darkspilver
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FWD: let's get JW's propaganda out of Disneyland
by jacobm innot sure if this has already been submitted, but we need exjws to mobilize on this.. from: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5kzyfn/lets_get_jws_propaganda_out_of_disneyland/.
posted by: sweetpotatopeachtree .
i submitted the following on the disneyland facebook page (link below) on december 19th after seeing jws peddling their cult propaganda at downtown disney in anaheim, ca.
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BBC Programme Re. Contaminated Blood - Dub Blinkers
by BluesBrother inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08qhmhc/panorama-contaminated-blood-the-search-for-the-truth.
an experienced j w of my acquaintance , who had best be nameless, urged me to watch this t v programme because it "proves the society were right all along in warning of the dangers of blood.. well, yes , it does in a way demonstrate that the potential dangers of blood products was not fully recognized.
in particular this is shown in respect of the aids/hiv virus which was a new threat when it occurred.. there were some important points deliberately ignored by my dub associate , though :.
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Simon: What are you on about?
Sorry, I thought I was being patient enough allowing six hours between my first new thread of the day and my second new thread within, I believe, an approximate 48-hour period - but I wasn't, I should have been more patient. I should have waited another 18 hours. I will try harder next time, so apologies for that.
I view this forum as effectively being the 'newspaper of record' of the ex/jw community from the past 15 years - you can search this forum and generally find anything and everything of note ex/jw-wise - a huge amount of credit and respect goes to you for that - and that includes your noteworthy desire to keep the old/archive posts easily accessible - a truly useful resource.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record
There is sadly though the usual internet-related problem of 'spam', and how it is dealt with.
On the old forum it was very transparent - I believe it allowed for two new threads and 20 posts within a 24 hour period - and the forum gave you a running total from the last 24 hours - very transparent and understandable.
Now it's moved to another system.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4845739997921280/reminder-about-how-posting-limits-work
It seems I can only post one new thread in any 24-hour period.
This means I don't post everything I'd like to (which might be a good thing!?!). But, I also don't think I'm the only one - though I totally respect, and appreciate, that it's your forum.
Anyway, while I was waiting for my thread to go 'live' on the forum, another member posted a similiar thread which went 'live' before mine did.
If I had caught my thread going 'live' within the 30 minute editing time-frame I was going to try to completely re-edit it as a new topic (can you self-edit the forum section it is in??)
Unfortunately I misjudged the time period my thread went 'live' (I also thought it was going to be a 24-hour delay, but it seemed to be a couple of hours shorter than that?). This meant that unfortunately I missed the 'self-editing' opportunity - sorry about that.
I would have been very happy for my thread to have been either deleted or merged by the mods in order to avoid any subsequent confusion of people posting in either thread.
Sorry for the confusion in my initial description - which was a kinda reversed-mis-use of terminology as the time-to-go-live was not set by me, but rather by the forum - while at the same time I was clock watching an expected time-to-go-live so that I could try to self-edit it to avoid duplication, so apologies for that.
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RC 2017
by wifibandit indue to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
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darkspilver
Looks like the Convention Videos have been 'leaked' in preparation for this weekend....
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6baatg/2017_convention_videos/
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darkspilver
There's an edit icon for the heading.
yes - I've just confirmed that it's still there and working, after the recent forum updates.....
the edit icon is below the thread title, and to the right of the forum section you selected
After you click it you can edit the title and then use the 'cancel/save' buttons
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Australia: JW found guilty of raping and detaining succession of women
by darkspilver inthis court case has been ongoing for the last couple of months - seems like the first verdicts came out at the end of last week - with more expected shortly.the sydney morning herald, may 12 2017. man found guilty of raping and detaining succession of women .
a man accused of torturing, raping and detaining women he lived with over more than two decades has been found guilty of a raft of charges.. the 52-year-old's trial heard allegations that he physically and psychologically abused a succession of women he lived with on the nsw central coast between 1988 and 2014.. a jury found the man guilty of 10 rape charges and eight count of detaining for advantage in the nsw district court on friday afternoon.
but the jury have not yet reached a verdict on three other counts of indecent assault.. the man, who was a member of the jehovah's witness church, was accused of raping women with household objects, forcing them to eat their dinners off the floor, and hog-tying them and placing them face down in a bath filled with water.. read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-found-guilty-of-raping-and-detaining-succession-of-women-20170512-gw3jtm.
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darkspilver
This court case has been ongoing for the last couple of months - seems like the first verdicts came out at the end of last week - with more expected shortly.
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 12 2017Man found guilty of raping and detaining succession of women
A man accused of torturing, raping and detaining women he lived with over more than two decades has been found guilty of a raft of charges.
The 52-year-old's trial heard allegations that he physically and psychologically abused a succession of women he lived with on the NSW Central Coast between 1988 and 2014.
A jury found the man guilty of 10 rape charges and eight count of detaining for advantage in the NSW District Court on Friday afternoon. But the jury have not yet reached a verdict on three other counts of indecent assault.
The man, who was a member of the Jehovah's Witness Church, was accused of raping women with household objects, forcing them to eat their dinners off the floor, and hog-tying them and placing them face down in a bath filled with water.
READ MORE: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-found-guilty-of-raping-and-detaining-succession-of-women-20170512-gw3jtm
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 9 2017Man in court accused of raping, detaining, assaulting female partners
The man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has been charged with 10 counts of sexual intercourse without consent, three counts of indecent assault and eight counts of detain for advantage allegedly committed on the NSW Central Coast.
At one stage, two of the man's partners were living in the same house with him. He allegedly owned the only keys to the house, kept the door deadlocked and forbid the women from leaving the house together. He forced them to sexually touch each other.
The charges relate to seven female victims, six of whom were in a relationship with the man, and one of their daughters. The man has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and his trial is expected to last eight weeks before a jury in the Downing Centre District Court.
READ MORE: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-in-court-accused-of-raping-detaining-assaulting-female-partners-20170309-guue8w -
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BBC Programme Re. Contaminated Blood - Dub Blinkers
by BluesBrother inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08qhmhc/panorama-contaminated-blood-the-search-for-the-truth.
an experienced j w of my acquaintance , who had best be nameless, urged me to watch this t v programme because it "proves the society were right all along in warning of the dangers of blood.. well, yes , it does in a way demonstrate that the potential dangers of blood products was not fully recognized.
in particular this is shown in respect of the aids/hiv virus which was a new threat when it occurred.. there were some important points deliberately ignored by my dub associate , though :.
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The one single industry that profited the most from the HIV/AIDS blood scandal was the bloodless industry (I know I have the source for this somewhere...). That is the industry that made the most money from contaminated blood.
And the opposite? What industry lost the most money?
This kinda thing often reminds me of the 1951 film:
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Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention
by Lee Elder ina new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.
hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.
is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.
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Bear in mind, however, that physicians are not generally inclined to take unsolicited medical advice from a religious publishing corporation to begin with, particularly when there is no double blind study to confirm it is a best practice.
Yes, that is very true
Which is some what ironical
As I was reminded today of this thread when Ruby456 provided a link to a leaflet, produced in 2013, by the UK's National Health Services - "Transfusion Alternatives for patients who refuse blood and blood products"
And guess what the very FIRST item listed is? - Tranexamic Acid.
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Blood-transfusion-alternatives-_2_.pdf
Then there's WHO - the World Health Organisation - apparently they produce a leaflet that they call "List of Essential Medicines"
And guess what they've included as an 'essential' medicine since March 2011? - Tranexamic Acid.
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/en/
Yes, as Linda Loman said: "Attention must be paid."
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How serious is sexting
by Homer notsimpson insome of y'all may know why i am asking this, but i am curious about it.. sexting in the elders book says it's enough to warrant a jc but it's very loose at it... what's y'all opinion?
do elders care alot of it?
what if it's an old case?
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darkspilver
How serious is sexting
that's waaay too general a question: you need to consider and define what you actually mean to ask -
What is the relationship between the two people? Are they married to each other, or to other people? Are they single?
What are the ages of the two people? Is one of them under 18 and therefore is it a criminal offense? It would then need to be reported to the police wouldn't it?
Here's an interesting scenario to consider:
+ Two 16-year-olds can have full-blown consensual physical sex - and that's totally ok and legal;
+ If one of them 'sexts' the other - well that's illegal, and a criminal offense that should be reported to the police.
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BBC Panaroma TV - Contaminated Blood: The Search for the Truth
by darkspilver infyi.
bbc panaroma tv - contaminated blood: the search for the truth.
10 may 2017. it has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs.
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FYI
BBC Panaroma TV - Contaminated Blood: The Search for the Truth
10 May 2017
It has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated with contaminated blood products. All the victims were infected over 25 years ago, but even now new cases are still being diagnosed. Survivors and their families are trying once more to persuade the government to hold a UK public inquiry.
Panorama examines recently released documents, and asks if the government could have done more to save lives. The film hears the heartbreaking testimony of some of the victims and their families and explores the dilemmas of doctors who had to carry on treating their patients through the unfolding crisis.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qhmhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5W56h8bqUA
BBC Breakfast News: The Tainted Blood Scandal
10 May 2017 - prior to Panaroma TV broadcast, Adrian Goodyear was interviewed on the BBC Breakfast News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI3MViy-oXo
Victoria Derbyshire Show - The Tainted Blood Scandal10 May 2017 - prior to the Panaroma TV broadcast, Victoria Derbyshire interviews Andy Evans, Andy Burnham MP and Michelle Tolley
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BBC Programme Re. Contaminated Blood - Dub Blinkers
by BluesBrother inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08qhmhc/panorama-contaminated-blood-the-search-for-the-truth.
an experienced j w of my acquaintance , who had best be nameless, urged me to watch this t v programme because it "proves the society were right all along in warning of the dangers of blood.. well, yes , it does in a way demonstrate that the potential dangers of blood products was not fully recognized.
in particular this is shown in respect of the aids/hiv virus which was a new threat when it occurred.. there were some important points deliberately ignored by my dub associate , though :.
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I believe there is a 24 hour embargo on my topic which I think expires around 16.00 EDT, 14 May
10 May 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5W56h8bqUA
BBC Breakfast News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI3MViy-oXo
The Victoria Derbyshire Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7_gK5p3XE0Watchtower 1 June 1990, page 31
Questions From Readers: Do Jehovah’s Witnesses accept injections of a blood fraction, such as immune globulin or albumin?
Others have felt that a serum (antitoxin), such as immune globulin, containing only a tiny fraction of a donor’s blood plasma and used to bolster their defense against disease, is not the same as a life-sustaining blood transfusion. So their consciences may not forbid them to take immune globulin or similar fractions. [FOOTNOTE: One example is Rh immune globulin, which doctors may recommend when there is Rh incompatibility between a woman and her fetus. Another is Factor VIII, which is given to hemophiliacs.] They may conclude that for them the decision will rest primarily on whether they are willing to accept any health risks involved in an injection made from others’ blood.Watchtower 15 June 2000, page 29
Questions From Readers: Do Jehovah’s Witnesses accept any medical products derived from blood?
For example, clotting factor VIII has been given to hemophiliacs, who bleed easily... Such therapies are not transfusions of those primary components; they usually involve parts or fractions thereof. Should Christians accept these fractions in medical treatment? We cannot say. The Bible does not give details, so a Christian must make his own conscientious decision before God.