Hey Brad, quit being so worldly.

by Surreptitious 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • Surreptitious
    Surreptitious

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  • tink
    tink

    you know what they say....brad association spoils useful habits. damn him!!! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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  • logansrun
    logansrun

    LOL tink.

    Now, let me say this. If I have offended you, I'm sorry. No offense was intended. A careful reading of my thread will certainly bear this out. It is because I hate prejudice in all it's forms that I said what I said.

    And I stand by that with full conviction.

    Bradley

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  • Oxnard Hamster
    Oxnard Hamster

    I have to go with Brad on this one. He was not trying to offend anyone with the use of the N word. While his tactics of converting his friend may seem a bit eccentric, there is a striking similarity between the way the two words are used.

    The only difference is the N word is common knowledge, while very few people understand or know about the JWs and their beliefs. I think if the JWs were more prominent, then the term "wordly people" would have equal weight with the N word.

    Don't get mad at Brad, folks. He was simply pointing out how elitist and stuck up the JWs are, much in the same way people are who use the N word.

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  • tink
    tink

    offend, no. stir up controversy, yes. i'm not saying that's a bad thing and he didn't offend me as he well knows.

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  • Oxnard Hamster
    Oxnard Hamster

    I don't see it as so much stirring up contoversy as I do a wake up call. People who have never studied with the JWs need an idea as to just how they think, and I think Brad came up with an apt analogy.

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  • tink
    tink

    i think this is simply a case of you say tomato, i say to-mah-to. you say wake up call, i say spark a controversial debate. i think we mean the same thing.

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  • Oxnard Hamster
    Oxnard Hamster

    Depends. Stirring up controversy can have a negative connotation of one who is just out to cause trouble, for no other reason than for his or her own personal amusement. A wake up call implies the poster is trying to educate people, or get his or her point across.

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  • tink
    tink

    i didnt mean it to be negative and brad knows that, it was more a reference to an exchange i had with him this morning on the topic. he gets it, i'm sure.

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