Notices by M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca), page 2

@evan If I were kicked off one instance I'd probably just move to another one, maybe watching my Ps and Qs a bit more carefully. I don't there'd be any utility in a halfway-house.

Some people would go straight for the free speech zone; others would switch to a pseudonym.

@evan Yes, that's what I thought. But also I presume the diaspora would have lower fertility rates than the roughly 3.5 per woman in Palestine, and thus for the Christian proportion to be declining overall.

@jeremy_pm

@jeremy_pm
Historically there were many Christian and some non-religous Palestinians, but that's less true today.

According to Wikipedia, the percentage of the global Palestinian population that is Christian was 6.5% about 30 years ago. At present, of Palestinians living in the Holy Land, it's only 1 to 2% who are Christian.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Christians

There are other religious and ethnic groups with long-standing presence in the area of course. I once worked with a fellow who was Druze.

@evan

@evan What you write is true to be sure, but the PLO was the main Palestinian organisation 25 years ago. Hamas is explicitly Islamist; I think Fatah is officially secular. I don't know which better reflects the desires of the Palestinian. Indeed, maybe they're mostly opposed to both Hamas and Fatah.

For what it's worth, I've lived (briefly) in a Muslim majority society that's officially secular, and in one that's officially Islamic, though never in one using Sharia as the basis of its laws.

@evan I doubt that Palestinians want a secular state either, though they're not really free to express their opinions.

@evan No. Most Israelis want to have a Jewish state, and that's fine so long as non-Jews are free and treated respectfully in Israel.

(I also have no objection to states that are officially Islamic or Christian, with a similar proviso for minorities.)

Of course this means that Palestinians ought not to be ruled by Israel. You can only have a liberal, democratic, religious state if there's a majority in favour of the official religion.

@evan Is that true, though? A lot of the increase in house prices (in Canada at least) is recent, benefitting people who've owned their houses for decades. If their windfall were to disappear, they would merely return to the status quo ante.

#housing

@evan Oh? Is that a plan for #CoSocialCa, or for another instance?

@tinfoiling I have a copy of Bourinot's, but I confess that I haven't read it yet. Have you used it in practice?

@evan @boris

@boris @evan Lots of people with opinions at #CoSocialCa.

@boris @evan We should have another IRL gathering in Montréal, CoSocialites, maybe other local Fediverse users as well.

@evan @boris I missed the AGM this year, but Roberts' Rules are great for running meetings where there may be controversy: it gives opportunities for all voices to be heard, but for the assembly to reach conclusions.

@evan So have you made money playing blackjack, or was that just a theoretical exercise?

@evan Quite true. As an example, many Hungarian restaurants were founded after the Uprising in 1956. Not so many of them are still around.

@evan Fame is unhealthy for most people. Thus of the four options I have picked the one least likely to make my child famous: CEO.

@evan It would be interesting to see how the number of charging stations is increasing in different places. Exponential, probably. But then again, maybe some places built according to irregular government funding.

@evan Qualified yes. I enjoy the day off and do some barbecuing. That's celebrating for me.

@gutocarvalho In what way is the Brazilian congress rotten? Feel free to send me a link, rather than a lengthy explanation.

@gutocarvalho Than-you for your explanations. There are real problems with misinformation on social networks and real questions about what sort of moderation is necessary, and of course X is currently run by someone who enjoys being a troll.

But I confess that it feels inappropriate to me for a judge to be leading the fight, rather than a minister, the legislature or a senior civil servant.

@gutocarvalho
I suspect this is a fundamental difference in legal traditions. In the #WestminsterSystem of government, as in Canada, the basic role of judges is to react to breaches of the law and to assign punishments. It's unthinkable for a judge to take a proactive role of protecting or defending the system of government -- that's the job of parliament and the cabinet. We think that judges should be neutral referees to ensure laws are applied fairly.

But it's different in Brazil, is it?