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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • I think this one is more difficult than it sounds.

    You are asking if someone should have the right to make a life long decision, before they have matured enough to make a life long decision. Tie that in with parents who can both have their child’s best interests at heart, or their own preconceived religion and views on it and there is no wide reaching decision that is best for everyone.

    Saying that, they would have said no regardless of the discussions and best interests of the individual. These discussions need to be had, but quietly pretty fucking confident they won’t happen in the next 4 years.










  • Uni student (among other things).

    High school senior are now off on exams, and uni doesn’t start until around end Feb. Semester one is further away than Semester one lasts.

    Our education is failing, students aren’t getting involved, and we are finding it harder to focus post covid. So let’s put our students on ln a 4 month holiday during high unemployment rates, rising costs of living and a burning, resource emptying world. Great for mental health.

    /rant





  • Its a very weird line.

    Back in ww2 when the allies ran the bombing campaign of German cities the “justification” was that civilians were being used to manufacture arms for the armed forces therefore a part of the military logistics network, and in fairness yes they were - like the British were at the start.

    On the other hand it is a deliberate attack on civilians who are not in uniform, not part of the armed forces and not combatants. You could quite easily follow this path to everyone who pays tax or trades with that country as supporting the war effort.

    Going at it from a different direction, terrorism is defined as non state actor, using violence against civilians, for a political objective. Therefore terrorism.

    Is it justified - probably not but neither is much of warfare. Proportional but didn’t minimize civilian casualties.

    Is it terrorism - leaning towards yes.