the GOOD NEWS thread..

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Since the spin we get from the WT and from the platform is very one sided, always banging on about how terrible the world is and how it's never been worse and mankind is going to hades in a handcart, how's about a GOOD NEWS thread?

I don't know about you guys but I try to share the good stuff as much as possible, because I feel it un-demonises 'worldly' people, helps witnesses see its not cut and dry, black and white, us and them. There are millions of decent hardworking CHARITABLE people out there trying to make a difference for the community at large. No way in gehenna is yhwh going to mercilessly kill people like these for not listening to my crappy half-arsed magazine presentation on a Saturday morning.

So, from the very large scale, maybe pinker's facts and figures if they're not too contested (I haven't got the concensus on thatyet) to the very local or small scale like this

http://twentytwowords.com/sweet-old-lady-smiles-and-waves-at-passing-kids-every-day-they-finally-show-her-what-it-means-to-them/

Let's post stuff here that we can share on our Facebook pages and help dispel the myth of the wicked evil 'worldlies'.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Or this chap. Doctor chap. Willingly giving up his time and effort along with dozen of other doctor chaps to providing a motorcycle ambulance service to be first responders , saving people's lives. All voluntary. Brilliant, and worth a listen.

https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_beer_the_fastest_ambulance_a_motorcycle

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Community helping an individual in need.

I know, it doesn't counteract wars or abuse, but it shows people are basically good and want to help.

http://twentytwowords.com/crowd-of-commuters-push-a-train-aside-to-save-a-man-trapped-against-the-platform/

jgnat

I love that commuter story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Loves_Iran

LisaRose

http://www.upworthy.com/people-ask-her-how-the-heck-she-invented-this-tech-by-age-18-watch-and-see?c=hpstream

An eighteen year old girl invents a better battery.

losingit

I don't have a link, but...THis summer I worked with a group of kids about cleaning up their environment and taking care of it. Well, one day we picked up 58.8 lbs of trash that was in the woods! Total for the summer was 111.1 lbs of litter picked up during our weekly litter patrols in their community! :-) :-) :-)

defender of truth

Incredible Story of a Homeless Man Who Risked His Life For a Stranger

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4967491

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http://justsomething.co/man-saves-bear/
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"Anyone caught helping Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland risked being summarily shot, along with family members - a fate Sendler only barely escaped herself after the 1943 raid by the Gestapo. The Nazis took her to the Pawiak prison, which few left alive. She was tortured and was left with permanent scarring on her body - but she refused to betray her team. ''I kept silent. I preferred to die than to reveal our activity,' she was quoted as saying "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-565969/Dead-98-Heroic-Irena-Sendler-helped-save-2-500-Jewish-children-Nazis.html

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"Private Doss was accompanying troops in the battle for a 400-foot-high ridge on Okinawa, the Maeda Escarpment, on Saturday, May 5 — his Sabbath — when the Japanese counterattacked. Many of the Americans were driven off the ridge, but wounded soldiers were stranded atop it.
Private Doss remained with the wounded, and, according to his Medal of Honor citation, he refused to seek cover, carrying them, one by one, in the face of enemy fire. He lowered each man on a rope-supported litter he had devised, using double bowline knots he had learned as a youngster and tying the makeshift litter to a tree stump serving as an anchor. Every wounded man was lowered to a safe spot 35 feet below the ridgetop, and then Private Doss came down the ridge unscathed.
After engaging in additional rescue efforts under fire over the next two weeks, Private Doss was wounded by a grenade that riddled him with shrapnel. He cared for his injuries alone for five hours, rather than have another medic emerge from cover to help him. While he was finally being carried off on a litter, he spotted a soldier who seemed worse off. He leaped off the litter, directing his aid men to help the other soldier.
Soon after that, Japanese fire hit him, and he suffered a compound arm fracture. He bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint, evidently the closest he ever came to handling a weapon, and crawled 300 yards to an aid station.
President Harry S. Truman presented him with the Medal of Honor on Oct. 12, 1945, for his actions on Okinawa. The citation credited him with saving 75 soldiers on that ridge, but he later said that the number was probably closer to 50."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/25/national/25doss.html?_r=1&
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http://m.today.com/news/honest-burglars-who-paid-we-thought-it-was-trick-8C11022212
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Boy Author Raises $750K For Sick Friend

http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=22707927&sid=26&cid=26

defender of truth

Ok, I'll stop after this.
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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/11/25/off-duty-rpd-officer-and-unsung-hero-save-4-babies-from-burning-car/3712609/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267440/Good-Samaritan-mystery-man-saves-toddler-burning-car.html

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Here's a nice one. Post it on your social media to counter all the "people in the world all hate, and only jw's are nice" propaganda we get...

https://gma.yahoo.com/10-hour-pay-forward-line-ends-customer-no-190901912--abc-news-topstories.html

new hope and happiness

Google " good news network"

Once upon a time a newspaper was started filled with only good news and it failed. But thanks to modern tecnology and sites like " the good news network" the world seems a much more positive place.

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