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  Family gathering before disfellowshiping

  by Mattieu in

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  if you were/are in the sydenham (melbourne/victoria) congo you may be very familiar with this a few years back.

  a prominent elder who likes the sound of his own voice (hint, his initials are william saad) yes of quite a well connected family, was on a judicial committee who was disfellowshiping one of his own male relatives for repeated marijuana usage.. this story by the way shows how corrupt the whole system is.

  as williams family (elders and c/o) had covered up the previous few sorrid outcomes of his drug usage, they couldn't contain the last public viewing of his drug dependency, witnessed by many witnesses ironically... so they held a jc to disfellowship him.

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  I've seen a mixture of Elders that were decent and bad. When a powerful family moves into a congregation is a game changer. Years before I left we had three families move into our congregation. The grandfather and his two sons that both had families. The grandfather and his oldest son was made Elders. The other son was a ministerial servant. The daughters of these two sons were sleeping around but never got in trouble, until years later.
  
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Village Idiot, That is a good point. It is not per capita. They make up 14%+ of all gun murders in 2011, and have more than 12% of America's population.
  
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  I was only touching on one topic where blacks and white statistically are using an illegal drug equally or close to equally. In this case marijuana. However, the arrest for the offense is disproportionate.
  
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Wouldn't let me post the arrest report, but basically blacks are arrested twice as much for pot possession
  
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Sorry Simon. But I really don't think you understand the social issues in America. I don't see how guns is the root cause for the riots going on or the issues between the Black community and the police. You didn't even make an attempt to justify that statement.

  I'm for strict gun laws, but I know that will have no impact on crime in America. Guns are in the 100's of millions in this country.You literally would have to ban guns and gather them all. There are 89 guns for every 100 American. This will never happen since it is now part of our Constitution with the 2nd Amendment. It would have to be appeal, and will not happen any time soon. The best is with strict gun laws, and that as I stated has no impact in America. According to the 2011 FBI Uniform Crime report, Californian with the strictest gun laws in America based on the Brady scoring system , had the highest amount of gun murders in 2011.
  

  Though the rest of your argument/comments I see validity in. I think you are way off on racism not being a fundamental issue, and really don't think you have an understand of the dynamics of it pertaining to America. To just touch on you Marijuana/Drug comment. If needed I can provide you source, but Whites use Pot just as much if not more than Blacks in America. However, look at the arrest report below. Can a correlation be made between race and arrests? Racism, poverty, guns, drugs, education, ect... are all valid issues to this problem.
  
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  This is another example of core values. No one will change their mind on this topic. It is predetermined by your personal life experiences.

  i am predicting this thread will go off the rails with lots of hate speech and bigoted thoughts.

  An example of no discussion or other view point allowed. A simple repetitive statement to shut down any discourse. If someone states something contrary to your opinion, they are bigoted or spewing hate speech.

  Racism is alive and well in America. The only difference is people don't flaunt it like they use to, because they could lose their jobs or businesses. Being a white male I'm privy to the comments made in private by my peers. Being married to a minority and having a mix child I too have experienced the touch of racism. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood. Some are Haitian and others are American born. They do a great job in raising their family, and are the best neighbors I've ever had. The reason is they all have a stable family unit. Each of my neighbors are a married couple with children. I have no worries that they will ever loot or burn my house down. Economic and social problems are the root cause, besides racism.
  

  Since we are stating opinions here. I support the police and have dealt with them on a professional level for 10 years in my previous job. However, there are quite a few that are cocky, and if they feel you are disrespectful they have no problem using force. It's a tough job, especially in a country loaded with guns. But police training and accountability needs to improve.

  All I ever read or hear is generalize statements on how to deal with America's race issue. Specifically as a nation we need to address the social issues and economic issues that Black Americans face. Education, job opportunities are important but also the broken homes so many Blacks are born in needs to be addressed. You can't have 73% of a specific population born out of wed-lock and not have issues (Centers for Disease and Control Prevention 2010).

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  Hypothetical RE: Gay Marriage

  by DarioKehl in

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  2. beliefs

  the setup:.

  the supreme court rules in favor of gay marriage across the board, regardless of state constitutions in the next few weeks.. a gay couple get happily married.

  several months go by and one of them is contacted at the door by jws.

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  I would be curious if anyone has seen this scenario. There is no need for a hypothetical SCOTUS ruling for this scenario to occur. There are plenty of states that legalize marriage for this to happen.

  What is more interesting to me is the reaction of the congregation to have known homosexuals attending meetings. Could you imagine the reactions of these homophobes seeing two gay men walking in the Hall holding hands? In fact it would be actually interesting if GLAAD organized such events.
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  Dangerous "Pent up" feelings inside of most witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i have often wondered if there is more harm done to people who are stifled or smothered from expressing their natural conduct, feelings or actions because of it being condemned by religious ideals?.

  so if a person keeps suppressing their real personality and tries to mould themselves to the "perfect" or "ideal" version as expected from those controlling them, could they eventually "bust" so to speak?.

  for instance, witnesses condemn many forms of entertainment.

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  I was never allowed to watch R rated movies growing. When I turned 18 I went and watched Brave Heart. I never once felt guilty, and though the movie was violent, it was probably nothing to the true violence of that time period.

  I was at a meeting talking to an Elder. I happened to mention I watched the movie, and it motivate me to research the history behind William Wallace. The Elder began tearing me down about the dangers of watching a R rated movie. The interesting thing was I knew is 16 year old daughter. She would go to school, change into an entirely different outfit. She also had a boyfriend and was sleeping with him. But he was more worried about me watching an R rated movie.

  So no I never felt guilty because I did what I wanted, but under my parents roof I did obey. The only guilt I have in life is not making friendships at a young age with non-witnesses.
  
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  Governing Body Public Address - today!

  by diamondblue1974 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any ideas what this is about?

  - apparently a three hour public address through each kingdumb hell from the gb.

  anyone heard anything about this?.

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  adjusted knowledge

  Three hours? Are they trying to get members to quit.