Zoe @ekg@librem.one

@mrsbeanbag you might turn out to be more right then I thought, news recently reached me that the DOJ is opening a probe into Swedens sale of Gripen to Brazil. They already did it once before, otherwise this would be the kind of pressure that I would expect.

Every sale of military equipment is corrupt, but is also covered by national immunity. An investigation can't really do much, other than apply diplomatic pressure.

@mrsbeanbag I am very dyslexic. And I have learnt a love of word play from Japanese, which and witch may be deliberate because I find it amusing. and because I was unsure of how to spell which.

@mrsbeanbag the Babel fish solution of everyone magically speaking English isn't quiet as satisfying. Inventing a whole language is quiet an effort though.

@mrsbeanbag honestly this is really scary, because I never learnt the difference between Swedish and English grammar. I have no clue with witch I am speaking, or more likely what horrible amalgamation thereof. Mostly it doesn't cause problems, but every once in awhile I get a feeling that what I wanted to say and what was heard isn't quite, or even close to, the same.

@mrsbeanbag I don't think so. But I am speaking Swedish with English words, so what do I know.

@mrsbeanbag their exist a small community of revivalists that want to promote it as an alternative to English, they have their success every once in awhile.

My understanding is that they approaching numbers equivalent to Esperanto, or at least that is their main point of compression.

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Yeah, that sounds familiar know that you say it.

Latin, and Hebrew is both really weird situations. Latin is apparently used as faux lingua franca, when English is inappropriate.

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I am more then happy to admit if I made a mistake, but I was under the clear impression that the Celtic language, on Great Britain, was pretty much dead from common use, before the revival efforts started.

@mrsbeanbag gaelic, it's completely assimilated.

I called Swedens treatment exemplary because I am not awere of any genocide committed against the sami in Sweden, except the northern crusade, I will ofcourse retract that statement if I am made awere of such a genocide committed by an entity that can plausible be connected to the Swedish state.

@mrsbeanbag Sweden also had a strange interpretation of the rights of indigenous people, and therefore fought to not have the sami recognition as such. The Swedish states treatment of the sami would be shocking, unless it was for every other western government treatment of their's indigenous people. Compared to other countries Swedens treatment of the sami is nothing but exemplary.

@mrsbeanbag one of the rights listed is the childs right to access the parents religion and culture, also the right for the child to know their parents and ancestors. This somehow got interpreted in Stockholm as taking away the states abilities to protect children from abuse, thankfully they have reconsidered that interpretation.

@mrsbeanbag I appreciate that, but I am as much interested in the artifact as its content.

@mrsbeanbag technically speaking the Jehovas Witness aren't banned, and they do have an qusai independent organisation in Sweden. But yes the Swedish state is incredibly aggressive when it comes to baning organisation that carries a perceived threat to children. To the point that Sweden for a long time refused to sign the UN charter on the rights of the child, arguing it limited its ability to protect children from their parents.

@mrsbeanbag thank you for the recommendation, unfortunately I seem to have an mission and a half to get my hands on a copy.

@mrsbeanbag if remember correctly. The Watch Tower Society got banned in Sweden, because they encourage their members to take their kids out of the public school system, leading them to ask the church of Sweden for support. The church of Sweden answered them in an open letter telling them not only did they support public education, they established the public school system in Sweden.

@mrsbeanbag that's hilarious, and surprisingly on brand.

@mrsbeanbag church of Sweden, if you are interested in looking them up on your own. It's neo-Catholic, and arguably satanic, at least if you as The Watch Tower Society.

@mrsbeanbag well technically they said Jesus. And yes incredibly liberal, they are even removing Christian symbols to be more inclusive.

@mrsbeanbag "the entire bible unaided [...] translated literally from the original tongues, and was published in 1876" - Wikipedia, what the fuck. That sounds unplausible.