The web is up in arms with the events that took place over at Le Web 3 Paris, when the conference was “sabotaged” by politicians causing schedule adjustments and mass criticism against the organization.

I wondered up until the last minute whether to attend the conference (as conferences on blogging are a rare thing in europe), but now I feel lucky I didn’t. Moving speakers around to accommodate presidential candidates shows a grave lack of respect towards the audience - particularly if they know nothing about the space the conference is about, or talk in a language a big part of the people listening don’t understand.

Funny part of the whole thing is that the event was called an “unconference” by Loic Le Meur. How can an “unconference” (if you’re wondering about the term, read Dave’s post on the definition) shift towards political propaganda? Clearly, someone’s never been to a Barcamp.

Some good takes on this story by Nicole Simon and David Weinberger. Follow the story through Techmeme - a lot of ink (well, you get it) is being spilled over this issue, and rightfully so.