>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>Does this website allow to post political related statements?
>>>>>>>>>>>>I dont think so.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Although I am a enthousiastic proponent of Freedom of Speach I dont think this is the correct website to promote political statements or post an URL to a website with these kind of statements.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Koen
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Where do you see politically related statements? I have not seen them here for a long time.
>>>>>>>>>>Dimitri,
>>>>>>>>>>Is it correct to put an URL to a highly debatable political site on this forum? If you or Michael confirms it is OK, I will rest, if not I will inform Michael, privately, in order not to start a long Yes/No discussion here. OK?
>>>>>>>>>>Koen
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I think these type of issues should be reported to Michel (not Michael) in a PM.
>>>>>>>>>Dmitry (not Dimitri :))
>>>>>>>>Dmitry,
>>>>>>>>Sorry for misspelling.
>>>>>>>>Wil discuss with Michel confirmed.
>>>>>>>>Koen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It is ok. I am used to my name being misspelled or even changed. I play tennis a lot. In the club where I play, many - after playing with me many times and being corrected many times - still often call me Vladimir. I think they think that all Russians (and I am not one) have the same name, Vladimir :)
>>>>>>>Enjoy the soccer game today :)
>>>>>>Dmitry,
>>>>>>Thanks, my beer is cold already, to celebrate our victory!
>>>>>>Besides Dimitry is not so bad as Vladimir I think. You should now how foreigners pronounce my name, it sounds like coon from cacoon. I hear Cohen and other.
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>Koen
>>>>>
>>>>>Koen,
>>>>>
>>>>>What is the origin of your first name? Is it a typical dutch name? It does sound to me like it was derived from Cohen but I am probably wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>Let me guess, the beer is Heineken, right? :)
>>>>
>>>>I am not an expert, but someone told me it is a Dutch translation from Spanish / Portuguese ? "Conrado" In Dutch it it is than Koenraad.
>>>>I was named in remembrance of my Grandfather, killed in WOIII. However in Holland a very famous bad guy also had that name. So my parents decided to shorten it to the well accepted shorter version Koen.
>>>>And FWIW the name is supposed to mean 'a brave men'.
>>>>I am proud of my name, it remembers me each and every day what a horrible time I have escaped from.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Koen
>>>
>>>Do you mean WWII when you wrote WOIII?
>>of course
>
>My paternal grandparents and the entire extended family (their brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.) were murdered in Holocaust. My father escaped the occupied territories and fought Nazis in the Soviet Army (wounded twice).

My maternal grandparents were murdered at Auschwitz. My mother and her siblings escaped, 4 of them via the KinderTransport, and one in a later program that brought some children to the US. I've written about this stuff, but my writing is somewhat political, so I'll just say that it's on Medium under my name.

Tamar