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Cake day: August 17th, 2023

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  • Huh, I wonder why.

    https://www.lpj.org/en/news/statement-by-the-latin-patriarchate-of-jerusalem

    We do not know exactly what will happen on the ground, not only for our community, but for the entire population. We can only repeat what we have already said: There can be no future based on captivity, displacement of Palestinians or revenge. We echo what Pope Leo XIV said a few days ago: “All peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their identity and rights, especially the right to live in their own lands; and no one can force them into exile.” (Address to the group of refugees from Chagos, 23.8.2025).

    This is not the right way. There is no reason to justify the deliberate and forcible mass displacement of civilians.

    It is time to end this spiral of violence, to put an end to war and to prioritize the common good of the people. There has been enough devastation, in the territories and in people’s lives. There is no reason to justify keeping civilians as prisoners and hostages in dramatic conditions. It is now time for the healing of the long-suffering families on all sides.








  • Yeah, I have huge doubt that this law won’t be used to crush any cultural diversity to make a mono culture.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system

    Despite current views that might define the system of residential schools as racist or genocidal, many scholars contend that they were seen as progressive at the time, a form of state intervention.

    The school system was created as a civilizing mission to isolate Indigenous children from the influence of their own culture and religion in order to assimilate them into the dominant Euro-Canadian culture.

    During their stay many students were forced to assimilate to Euro-Canadian culture, losing their Indigenous identities and struggling to fit into both their own communities as well as Canadian society.

    These acts assumed the inherent superiority of French and British ways, and the need for Indigenous peoples to become French or English speakers, Christians, and farmers.

    In 1894, amendments to the Indian Act made attendance at a day school, if there was a day school on the reserve on which the child resided, compulsory for status Indian children between 7 and 16 years of age. The changes included a series of exemptions regarding school location, the health of the children and their prior completion of school examinations.[

    The introduction of the Family Allowance Act in 1945 stipulated that school-aged children had to be enrolled in school for families to qualify for the “baby bonus”, further coercing Indigenous parents into having their children attend.

    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission list three reasons behind the federal government’s decision to establish residential schools.

    • Provide Aboriginal people with skills to participate in a market-based economy.
    • Further political assimilation, in hope that educated students would give up their status and not return to their reserves or families.
    • Schools were “engines of cultural and spiritual change” where “‘savages’ were to emerge as Christian ‘white men’”.