My thoughts of the day

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The term "Look outside the box" keeps coming into my mind

Like that ?

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[Anthea]

The term "Look outside the box" keeps coming into my mind

Like that ?

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Lovely, is she yours or a video you found

Beautiful bouncy bundle of fluff. Perhaps the same as the inner you

You need to "Look outside the box" be unconventional and look at things differently, especially where it concerns men

Term stems from the phrase "Think outside the box" and I have absolutely NO idea why it came so strongly to my mind when thinking about you.

Do you recognise yourself in my other comments

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No it is not my cat, I would never be so crazy to give my finger for he plays with it,and scratch it

Outside the box ? mmmm I don't know exactly what it could mean, or what could be THAT box (my mind, probably) except that when I face an 'unsolvable problem', I use to think and think and think and ruminate as when you are blocked in a level of a video game. Sure it would be wiser to look/think differently. Probably my view is to narrow.

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Helped a journalist to write her paper about Kurds in Syria (unfortunately only in French).

http://www.slate.fr/story/67905/kurdes-syrie

[Anthea]

Helped a journalist to write her paper about Kurds in Syria (unfortunately only in French).

http://www.slate.fr/story/67905/kurdes-syrie

The picture is good

The layout is excellent

My long forgotten schoolgirl French is not a great deal of help. I would love to be able to read this in English because so little information is known about Kurds in WK

[Anthea]

http://www.slate.fr/story/67905/kurdes-syrie

I have been trying to translate parts of this.

It is very interesting and informative, so I will try again tomorrow

How long had Kurds been stateless in Syria and what percentage of them were eventually given citizenship?

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Since 1962. There are 2 sorts of Stateless : the ajnabi (registered as foreign citizen in Syria and they had a Foreign Stateless ID) and the maktumim who did not even exist in registration, as if they had no existence.

Estimations are difficult. HCR in 2002 stated they were around 300 000, some Kurds said 500 000 for a lot of them are out of Syria or migrated in big Syrian cities and they make children also (many).

If a child has Stateless parents, he inherits of their Stateless status, but not of their goods which come back to State. Crazy situation.

At the beginning of the revolt Bashar gave citizenship to 6000 only.

[Anthea]

Since 1962. There are 2 sorts of Stateless : the ajnabi (registered as foreign citizen in Syria and they had a Foreign Stateless ID) and the maktumim who did not even exist in registration, as if they had no existence.

Estimations are difficult. HCR in 2002 stated they were around 300 000, some Kurds said 500 000 for a lot of them are out of Syria or migrated in big Syrian cities and they make children also (many).

If a child has Stateless parents, he inherits of their Stateless status, but not of their goods which come back to State. Crazy situation.

At the beginning of the revolt Bashar gave citizenship to 6000 only.

Thank you for that

You explained it much better than I could. I have tried to explain to other people that Kurds in Syria were treated much worse than Kurds elsewhere because they were stateless non-people

From the feedback I received it appears that Kurds from other countries had no idea how badly Kurds in Syria were treated. They have always been the forgotten Kurds

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They have always been the forgotten Kurds

And sadly they have always financed or have fought for other Kurds' cause (South, North) who they never gave them much help in return.

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Pope renounces. The last time it happened, it was in 1415, the year of Azincourt. I guess that England will crush our French asses for the Crunch

[Anthea]

They have always been the forgotten Kurds

And sadly they have always financed or have fought for other Kurds' cause (South, North) who they never gave them much help in return.

PLEASE could YOU start a new topic about Kurds in Syria. My Knowledge comes mostly from my Kurdish friend who once lived in Syria and I have NOT been able to find very much factual information written anywhere

I know how badly the regime has treated the Kurds and how much Syrians themselves hate Kurds. Someone (who may have a cat) should write about these poor people and wake the other Kurds up

[Anthea]

Pope renounces. The last time it happened, it was in 1415, the year of Azincourt. I guess that England will crush our French asses for the Crunch

I always thought that Popes died on the job

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It is not common to renounce but it is allowed when he is not able to rule (madness, for example). Better than to do like John Paul II who end like Mao Ze Dong, Soviet Leader, Tito, Franco, etc.

[Anthea]

It is not common to renounce but it is allowed when he is not able to rule (madness, for example). Better than to do like John Paul II who end like Mao Ze Dong, Soviet Leader, Tito, Franco, etc.

I saw a really lovely film once, where the pope gave the wealth of the church to help people in need

The wealth of the Catholic church could be used to put an end to ALL wars and ALL starvation

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I saw a really lovely film once, where the pope gave the wealth of the church to help people in need

Science-Fiction ?