Hey SD, long time, no hear. Good to see your alive and kicking. Hope the best for breh. Have a good weekend duke.
SD-7 Is In the House!
by snowbird 41 Replies latest jw friends
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thenoblelodge
Hi good to see you back. Sooooo glad you didn't give in and go back to the Borg.
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Gregor
Gee, SD, I'm not really up to the minute on your situation so I don't have an informed observation, but I get the drift.
You are the second poster in just the last few days who has dumped their personal life out here on the table like a tub of chicken guts and asked for everyone to look over the mess and give their thoughts.
You owe Wing Commander and a few other honest respondents who bothered to pick through your entrails and give a frank opinion. They became the bad guys because they didn't respond with namby pamby, "poor baby" posts.
You are a weeny and a poor baby
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serenitynow!
Gregor there is a difference between expressing a firm opinion, and just being abusive and rude.
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sherah
Stay awhile SD-7, I miss reading your spoof WT articles.
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jamiebowers
Like most, I am happy to see SD-7 back on JWN. I would like to preface any further comments with an apology to him. We've spoken about this at length for the past several weeks, and of course due to his gentle, forgiving spirit, he insisted that it isn't necessary. But the fact remains that I messed JWN up for him by posting that he was going back to the cult. I over reacted when he announced such to me. My only explanation is that I was too close to the situation and couldn't see that he was doing what many exjws contemplate doing. I felt like I was losing my son to the borg, and instead of focusing on he who had had his whole life ripped from him just a few short months before, I irrationally decided to lick my own wounds. For that, I am truly sorry. Lesson learned. That's why I haven't mentioned him on this board since then.
That being said, let's move on to those who have chosen to be so cruel to SD-7. While I admit that most here on JWN haven't had the opportunity to have daily contact with him, it is important to note that the vast majority of people who respond to his threads realize just how unique and wonderful SD-7 is. Why a few posters seem determined to berate him is beyond me. If you don't like his posts, then don't read or respond to them. From what you know of him, SD-7 is clearly a talented writer with a brilliant mind. He's been under cult mind control for his whole life minus a few months, so cut him some slack fo Christ's sake!
I was in an abusive marriage for almost seven years. Due to the Watchtower's cult mind control, it took me that long to make my escape. I certainly am glad that I didn't have to tolerate the nasty comments from the naysayers on this board! It most certainly would've driven me back into the marriage and the cult. So please, do yourself and everyone else a favor and STFU already!
WingCommander--Hi. I have just as much right to talk about whatever as you do to tell me to shut up. Guess what? I've exercised that right. If you're so bothered by it, then don't read it. Ignore it. It's that simple. Nobody forced your eyes to this thread. What are you trying to prove? It's a waste of valuable energy.
Wow, dear heart, this is exactly what we were talking about today. Good for you! You're making such great strides in everything! GAWD, I hope you don't get too carried away and become an asshole like me, LOL! I love ya, kid. Will be looking for your emails this weekend.
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serenitynow!
do yourself and everyone else a favor and STFU already!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear somebody say it!
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GLTirebiter
Welcome back, Christopher! Just do what's right for you and yours regardless of what other people say, including me. You know better than we do what's going on in your life.
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RosePetal
Glad your back
RosePetal
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sd-7
Thanks, Jamie. And knowing Jamie as I do, I think it just goes to show how hard it can be for a lot of people who are influenced by the WT to make rational decisions that are best for them.
The funny thing is, Gregor, I didn't even mention that many details in this thread. I just mentioned that my wife almost left, and not much beyond that. This thread was about sd-7 showing up on JWN again, not about sd-7's argument with his wife about x, y, or z. None of that came up in this context. So...WingCommander--and obviously you--are still thinking about stuff that was posted before, that I'm not even talking about right now or asking for a whole lot of opinion on right now. I didn't say, hey, random people, do you think I should throw my wife out? Even if I did, just like with any normal, stable person, if you share your thoughts with someone, you should reasonably expect some sort of rational, balanced response.
It's not like I shot anybody's mother, here. I'm not sure where all this animosity has come from. It's great for people to be frank and honest with other people, nobody's downing that. But the kind of abusive responses I've seen here have been way on the far end of the spectrum, like the kind of stuff you would say to somebody you really, really had it in for.
Well, we're beating a dead horse, here. I think what people are willing to say to total strangers is a real indication of their own maturity level. I say that while looking in the mirror as well, remembering the many, many personal things I should never have said here. But I think I'll just back away now. I've got better things to do and this type of stuff just puts you in a bad mood for no reason.
-sd-7