The downside being, when I go very long without high-quality context in my system, I get cranky if not a little paranoid.

I haven’t any clue. I just know a lot of people woke up wondering about it, especially since it occurred over night. But I haven’t a clue what actually happened.

I don’t know much about that case, other than the snippet of a letter I translated. I don’t know what it is about…it seemed a little disorganized to me. But then, a lot of these people are operating without any real legal counsel. The cases I have blogged about have generally included court documents and newspaper reports to validate what is being said.

But I am not going to turn down a request for help when I can provide it, whether or not I have all the information I would like.

The situation in Germany is of particular interest to me because I lived there…with a German family for a year in high school as an exchange student and again for a year in college. My oldest was conceived there. : ) But that is the central reason behind my occasional postings on the subject…that and I was rather frustrated with the fact that there was only one source for news on the situation and I believe it is always good to check sources. The first case I really delved into was for the purpose of helping those concerned see a little more of what was going on than just what was being reported by HSLDA.

I’m rambling now, but Germany will come up around here now and again, and now you know why. : )

Of course everyone has the right to organize to present a voice. (?) I made no suggestion otherwise. I do think politically “organizing” homeschoolers into “a” voice is nearly always problematic, especially in cultures we don’t understand or share.

The latest news story about fleeing Germany for Iran under Ahmadinejad made no sense to me as any kind of education freedom I can understand, for example. But then I am just one homeshcooler and an American one at that, not an organized voice.

And no doubt I should take my own advice about this online culture, sorry if the comment was unwelcome.

Everyone has their issue they want discussed on a national level and everyone has their right to try to organize to present a voice.

2) is homeschooling law REALLY the most important answer any nation’s leader should be compelled by the public to give? (I can’t imagine we’d get the votes here in the US to make it so, or even that the two to five percent of us hsing and all voting as a block, would use our one precious vote on it, what with the war and the economy and all. . .)

There is a thought that goes something like this:

…from a Navajo perspective
we move collectively, not individually.
i’m trying to raise us all up together–
my family, my community.

I try to keep this in mind when considering supporting an action or cause: does it do more than just for me and mine, does it move the issue forward collectively so that many are affected? I think that in this case, yes it does. Parental rights and choices are an issue that we need to protect as a community of parents, a community of free human beings.