Saw some JWs this am! Couldn't stop laughing

by Free!! 90 Replies latest jw friends

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  Sayswho

  Shame on you!!! You came off as a mean spirited person.

  Really what did she do to you? You knew who she was, what she was doing and what she was going to offer you…and yet you decided to be as demeaning as you could.

  Oh...it would have been beneath you to of said “no thanks I am an apostate and don’t believe that anymore…or how about something that might of helped in awaking her from the mind control “cult” she is under.

  • As seen on this form a small seed of doubt placed at anytime can lead to an awaking later, sometimes years but nevertheless be the reason someone wakes up.

  • Opportunity lost…maybe next time---What do you say?

  Sw
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  ziddina

  "...Free! had a spontaneous reaction to the incongruity of the situation... And reacted with heartfelt laughter - which was probably connected to her feelings of relief at no longer being in that cult..."

  Sheeeeeesh....
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  Free!!

  Thanks Zid, you nailed in the head!! :D

  For the rest of you.... let me make this clear!! It was an SPONTANEOUS reaction... but regardless of that... i really don't care if you believe it or not!! let it GOOOO!! is not that hard!! ;)
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  Slayerbard

  LOL I really feel sorry for them sometimes. I had some at work. Now mind you I moved to a new area, and don't know any witness around here personally. But incomes this guy wearing a tacky outdated suit, which screamed Elder. and his wife, who was dressed in this ugly pink and purple outfit, with the skirt pulled up under her chest, which was soo pilled and overly used. UGH I knew right away they were witnesses. sure enough I ened up on check out when they left, and I kept trying to spot the no blood card in his wallet or something. then I saw she had a piece of paper in her hand, and she was acting like she was trying to be discreet. Which if you know anything means you're drawing a TON of attention to yourself. LOL So he finishes checking out she comes over in one LONG BREATH..hands me the tract, and says "here's something for you to read" and BOLTS out the door.. LOL I almost fell over laughing. I wish she woudl have stayed I would have loved to explain to her that I'm Wiccan, and said some mumbo jumbo to freak her out. HEHE
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  mrsjones5

  So she laughed. I'm amazed that some are so angry and assume so much just because she laughed. Projection perhaps?
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  TheSilence

  I'm not angry. But I feel sorry for the woman. I also said that if it was a nervous reaction I would understand it. But when you are mocking her dress and other aspects of her in the same breath that you are telling us how you laughed and got a whole group of others to laugh as well because of how you were laughing at her one has to question whether it was really a nervous reaction. If the mocking of how she dressed had been left out it would be a great deal easier to give her the benefit of the doubt. But considering she put mocking into her post it's difficult to assume that the laughing was not meant to be mocking as well. And most of us have family in that we would prefer not to have mocked because they are living what they believe. Beyond that we all used to be in this woman's position. And even beyond that, why would you mock what someone was wearing? Everyone has their own fashion sense and style. Would you mock my grandma because she doesn't wear the latest fasions? How about my niece who wears hand me down clothes? Or what about me because I'll tell you right now if I'm making a quick run to the store I have no problem going in sandals and warm fuzzy socks in the winter. Why should anyone care what someone is wearing as long as it is clean and appropriate (you know, no nipples showing when you're in an area where kids will be, etc.). The callousness of mocking someone's clothing is just not fitting to me with nervous laughter because of the sitation. Again, not angry, but that is how it comes across to me, that's all. I think the world would be a better place if we could all learn to be a bit kinder.
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  ziddina

  "...And even beyond that, why would you mock what someone was wearing? Everyone has their own fashion sense and style. Would you mock my grandma because she doesn't wear the latest fasions? How about my niece who wears hand me down clothes? Or what about me because I'll tell you right now if I'm making a quick run to the store I have no problem going in sandals and warm fuzzy socks in the winter. Why should anyone care what someone is wearing as long as it is clean and appropriate (you know, no nipples showing when you're in an area where kids will be, etc.). ..."

  First of all, Silence, you'll notice what Free! actually WROTE about the encounter...

  "... i looked at her and w/o saying a word..."

  Free! most certainly did not run up to the poor woman, point her finger at her and scream, "You backwards fashion disaster!" Free! wrote of her observations - TO US - but in the actual situation, she took one look and burst out laughing...

  Secondly, you need to join the SCA... And find out what happens when - as an SCA member - you walk into the local Denny's or whatever cheap eatery is common in your area - wearing chain mail, armor, 14th-century Italian garb complete with 4-inch-too-long hem and train, or better yet, Norse or Mongolian garb...

  Being laughed at is not necessarily a BAD thing, at times...

  Zid
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  ziddina

  Oh, and you haven't LIVED until you've attempted to deal with 'hennins' and modern automated doorways...

  Or Imazighen/Tamazight jewelry during thunderstorms... Oh, and include chain mail, armor and swords/maces/pikes/lances in that comment, too...
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  TheSilence

  I didn't say that's what she did. I said when you're mocking her fasion in one breath and then talking about how you laughed at her in the next... that was in reference to what she posted, not the actual situation itself. *When* the mocking took place has no bearing on my stance.

  And while I appreciate the invite, SCA is not a particular interest of mine. I have my own idiosyncracies. I have gone to Ren fairs with my grandmother and watched jousts and other such things, but wearing any such paraphenalia myself is of no interest. I imagine those who do enjoy it a great deal, though.
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  TheSilence

  Oh, and I'm pretty sure I've LIVED. ;)