment

[girlgeek]

I'd be all for it.
but
Considering the lengths that Assange has gone to to stay OUT of the US, 
this all sounds highly improbable.  I think that this question has more 
to do with
Jesse than Julian, and I don't appreciate it.
-Claudia
On 7/25/2012 7:13 PM, jim wrote:
>
>      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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