Got caught throwing magazines in the trash

by unbeliever 62 Replies latest jw friends

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  Stephanus

  I know of at least one person out in California who, whenever they find a stray magazine in a waiting room or laundromat, does not dispose of it, but simply staples a brochure neatly to the inside front cover of the magazine that gives a summation of erroneous JW doctrine, and a phone number and website to contact for further information.

  I know of people who've posted here in times past, who, upon finding a Watchtower in a waiting room, etc. will take a pen and answer the questions in the study articles, only giving the true answers!
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  La Capra

  When a JW leaves the magazine, she counts it as a placement. Meaning she voluntarily gave up title and ownership to it. For the magazine to belong to someone else, possession and title MUST be accepted by someone else. Otherwise, the magazine was abandoned, and the finder may keep it. Since you found the magazines abandoned, you are free to keep them. If that means you want to throw them out you can. This in no way infringes on freedom of speech. Abandoning magazines is not exercising freedom of speech. We all know they were left there so someone could pad their time report and not have to talk to anyone in the process (sounds like someone was AVOIDING their freedom of speech, if you ask me). Shoshana
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  Winston Smith :>D

  pass out flyers on windshields to promote my business and then I saw someone following me around and throwing them away, I'd be pissed too.

  I'd be pissed if anyone equated my business as analogous to the evil, money-grubbing WTS cult.

  But hey, it's your business
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  DevonMcBride

  old biddy- I will tell the staff

  Like the staff would really care.

  Devon
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  Valis

  ahah I do this whenever I can. When I went to Missouri this summer they were in all the bathrooms at the state park I was at....ahah they make great kindling..

  

  Sincerely,

  District Overbeer
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  mustang

  A composite:

  "This may seem like a moral dilemma." Maverick

  "So we should be making decisions for other people?" Amac

  "I know of at least one person out in California who, whenever they find a stray magazine in a waiting room or laundromat, does not dispose of it, but simply staples a brochure neatly to the inside front cover of the magazine that gives a summation of erroneous JW doctrine, and a phone number and website to contact for further information." SFJ

  "Let people decide for themselves." Amac

  The ultimate answer on the "horns of the dilemma" is to adapt SFJ's thought. Get the brochures made up and apply them.

  What really happens here? The public ultimately sees that there is a conflict here. The PR benefits the WTS would reap from an uncontested message becomes a PR liability. That is what any good dose of propaganda deserves, anyway.

  Given "equal opportunity", how do you think the WTS message will fare? Not well, I suspect.

  And to top off:

  "Once a Mag is put on public display, it no longer belongs to the person who put it there. Anything that happens to it is beyond their control." Maverick

  Yep, it is now open to expression of public/other opinion or criticism.

  Mustang
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  freedom96

  We all need to take note of your fine example of destroying WTS stuff.
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  Winston Smith :>D

  When I went to Missouri this summer they were in all the bathrooms at the state park I was at....ahah they make great kindling..

  Jeezus Valis, what an abuse of why they were really left there!

  To wipe your ass
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  toreador

  I know of at least one person out in California who, whenever they find a stray magazine in a waiting room or laundromat, does not dispose of it, but simply staples a brochure neatly to the inside front cover of the magazine that gives a summation of erroneous JW doctrine, and a phone number and website to contact for further information.

  Heck of an idea. Filling in the answers with the correct ones was great too.
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  avishai

  I usually put silent lambs brochures inside