Play Station 3 Stampede--A Sign of Armageddon ;)

rebel8

http://articles.news.aol.com/business/_a/crowds-and-gunfire-mark-playstation-3/20061117003409990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Does anyone here remember the infamous Cabbage Patch doll stampede when someone got trampled to death in a store, and ensuing jw response? Oh how I remember them going on about it being a sign Armageddon is coming because people are going crazy. We were told it is a signal to hide a stockpile of canned food to survive during the Big A because otherwise we'd get killed by The Crazed Cabbage Patch Wordly People.

I remember asking if the other billions of people in the world acted like that, or if it was just the few dozen crazies in that particular store. (God forbid we use a little logic instead of making sweeping generalizations about the human race.)

StillGroggy

Doesn't suprise me that they made this sort of comment back then. The answer to everything is "That's just how the world is these days"

Jehovah's Witnesses are a very bigotted people.

blondie

What about the lines and the stampedes to the best seats at a JW convention?

*** km 4/04 p. 3 "Let Us Exalt His Name Together" ***

God’s Word admonishes us to ‘let all our affairs take place with love.’ (1 Cor. 16:14) When the doors open at 8:00 a.m., consideration for others will restrain us from running, rushing, pushing, or shoving in an effort to get to the seats we prefer before others do.

Blondie

rebel8

Um, holy crap, did people really shove each other to get the "best" seats in a convention hall, or are they making that up?

It's not like getting a front row seat at the convention will get you a better job in the New System or something (i.e., harvesting corn instead of digging graves).

All you get is a closer view of speakers who will "entertain" you all day by telling you stuff you've already heard a zillion times. Who would bother shoving others for that.

daystar

Speaking of the PS3, I'm seeing some pret-ty high bids for them on ebay. The highest I saw went for $4,850.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=ps3

blondie

Rebel 8, some seats were more comfortable (wider with better leg room), some closer to bathrooms, some closer to the podium, some closer to the baptism pool (picture taking), some in cooler areas, some in warmer areas. I saw it every year; there were always some seats that were better than others. One year an older woman was pushed and injured.

They finally told the workers inside that they could not go an grab up the best seats ahead of the people outside; but they always got there first.

There was a time that there were more people than seats and seat-saving was rife. But with the drop off in attendance it is not as serious a problem.

*** km 5/91 p. 5 Arrange Now to Attend the 1991 "Lovers of Freedom" District Convention ***

Your full cooperation is requested in the matter of saving seats. Please keep in mind that SEATS MAY BE SAVED ONLY FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS AND ANY WHO MAY BE TRAVELING WITH YOU IN YOUR OWN CAR. Please do not reserve seats for others. At times, extra seats are reserved for no one in particular. This is unloving and is misleading to the attendants and others looking for available seats. In harmony with the Bible counsel, we should strive to display brotherly affection and cooperate fully with the approved arrangement for saving seats. No one is entitled to more seats than required for his immediate family or car group.—2 Pet. 1:7.

lonelysheep

I just wish I had thought of reserving one and selling that receipt.

$$$$$$$

On another note, I used to bask in the glory of jehovah that I wasn't on any of those lines for cool toys and gadgets like everyone else who celebrated the holidays.

The thing is, if something so desired as a new game console or elmo doll were coming out at the jw memorial celebration but for "no reason," there would still be commotion. There's no need for a "pagan holiday". It's just marketing.

Nosferatu

Why would anybody wait in line to buy another piece of trash from Sony? It seems people have forgotten about the exploding laptop batteries, the rootkits that were installed on their PCs, and the shitty design of the PS2.

rebel8

I don't know why anyone would wait 3 days in line for anything unless it was essential to their very survival.

Then you hear the things they are waiting in line and stomping old ladies for....such as these fugly dolls

alt

Nosferatu

Don't forget about the Furbys

Play Station 3 Stampede--A Sign of Armageddon ;)

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