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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I had decided not to comment on this again as crowds are usually somewhat ignorant.

    The error in my assumption is that all parents would handle this with care. My kids would usually come to me or my wife with things like this.

    But I would be wrong in this assumption it seems. Especially with outliers around kids with psychological problems that are usually caused or acerbated by their parents.

    If I would somehow overlook something I would love to be able to rely on the school to inform me. I can however see, that that might be in the range of decisions a capable educator should be able to decide themselves. I certainly chose a good school for my kids and know they would handle that well.

    I must admit i imagined my kids in the hands of the American educational system which terrified me just a little more.

    So these down votes are somewhat my fault but then again I have loving parents and care about my children and the down votes don’t bother me more than maybe thinking on the issue one more time.

    So thank you for your plentiful comments. :)






  • I don’t own my kids but I certainly named them and for some years I’m the only one allowed to change that.

    The school is usually required to inform parents about significant information regarding their schooling and mental health as well. In my opinion my kid changing their name and or gender is something I would want to know about.

    Significant changes like this need to be discussed in depth, which is not to say they shouldn’t do it, just that I would like to discuss that and up to a certain age this health decision is up to his parents either way.



  • You’re asserting certainty where the facts are actually contested, and that’s the core problem.

    1. Haavara ≠ “alliance with Nazis” The Haavara Agreement was a limited, controversial arrangement to get some Jews out of Nazi Germany with part of their assets. It wasn’t ideological alignment or a “Zionist–Nazi alliance.” Reducing it to that ignores the context: people trying to escape persecution with very few options.

    2. Refuge elsewhere wasn’t realistically available Before and after the war, large-scale refuge largely did not materialize. The Évian Conference is a clear example—many countries expressed sympathy but refused to take in significant numbers. After the war, millions were displaced and many survivors had no homes or communities left to return to.

    3. Nakba is real—but “genocide since founding” is not a settled legal fact The Nakba involved expulsions and flight on a massive scale—serious and well-documented. But calling Israel’s entire existence “genocide” is a legal claim that is actively disputed, including under the United Nations Genocide Convention. You can argue it—but you can’t present it as uncontested fact.

    4. “Ethnostate = genocide” is not how the term works Many states define themselves in ethnic or national terms. That alone doesn’t meet the legal threshold for genocide, which requires intent to destroy a group. Conflating these weakens your argument.

    5. Wars in the region aren’t one-sided The Arab–Israeli War of 1948 involved multiple states and actors. Israel has initiated some actions; so have others. Claiming everything is unilateral aggression isn’t supported by the historical record.

    6. Nazi comparison breaks under scrutiny Invoking Nazi Germany doesn’t clarify anything. It’s rhetorically strong but analytically weak, because the structures, scale, and intent are not equivalent.


    There are serious, evidence-based criticisms of Israeli policy—settlements, civilian harm, occupation. Those stand on their own. But when everything is framed as “objectively genocide, no debate,” you’re not strengthening the case—you’re stepping outside what can actually be demonstrated and defended.