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Semi-random fun fact: More than two French churches per day are desecrated/destroyed/burned.
No.
These figures contained everything from theft (mostly offering boxes, that are easy prey for thieves) and graffiti on the walls (most of which are just random graffiti rather than attacks against Christianity) to actual hate-fueled damage. The latter are indeed increasing but are still low. Some of them seem to be false flag operations.

What I find interesting is that most of the people who focus on these figures completely ignore the fact that the disrepair/lack of maintenance has a much bigger impact on churches. It's like they don't really care about churches and just care about fueling hatred between communities.
 
No.
These figures contained everything from theft (mostly offering boxes, that are easy prey for thieves) and graffiti on the walls (most of which are just random graffiti rather than attacks against Christianity) to actual hate-fueled damage. The latter are indeed increasing but are still low. Some of them seem to be false flag operations.

What I find interesting is that most of the people who focus on these figures completely ignore the fact that the disrepair/lack of maintenance has a much bigger impact on churches. It's like they don't really care about churches and just care about fueling hatred between communities.
"According to a report by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe, 2 444 anti-Christian hate crimes were documented in 2023, including nearly 1 000 in France (41 % of the total in Europe). Of those, 62 % were acts of vandalism, 10 % were arson, and 7 % were acts of physical violence.[1]

The trend took a turn for the worse in 2024, especially in France, where actual and attempted arson attacks against churches increased by more than 30 %[2]."
according to https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-000584_EN.html
 
Well I tried to find some data both in the references @kuru sent and some references in the Commission response to that parliamentary questions, and I could spend some more effort, but at a glimpse it looks like @ElPoco would be right.
It called my attention that many of the anti-Christian reports are for attacks against Jehovah Witnesses (JW). Or it might be an artifact (maybe JW just report better or whatever). I'm not sure why I wasn't counting on them (was it because @kuru initially spoke of churches and JWs don't call their sites "church" but "kingdom hall"?).
I guess I had heard JW were Christian, and in fact it is the only Christian group I remember to have ever been seen discriminated. But that's anecdotal, I don't see everything.
They are also the only religion I've seen knocking at doors for proselytism.
Once they came 3 consecutive days to my door, just because I made the mistake to talk to them.
I ended up telling them that I was a DIY fan and if I ever needed a religion I would build my own, and not based on such a book as the Bible. Maybe I'd use Le Petit Prince as my sacred book. Then they didn't come again.
I've seen other religion believers reaching out in the street but not door to door.
Not that they should be targeted but they seem to engage more with all kinds of people than others.
But this data seems fishy or I read it wrong, I don't know. They only know of 5 cases of racism in 2024 in France ? really ? [Edit: Sorry, I misread that page}
It's also not easy to count. They only have one case against LGTBI, but it is a hate murder, you can't compare that with some hundred graffittis.

In fact 2024 seemed better than 2023, although it could be a defect on the reporting or statistics, and of course you can always look for a subset of the data that got worse.
 
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Something completly different: as you might aware, Discord wants to change something: its gets an Age Varrivication where you have to post your ID or use an AI Picture Recconice System, otherwise your Account gets changed to "Under 18"
As lots of us might even got Grandparents during the Pandora/Pyra Waiting Time, this might not be a big issue, as i would expect all of us are 40 + now, but the issue there is that whe dont know where the Data needed to Varrifie our Age gets after this Process,

So maybe its time for an Forum Offensive, whit more Posts on this Boards then on Discord ..
 
Something completly different: as you might aware, Discord wants to change something: its gets an Age Varrivication where you have to post your ID or use an AI Picture Recconice System, otherwise your Account gets changed to "Under 18"
As lots of us might even got Grandparents during the Pandora/Pyra Waiting Time, this might not be a big issue, as i would expect all of us are 40 + now, but the issue there is that whe dont know where the Data needed to Varrifie our Age gets after this Process,
Yes, I don't think I have a reason to prove my age or hint my identity to any website. They already steal too much info from me for me to go helping them...
If I have to prove my age somewhere it's likely a place with "know your customer" or administration or such places where they need my full identity details, not just my age.
Anything else I can live without.

So maybe its time for an Forum Offensive, whit more Posts on this Boards then on Discord ..
I'd welcome this, since I never liked or used discord anyway. But I don't know anything about those age laws and whether this forum would also require age verification sometime. Then I'd simply leave it too.
What happened to old customs?:
  • Never ask anyone who could be a lady for her age
  • In the internet noone knows you're a dog
  • Most dogs are under 18 years old anyway
The Internet could have been something nicer, but well, with all the fakes, net addiction and abuse, I guess in the end I prefer no internet than having to live with all those jerks/weirdos/brainless zombies.
 
I understand the hype is using AI for verification but I dislike it. Companies abuse it as it's a solution that fixes their problem but it requires too much personal data.
Probably there is some company that collects private data and sells it and they generate a service for age verification, offering it as a 'free' service. That company requires you so make a video of yourself and requires some voice recording. That data can be used again to train and optimize their models (which they can sell), and they can collect private data (which they also can sell). Making it all a business-case for making money abusing data from users (which is a trend these days). But if they are hacked and all the data leaks, it was never their fault...
 
The hack kids use in Australia is scrunch your nose so the AI thinks you're old.
That reminds me of some story where the US trained AI to recognize airplanes. But it actually learned that poor image quality related to Russian airplanes versus high quality US airplane photos.
So, scrunchy noses are for old people, so scrunch your nose and you're old xD
 
Something completly different: as you might aware, Discord wants to change something: its gets an Age Varrivication where you have to post your ID or use an AI Picture Recconice System, otherwise your Account gets changed to "Under 18"
As lots of us might even got Grandparents during the Pandora/Pyra Waiting Time, this might not be a big issue, as i would expect all of us are 40 + now, but the issue there is that whe dont know where the Data needed to Varrifie our Age gets after this Process,

So maybe its time for an Forum Offensive, whit more Posts on this Boards then on Discord ..
 
Strikes on Iran started today. Apparently it's common to wait until the Olympic games are over before starting attacks.


For what is worth, I hear they start on the Sabbath before Purim, so maybe the jews would have Esther's Fast on monday, the Muslims are in Ramadan (fasting during daylight) and most Christians should be partially fasting in Lent ?
Whatever, maybe they should be biting more food instead of one another...
 
One of my oldest friends is Persian and he moved to Europe when the Shah fell in 1979. He despises ayatollahs but the idea of US strikes is scarier. I believe Iranians want a regime change but fear interim anarchy and carnage.

If I were a big shot president I would definitely consider all options to keep Iran un-nuked. The reason the war in Ukraine is ongoing is because Russia has nukes.

And I was talking to a Japanese friend yesterday who said he preferred it when America was unchallenged and the "guarantor"

So...... The situation is complicated
 
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One of my oldest friends is Persian and he moved to Europe when the Shah fell in 1979. He despises ayatollahs but the idea of US strikes is scarier. I believe Iranians want a regime change but fear interim anarchy and carnage.
Yes. I don't know much about Iran, but I think in general a regime change takes much more than bombs. So much more than it looks like it really shouldn't take bombs at all.
You have to understand the groups there, their relationships, what each can accept, how to coordinate... who can be trusted enough... for how long...
Destroying a regime is not enough for a regime change.
Destroying is not changing. Destroying is just destroying.
So maybe Nethandyahu has all planned and pinned and manages to change Iran's regime, so he tells Trump to attack some day as the first step, but I doubt it.
Sorry, second step, or nth step, the bloody suppressed rebellion was another step.
If I were a big shot president I would definitely consider all options to keep Iran un-nuked. The reason the war in Ukraine is ongoing is because Russia has nukes.
The problem with big shooters is when they can't do much more than that. Afghanistan didn't end up very well...
And even if you may be right, it sounds so much like Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction than there's no credibility left. Even if it's true this time.
Speaking of Afghanistan. Pakistan has nukes too... Will the Afgahnistan-Pakistan war be like the Ukraine-Russia one? Or Pakistan-India ?
It might all just be about oil...
Edit: Just an aside: The next round of Russia-US-Ukraine peace negotiations (real or not, hopeful or not) was scheduled in Abu Dhabi. So rescheduling needed...
And I was talking to a Japanese friend yesterday who said he preferred it when America was unchallenged and the "guarantor"
The problem with that is that the Americans vote wrong... And they will always vote wrong if only they vote and their government rules the world, not just their land.
Although to be honest, Trump is not following his program in foreign policy and specially wars, most of his foolishness was in his program and so his voters are more to blame,
but his war obsession is, even if unsurprising given his character, at least unannounced in his electoral campaign, so his voters are slightly less guilty of wars.
I'm afraid the unchallenged guarantor now is China. No wonder your Japanese friend is unquiet.
Just as the USA entered WWII late and came out on top, China is choosing to enter WWIII late.:(
So...... The situation is complicated
Sad ACK.
 
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Khamenei reported dead. I hope that means that we don't get a stream of "war refugees" running to the "nearest safe country" i.e. Europe/Germany.
 
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