User:Sca

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This user is of Norwegian ancestry.

This user is of German ancestry.

This user is interested in the Early Modern Period.

This user is interested in |World War I and World War II.

This user loves the piano works of Fryderyk Chopin.

This user enjoys music, and art, by Mikalojus Čiurlionis.

This user finds the Danzig Trilogy by Günter Grass fascinating.

This user believes the Russian in-vasion of Ukraine is a crime against humanity and should be prosecuted.

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My heroes:

Beethoven: "Musik ist höhere Offenbarung als alle Weisheit und Philosophie."

Albert Einstein (1929): "In all the places on earth I have visited, I've always found a group of people who believed they had to hate others."

Anne Frank: "What's done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again."

Adam von Trott zu Solz (1939): "The minority which sullies the name of Germany ... will prove the misfortune of the whole German nation."

Marion Dönhoff: "Perhaps the highest form of love is loving without possessing."

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Bob Dylan: "Love is all there is." , [1]

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The Categorical Imperative: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." – Immanuel Kant, resident of Königsberg, Germany, 1724-1804 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello. I've been a Wikipedian since 2004. The photo above was taken in Kaliningrad, Russia, in 1998, at Kant's tomb. While I cannot claim to be a serious student of Kant, I value some of his basic thoughts, including the motto "Dare to know" (Latin: sapere aude). I have a B.A. in journalism and 30-some years' experience as a reporter, editor and copy editor – and experience as an intake officer at a state human rights commission.

This user is a veteran brewer and drinker of coffee.

This user lives in the U.S. State of Idaho.

This user is a Minnesota native.

This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

This user likes to translate and proofread articles from German to English.

18	This user has set foot in 18 countries (flags below), two of which no longer exist as such.

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Anne Frank statue

Idaho Human Rights Memorial

Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.

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Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

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— Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl

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This user applauds the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2020 ruling that that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment and public accomodations.

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This user was identified as an Awesome Wikipedian on May 12, 2015.

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SnPbGO2Ak4 - sca

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This user is a member of the Guild of Copy Editors.

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This user has contributed more than 36,000 edits to Wikipedia.