by themonster123 27 Replies latest jw friends
I ALWAYS fell asleep the last half...I think I even slept through a DC drama once...lol
the speakers voice just lulls me to sleep, i cant help it! even the loug claping never woke me up....I think the only time i did wake up is if there was a song...
family nap time at the convention!
I think I once heard old Fred Franz the Oracle speak when I was really little and he hollered almost through his whole speech. It's definitely a fire-and-brimstone/Holy-Roller technique, one designed to excite emotion in the listeners.
I heard Franz speak when I was a child. He definitly had the third reich thing down.
You all beat me to it. He gets louder so the audience knows when to clap. OH SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE TODAY. AREN'T WE BLESSED BROTHERS AND SISTERS? zzzzz
WHy did they talk so loud at the end!?
I think they purposely did this to WAKE YOU UP FROM YOUR NAP!!!!
Theory 1: Biology, or 'the kick'. A person can't give an entire speech in a shout. It'd be too tiring. Perhaps, much like a runner in a race, they save a bit of energy for the home stretch; many coaches tell long distance runners to 'kick it out' or sprint when the finish line is in sight, no more reserve energy is required, you don't need to pace yourself anymore. (I've also heard the reverse arguement that if you pace yourself properly, you don't HAVE any reserve energy left for a sprint, you peter out simultaneously with crossing the finish line. But that doesn't fit my theory, so meh, lol.)
Theory 2: Relief. When I was in boot camp in the military, recruits were punished for misdeeds by getting 'bent' or 'smoked'. Which meant forced physical exercise for an extended period, during which we all had to count out loud the number of repetitions of the exercise. Often the instructors would tell you ahead of time a number of reps that would be done, say 200 for example. There was a phenomenon where all the recruits would begin counting louder at about 190, in relief that it was almost over. Sometimes the number would be extended then to 300 because the instructors noticed this too and got angry that we weren't that loud the whole time. Perhaps the speaker is nearly as relieved as the audience that it's almost over with.
Ya that makes sense. They water down the talented small guys through years of their theocratic crapola, and then once they have killed every ounce of charisma and creativity you can muster, they save the profound LOUD show stoppers for themselves. Too bad they don't have any real talents though. But I'm sure it helps boost their Geriatric egos.
The "technique" of hollering towards the end ain't nothin' compared to the smooth as syrup techniques used by the tele evangelists. I hated the brothers predictable winding up; but boy, surfing through some of these tele-evangelists tells me how lacking in sophistry the brothers were!
