Watchtower and Monty Python Compared.

by Englishman 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Englishman

  Today's "Watchtower" site:

  "Marie comments on another pitfall: "Since the calls come directly to the individual, not to the home, there is a danger of parents not being aware of whom their kids are talking to or even whether they are on the phone or not." Some youths thus use mobile phones to establish secret contact with those of the opposite sex. Some have dropped their guard, bypassing standards they would normally observe when communicating with others. How so?

  "Text messaging means that no one can monitor what [young people] are doing," says The Daily Telegraph of London. Not seeing or hearing the other party can affect you. "Some feel that a text message is a more neutral way to communicate," observes Timo. "In a message some may write things that they would consider too bold to say face-to-face."

  When Keiko, a 17-year-old Christian girl, started using a mobile phone, she let many of her friends know her number. Soon she started exchanging messages every day with a boy in her congregation. Keiko says: "At first we just talked about everyday things, but then we started sharing our troubles. We created our own little world by means of our mobile phones."

  Happily, she received help from her parents and the Christian elders before things got too serious. She now admits: "Even though before giving me a mobile phone, my parents had warned me so much about exchanging mail with the opposite sex, I mailed him every day. It wasn't the best way to use the phone." %

  Monty Python TV Sketch:

  Linkman	Yes. The Mouse Problem. This week 'The World Around Us' looks at the growing social phenomenon of Mice and Men. What makes a man want to be a mouse.
  	Interviewer, Harold Voice, sitting facing a confessor. The confessor is badly lit and is turned away from camera.
  Man	(very slowly and painfully) Well it's not a question of wanting to be a mouse... it just sort of happens to you. All of a sudden you realize... that's what you want to be.
  Interviewer

  And when did you first notice these... shall we say... tendencies? Man Well... I was about seventeen and some mates and me went to a party, and, er... we had quite a lot to drink... and then some of the fellows there ... started handing ... cheese around ... and well just out of curiosity I tried a bit ... and well that was that. Interviewer And what else did these fellows do? Man Well some of them started dressing up as mice a bit ... and then when they'd got the costumes on they started ... squeaking. Interviewer Yes. And was that all? Man That was all. Interviewer And what was your reaction to this? Man Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease ... with other mice. Cut to linkman. Linkman A typical case, whom we shall refer to as Mr A, although his real name is this: Voice Over (and CAPTION:)
  ARTHUR JACKSON
  32A MILTON AVENUE,
  HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX. Linkman What is it that attracts someone like mr. A to this way of life? I have with me a consultant psychiatrist.

  Englishman.
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  Phantom Stranger

  that degree of parallel is sad.

  Minister of Silly Walks
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  metatron

  Years ago, the book you needed to "understand" Bethel was "Catch-22"

  It's still a good read, if you find yourself surrounded by institutionalized insanity.

  Beyond that, the whole organization is like the sketch where an entire apartment complex is

  maintained by hypnosis.

  metatron
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  Swan

  That's one of my favorite skits, but I don't think the troupe meant it to be a satire on mobile messaging. It's a satire of "something completely different."

  Tammy
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  Satanus

  Happily, Mr A received help from his parents and psychiatrists before things got too serious. He now admits: "Even though before giving me a bit of cheese, my parents had warned me so much about exchanging cheese with micemen, I mailed him every day. It wasn't the best way to use cheese or mouse costumes."

  Hmmm ..
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  Oxnard Hamster

  Years ago, the book you needed to "understand" Bethel was "Catch-22"

  Also try The Giver.
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  Satanus

  Sanfran

  Possibly, brother zealous, setting off bright and early saturday morning, to his first door.

  SS