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I also strongly agree with Len.</div>
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I also strongly agree with Len.</div>
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<b>From: </b>Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Evan Koblentz via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 8 April 2026 at 23:24<br>
<b>To: </b>Len Shustek <len@shustek.com>, members@sigcis.org <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Possible coordination re AHA Call for papers</div>
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It's plausible to examine the impact of computing on this part of history.</div>
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And as a (sane) American Jew, I hate what my country and Israel are doing right now.</div>
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But I strongly agree with Len that our sig an an entity should STAY OUT of the whole deal.</div>
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From: Len Shustek via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org></div>
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Date: 4/8/26 5:03 PM (GMT-05:00)</div>
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<div class="x_ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message x_skipProofing">This is a terrible idea. The issue is complicated and has nothing to do with the SIGCIS mission.<br>
If SIGCIS as an organization writes such a letter you will lose some longtime members, including me.<br>
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Would you next release statements about the situation in Sudan? Congo? Myanmar? Ukraine? Bangladesh? Uyghur China? There is no shortage of terrible things happening all over the world.<br>
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At 07:30 PM 3/30/2026, Alexander Monea via Members wrote:</div>
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I'd also like to support the statement that Theodora proposes and would be happy to assist her and Cass and anyone else in drafting it.<br>
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<div class="x_cite"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><b>From:</b> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Cassius Adair via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2026 10:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Theodora J Dryer <theodora.dryer@nyu.edu><br>
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I am in support of the statement that Theodora proposes here, and would be happy to help draft such an anti-war statement through the lens of computer history.<br>
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM Theodora J Dryer via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" data-outlook-id="4312f93d-ae1d-4966-a692-10273176bf17">members@lists.sigcis.org</a> > wrote:</div>
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<div class="x_cite">Speaking of our role in history. What do you all think about SIGCIS finally drafting a statement against the ongoing genocide in Palestine and now the US-Israeli imperial war on Iran?<br>
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<div class="x_cite">Given that we are witnesses to these atrocities, and scholars of how the military machinery works, I believe together we can write a powerful and lasting statement as computing historians.<br>
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