[free-sklyarov] Slogan/Propaganda

[Will Doherty]

Hey, how about a protest at a location in Sweden,
the US consulate or embassy perhaps?

If you can act as a contact person, please let
us know right away!

Will

Will Doherty
Online Activist / Media Relations
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Web http://www.eff.org

Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
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At 04:38 PM 7/20/2001 +0200, Kågedal Simon wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Nice to see other Swedes on the list.
>
>(I was actually myself going to write a similar message, I think
>the use of the "hammer and sickle" is quite distasteful for many
>reasons.  Except for the ones you mention, I would like to point
>out that if the idea is to associate to the Stalin regime,
>remember that Stalin killed millions of people.  This is clearly
>out of proportion with what Adobe has done.  Similar argument as
>the one RMS makes about the word "piracy":
>
>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html )
>
>But back to the case.
>
>What do you think could be done for Sklyarov from a Swedish point
>of view?  (or what do people outside US do in general?)
>
>I was going to write Adobe's Swedish office and ask them to ask
>their bosses to drop the charges.  I couldn't find an appropriate
>address to write to on the www.adobe.se pages though, only some PR
>guy, maybe that will do?
>
>I did notify the Swedish section of Amnesty International on their
>web page.
>
>I wish everybody the best of luck in protests and I really hope
>Dmitry Sklyarov is set free really soon.  This is horrible.
>
>Simon.
>
>-----Original message-----
>Från: Goran Thyni [mailto:goran at kirra.net]
>Skickat: den 20 juli 2001 15:25
>Till: free-sklyarov at zork.net
>Kopia: Victor Piterbarg
>Ämne: Re: [free-sklyarov] Slogan/Propaganda
>
>
>But,
>
>outside USA the symbol for many people represent not stalinist Sovjet Union,
>but the struggle against oppression and feudalism.
>The "Hammer and Sickle" represent the struggle of workers and farmers.
>
>Since in this case we fight misconduct of big business the symbol
>creates confusion, especially since the victim is Russian.
>
>Many people support this cause, use of this symbol is hinting a
>wider polical agenda which will alienate supporters.
>
>best regards,
>--
>Göran Thyni
>Sweden
>
>
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