Maybe they would forbid laughter
I thought they already did that! LOL LOL LOL
If The Society Could....What Else Would Be Considered "Improper" To Do?
by minimus 23 Replies latest jw friends
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twinkle toes
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AllTimeJeff
Drinking Tang, because its perverted Orange Juice...
It is well known that Gerrit Losch hates sports like American Football. (he would prefer grown men to hold hands as they pray evidentally instead...) As they become more of a time waster from the GB's point of view, I predict a more hardline on that.
Probably anything having to do with technology, esp the internet. Soon, we will see the dangers of texting and why cell phones with QWERTY keyboards are thiiiiiiiis close to being a direct portal to Satan.
It's all about the flavor of the month, the color of the hair up their collective rear..... Thats what gets the "improper" tag.
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cantleave
ATJ Texting is already demonized - bound to lead to immoral behaviour.
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AllTimeJeff
"Young People Ask - Whats Wrong With Texting Someone Who Will Die at Armageddon?"
....also in this issue: "The Dangers of Loaded Language"
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Satanus
Here are some taliban rules. How many would the wt adopt if they were running a country?
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- Banned listening to music, not only for women but men as well.
- Banned the watching of movies, television and videos, for everyone.
- Banned celebrating the traditional new year (Nowroz) on March 21. The Taliban has proclaimed the holiday un-Islamic.
- Disavowed Labor Day (May 1st), because it is deemed a "communist" holiday.
- Ordered that all people with non-Islamic names change them to Islamic ones.
- Forced haircuts upon Afghan youth.
- Ordered that men wear Islamic clothes and a cap.
- Ordered that men not shave or trim their beards, which should grow long enough to protrude from a fist clasped at the point of the chin.
- Ordered that all people attend prayers in mosques five times daily.
- Banned the keeping of pigeons and playing with the birds, describing it as un-Islamic. The violators will be imprisoned and the birds shall be killed. The kite flying has also been stopped.
- Ordered all onlookers, while encouraging the sportsmen, to chant Allah-o-Akbar (God is great) and refrain from clapping.
- Ban on certain games including kite flying which is "un-Islamic" according to Taliban.
- Anyone who carries objectionable literature will be executed.
- Anyone who converts from Islam to any other religion will be executed.
- All boy students must wear turbans. They say "No turban, no education".
- Non-Muslim minorities must distinct badge or stitch a yellow cloth onto their dress to be differentiated from the majority Muslim population. Just like what did Nazis with Jews.
- Banned the use of the internet by both ordinary Afghans and foreigners.
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Here are women specific taliban rules. Do some sound familiar?
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1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Kabul.
2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a mahram (close male relative such as a father, brother or husband).
3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers.
4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors.
5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other educational institution. (Taliban have converted girls' schools into religious seminaries.)
6- Requirement that women wear a long veil (Burqa), which covers them from head to toe.
7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in accordance with Taliban rules, or of women unaccompanied by a mahram.
8- Whipping of women in public for having non-covered ankles.
9- Public stoning of women accused of having sex outside marriage. (A number of lovers are stoned to death under this rule).
10- Ban on the use of cosmetics. (Many women with painted nails have had fingers cut off).
11- Ban on women talking or shaking hands with non-mahram males.
12- Ban on women laughing loudly. (No stranger should hear a woman's voice).
13- Ban on women wearing high heel shoes, which would produce sound while walking. (A man must not hear a woman's footsteps.)
14- Ban on women riding in a taxi without a mahram.
15- Ban on women's presence in radio, television or public gatherings of any kind.
16- Ban on women playing sports or entering a sport center or club.
17- Ban on women riding bicycles or motorcycles, even with their mahrams.
18- Ban on women's wearing brightly colored clothes. In Taliban terms, these are "sexually attracting colors."
19- Ban on women gathering for festive occasions such as the Eids, or for any recreational purpose.
20- Ban on women washing clothes next to rivers or in a public place.
21- Modification of all place names including the word "women." For example, "women's garden" has been renamed "spring garden".
22- Ban on women appearing on the balconies of their apartments or houses.
23- Compulsory painting of all windows, so women can not be seen from outside their homes.
24- Ban on male tailors taking women's measurements or sewing women's clothes.
25- Ban on female public baths.
26- Ban on males and females traveling on the same bus. Public buses have now been designated "males only" (or "females only").
27- Ban on flared (wide) pant-legs, even under a burqa.
28- Ban on the photographing or filming of women.
29- Ban on women's pictures printed in newspapers and books, or hung on the walls of houses and shops
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EmptyInside
Going to museums since they promote evolution
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frankiespeakin
To ban the old farts, on the GB who have dementia that would be considered repugnant in Jehovah's eyes for sure as about 50 to 80%
of the GB would agree. Let the old geezer stay on as long they can still wiggle their fingers and nod their head up and down for yes or side ways for no. -
WTWizard
If the witlesses had their way, everyone would be required to show up at the Kingdumb Hell at 5:30 in the morning (children included) for street work, and they would all have to stay out until 1:30 the next morning (writing letters from 9 PM to 1:30 AM, a letter a minute). School children stay out in street work until time for school, then go back out at 3:00 PM every afternoon, while school is in session. Miss field circus, or miss a boasting session, and you risk being hosted and having these rules forced upon you.
The Kingdumb Hells are built to separate people of the opposite sex. The only contact anyone would have with the opposite sex would be hounders having to deal with children--preferably children under the age of 12--and then it would be for hounding (and molesting) calls. Your field circus partner is always the same sex. If you meet an opposite sex person in the territory, you have to report it via written report to the hounders, and it gets assigned to a same-sex witless.
Entertainment is strictly banned (they mentioned that at the 2006 Grand Boasting Session, but it was never strictly imposed--yet). Given half a chance, they would strictly ban all entertainment--there are 135 songs you can listen to, and nothing else (if you have copies of the 225 songs, you have to dispose of them by January 8, 2010). Videos are prohibited, except if they come from the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger. There is absolutely no computer use, especially any computers that have external connections, even in business. Obviously, anyone found on a social network would be in for a serious hounding, and everyone in the congregation would treat you like Satan.
Breaks from field circus would be strictly limited. You are allowed one 10-minute break in the morning, and one in the afternoon (and that time starts when you get in the car to leave the territory). Coffee, tea, chocolate, and cola is strictly forbidden (and, if your orange juice looks like it might be in a soda can or bottle, it too could be censored as stumbling others). Any "food" has to come from a fast, good-tasting poison place (especially lunch and dinner) so you can keep your activity going right up to the last minute. No warming up breaks or cooling-off breaks, even if it is extremely cold or hot. You are required to keep to dress code, no matter what.
Dress codes are strictly enforced. At all times (you should be in field circus at all times, except while at work to pay necessary things only), you are supposed to wear dull gray suits with white dress shirts under them. Shoes have to be black, with dark gray or black socks. Ties are to be black, white, or a shade of gray. You must have an embarrassment badge on your suit at all times, which has to be visible to the householder. All accessories (circus bag) have to be black or dark gray. "Sisters" must wear approved dresses, the length of which must come 30 cm from the ground, with white dress shoes and white accessories. The shape must hide any body features that might appeal to anyone of the opposite sex.
Accessories are strictly regulated. You may have a dress watch (which has to be approved by the hounders--anything that comes from Casio or L.L.Beans is prohibited, because it looks too sporty). Digital watches are banned, too. Other jewelry is limited--men may have a wedding band (and single men are supposed to have fake ones so the opposite sex is not going to be open to them). "Sisters" may have one bracelet per hand, matching the dress, along with a watch that cannot exceed 2 cm across (and also must be a dress watch). "Sisters" are allowed earrings on the ears only, which cannot dangle more than 5 cm. They must match the dress, and only one pair is allowed. Men are not allowed anything other than a watch--and earrings or piercings other than in the ears is banned. "Sisters" are allowed approved necklaces--only one at a time, no "banned" designs, and must match the dress.
Family Waste the Evening night is enforced. You go home at 5 PM (you should already have had your meal), spend the next 4 hours wasting it, and then start writing letters at 9 PM. You may practice field circus, have washtowel approved dramas, learn the new Kingdumb Maladies (all 135 of them), and study the washtowel littera-trash. You may not use this time to get a jump on preparing for boasting sessions, or to study just the Bible or the Bible with independent sources of any kind. You will be hounded at random times--if you are found doing anything else, or not doing what you are supposed to be doing, you will be in big trouble.
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lepermessiah
It is well known that Gerrit Losch hates sports like American Football.
I told the story on here previously of an elders school I went to where Brother OASCH (fitting that his name rhymes with the Austrian slang for ASS) went OFF on sports in general, particularly Football. You would have thought you were the dirtiest piece of trash on the earth for watching american football. We all LAUGHED on the way home and said "If he tries to ban brothers from watching football, you might as well close the KH's in the area." Its funny, people would hang on his every word on the blood issue, sacrificing your life for Big Brother, etc..........but if you take away their sports, they would tell him to go F himself
I found him to be the most self-righteous, pompous GB member I have ever heard speak. Did he train under the Fuehrer???
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Charlie Cheddar
Of course the WTBTS will have this view of Social Networking.
Anything that gives people a measure of freedom, independence, fun and individuality, the WTBTS will discourage it, and websites such as Facebook, Myspace etc will be demonised by the WTBTS.
Its just yet another example of how paranoid the WTBTS is. They will probably be thinking the more connected and socially active you become, the more its going to lead you away from 'spiritual' matters.
Anything of anykind that would lead you to spending less time following the WTBTS, whether it be art, football, bellydancing, pigeon keeping will be frowned upon by the org.
The Org demands exclusive attention and will not tolerate any competition.
CC
