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A Cautionary Tale of Open Source Social Technologies
eweekhickins writes "The 'country' drop-down menu on one organization's donations pages omits Israel as a country and includes 'Palestine.' Among other things, this means that Israelis can't donate to the organization from these pages; it also presents the risk of a PR nightmare for the organization. This EWeek story cautions that while basic Web 2.0 technologies combined with open source can be incredibly powerful and productive, they can also lead to disastrous results for an organization that isn't paying close enough attention."
Israel isn't a country. Palestine is. I suppose you think Taiwan is a country too?
Is it a mistake?
I doubt it was a mistake on the part of the developer. The consumer, yes--but not the developer.
Their stance is reasonable.
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
They spend a lot of time discouraging recognition of Palestine as an independent state and at every opportunity. Re-read the article again with that in mind. Palestine certainly IS a country and is recognized by many others around the world. The UN reference is a red herring. Israel occupies Palestine with military force.
Wrong on all counts. There has never, ever, in the history of history, been a country called Palestine. Wishful thinking doesn't change historical fact.
Palestine is most certainly NOT a country at the moment. Does it have a head of state? Currency? UN recognition as a country? Embassies? Diplomatic immunity? Recognized as a country by the US? UK? France? Russia? China? Brazil? India? Sweden? Japan? Canada? South Africa? Germany? Spain?
Now as to the claim of occupation, Gaza is most certainly NOT occupied by Israel. Israel completely withdrew from Gaza, and forcibly removed Israelis who wanted to stay.
Parts of the West Bank are under Israeli control, as negotiated by the Oslo accords which established the Palestinian Authority.
Israel isn't a country. It's a large land mass under illegal Zionist occupation. I can't just declare my selected land-mass a country and expect people to recognize it, even if I claim that my religion give me the right to said land.
Of course the UN and its constituent Western imperialist powers decided that they'd take Palestinian land and hand it to a bunch of violent religious fundamentalists. That still doesn't make it a country. I suppose it depends on who's definition you're using though.
And as for the rabid frothing-at-the-mouth 'pro-Israeli' fools who make absolutely sure that the world knows of the plight of the poor, innocent, fun-loving Zionists, they can go fuck themselves. THEY are the anti-semitic ones, and the Palestinians are a Semitic race, and the Zionists are therefore quite clearly anti-Semitic. This much was obvious when they were first fighting for the establishment of their fundamentalist state - they worked with the most anti-semitic people they could find, because they both had a vested interest in the outcome - for the Zionists, they got their land, and for the anti-semites, they got rid of the Jews.
...although not sure to classify it as FUD, but wondering if anyone else out there has similar stories? Sure do:http://dotancohen.com/eng/unicef_israel.html
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
I am really enjoying comments. Pathetic shitty little country pwned.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
I conceded nothing of the sort. You're confusing me with someone else. I have already addressed this issue in another response.
That's ridiculous. Palestinians outnumber Israelis. So why is the Israeli government so anti-Palestinian? The only answer, of course, is that there is no Palestinian representation.
Also, Israel holds key members of the Palestinian government on gaol. In fact, Israel holds thousands of political prisoners from various neighboring countries. It even holds some Jews prisoner. Remember that brave man who blew the whistle on your weapons-of-mass-destruction program? He was thrown in gaol for telling the trust and branded a traitor. If MY country was building weapons of mass destruction, I would WANT someone to blow the whistle. You guys really are all brainwashed, aren't you? Fucking fundamentalists