Lemmy's bigger than ever, and that's a direct consequence of reddit's enshittification, so there's that at least.
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Very true. Sadly, probably not something they'll budge on any time soon, but then again it's a volunteer organization, so maybe there's hope.
Since they have no other use, they use the surplus small sized condoms for the balloons.
I can't argue with that, but I'd have no qualms about "lying" about a ''make believe'' thing anyway. Tons of kids get their religious award and then never step foot in a church again. It would be very nice if kids could be honest about it though, even just picking a religion to earn the reward for as an academic exercise should be allowed I think learning about how much of a part religion can play in people's lives, how it affects their judgement, is a good thing for a person to learn about, and perhaps that's the final test. Respecting the requirement for the sake of the ceremony maybe. Even a (respectful) atheist would take their hat off in a place of worship if asked to.
it is, BUT, if you read between the lines of the requirements, there's plenty of room for pragmatic atheists (in pragmatic packs/troops). It's not perfect, but overall Scouting has absolutely embraced inclusiveness.
The entire east coast is the taint
The reality of global geopolitics stands as evidence against your assertion being correct. It's similar, that's true enough, but there are some key differences:
Back then, the six-day-war was fresh, Israel and its allies had proven Israel couldn't be easily destroyed, and Israel learned it is vulnerable. Lots of local opposition to its actions in Egypt and Lebanon.
Today: Israel is in a much better defensive position, and is actively the aggressor with little pretense. Lots of local support for a very aggressive PM that is hell bent on openly killing all the Palestinians.
It's very worse, and very different today.
I'm not saying he's in the right, I'm just directly comparing the current PM of Israel with the guy from your Regan quote. It's not the same situation: Netanyahu, sadly, is being encouraged to continue on his path, and nothing will change until he's ousted.
It's like hallucinations from an LLM that was trained on lawyer infomercials from the 90's
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