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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Am I Expected to Become One of Jehovah’s Witnesses if I Study the Bible With Them?
by Ron.W. in(ps.
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Yes.
They 'study' with unsuspecting members of the public to make new JW members.
No, you are not obligated in any way - this is 'theocratic warfare', aka lying or bullshitting.
I wouldn't recommend studying with JWs, and I certainly wouldn't recommend actually becoming a JW.
But, it's your life, your choice. If you choose to study with the JWs, then it's on you.
Just don't say you weren't warned.
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Introduction
by joao ini'm joão, from portugal.. i was a jw for about 30 years but i've stopped associating with them for about two years now.
and, lately, i've decided to dig deep and research about this cult!
oh boy!
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Hi Joao - nice to here from you.
There will be some posters on this forum who are or were in your situation.
Not me, I was lucky to do a nice slow fade away from the cult.
Anyhoo, welcome!
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Peak Cancel Culture
by Simon inwe seemed to have reached peak cancel-culture.
now, we get to try to cancel the citizens of an entire country for something their government chose to do.. really, we can't allow russian individuals to compete in sports?
to live a life?.
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The Cardiff Philharmonic orchestra has removed Tchaikovsky from its concert program.
When did Western countries become so dumb?
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The only man in the room - Kennedy 1962
by slimboyfat inin the current situation, it’s worth listening to this podcast about nuclear near misses.
the cuban missile crisis was only one example, but is worth considering.
in 1962 the united states and russia went eyeball to eyeball over russia’s military base in cuba.
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@SBF - excellent video, essential viewing.
It also strikes me as funny when people say 'Putin's gone mad!'. The reality is Putin hasn't changed - it's the media and politicians who never knew the real Putin.
And that's pretty scary. Putin and his colleagues aren't going anywhere.
We've got to deal with him, and by that I mean handle with extreme care.
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"Somebody" needs to do "Something!"
by Terry init's always unjustifiable for a country to attack another country without having first been attacked itself.. the nuremberg trials at the end of wwii made this clear.. more vividly too: following orders as a patriotic duty is never secondary to the pangs of your personal conscience.. .
worst of all, hypocrisy destroys credibility when you.
criticize other countries for doing what you have done.. .
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There is no equivalence between Ukraine and Iraq in the sense that what the west did to Iraq was much much worse, and Iraq posed no threat to us. That’s not to “defend” Russia, it’s to point out rank hypocrisy - yes, you're quite right.
The Iraq war (2003) was totally unnecessary, disastrous, and illegal. Saddam Hussein was no threat to the West. Hell, he wasn't even a threat to Kuwait in the early 2000s.
Putin's not stupid - he can probably see this hypocrisy, too.
How the hell can people like Biden and Harris condemn Putin's invasion of Ukraine whilst brushing Iraq under the carpet - it's just insane.
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"Somebody" needs to do "Something!"
by Terry init's always unjustifiable for a country to attack another country without having first been attacked itself.. the nuremberg trials at the end of wwii made this clear.. more vividly too: following orders as a patriotic duty is never secondary to the pangs of your personal conscience.. .
worst of all, hypocrisy destroys credibility when you.
criticize other countries for doing what you have done.. .
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Let’s look at things from the Russian perspective - yeah, ok, let's do that. But go back further in time to the beginning of the 21st century onwards.
Putin has seen NATO expand further and further into Eastern Europe. He has seen the US put some of its nuclear weapons in non-nuclear NATO member states.
Putin doesn't like this, and over the years has repeatedly tried to raise these issues with the West. However, the West hasn't listened or taken his views seriously.
Why is Putin worried? Well just imagine how Western Europe would feel if Putin gave nuclear weapons to Belarus.
We know how worried JFK was when the USSR put missiles in Cuba.
It's a bit 'double standards' to shit yourself over the Cuban missile crisis then years later dismiss similar concerns from Russia over NATO bases creeping closer and closer to Russia ... don't you think?
BTW, I'm not justifying the Ukraine war. Invading the Ukraine and then shelling the shit out of it is obviously wrong. I'm just doing what you said do - looking at this from a Russian perspective.
Given the above, if you were in Putin’s position, would you start nuclear war now, and almost certainly be incinerated? - no, I wouldn't. But it would be very foolish for Western politicians not to take Putin's threat seriously, or to back him into a corner so much that the nuclear option becomes the only way out for him. Putin is a cold-blooded killer with zero regard for human life. I'm sure he's thought how closely packed Western Europe is (nuking it would be like shooting fish in a barrel). I'm sure he's thought about striking first and wiping out Washington DC, NYC and LA. Putin would have no qualms sacrificing millions and millions of innocent Russians who might get nuked from a retaliatory strike from America. Of course, if Putin ever pressed the big red button, he'd likely go all-in and destroy US cities, and wipe the UK and France off the surface of the planet.
I think a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking that Putin is a Western politician - he's not. Western politicians are leaders, but they have to pose as social workers in order to get elected. Putin doesn't bother with any of that crap - he's one bad bastard.
I also think some people - me included - arrogantly assume that everyone wants to be Westernised. And it's clearly not the case with Putin.
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"Somebody" needs to do "Something!"
by Terry init's always unjustifiable for a country to attack another country without having first been attacked itself.. the nuremberg trials at the end of wwii made this clear.. more vividly too: following orders as a patriotic duty is never secondary to the pangs of your personal conscience.. .
worst of all, hypocrisy destroys credibility when you.
criticize other countries for doing what you have done.. .
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Terry
Putin has already said he'd nuke the West if the West gets involved - he's made that quite clear.
There's not much the West can do, apart from giving food, water and shelter to Ukrainian citizens, and giving sanctuary to refugees. That's about it.
The West needs to stop poking its nose into other countries' wars.
I'm sick of Boris Johnson postering on the international stage, claiming to care about Ukraine.
FFS, he's the Prime Minister of the UK, not Ukraine. His top priority is to keep UK citizens safe, healthy and fed.
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Peak Cancel Culture
by Simon inwe seemed to have reached peak cancel-culture.
now, we get to try to cancel the citizens of an entire country for something their government chose to do.. really, we can't allow russian individuals to compete in sports?
to live a life?.
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More evidence of cancel culture/virtue-signalling:
Sainsbury's supermarket has rebranded its Chicken Kiev as Chicken Kyiv (the latter is the Ukrainian spelling).
No, I'm not shitting you
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One question to ask Lloyd Evans
by usualusername1 inlloyd evans has a livestream and must answer all questions.
the only catch.
you can only ask one question plus a follow up.. my fave so far is would you want your daughter to marry a man who was unfaithful every few months with prostitutes.. what would you ask him?.
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One question to ask Lloyd Evans - "hey Lloyd, why are you such a c**t?"
Sorry, I couldn't resist