ok so just thinking it over here.
in the recent montana lawsuit wt had to show their net worth.
it came in at like 1.6 billion i think.
Oppostate:
The CCJW was a measly 34 million
Yeah...handy that all those KH's were sold, isn't it?
*Side benefit of congs merging/closing: sort of hard to track down the records if someone is wanting to take elders/congregations to court if those entities don't exist anymore
how strict were the jehovah’s witnesses you knew about birthday cake?
i knew a girl who saw a few pieces of cake in the break room at her work, and ate a peice, then found out later that it was left over birthday cake.
she felt so guilty and was scared about a bad impression she left on her work mates.
Eating birthday cake is perfectly acceptable - as long as you don't eat the whole cake.
Just take the icing off, cut it into pieces and voila!
Birthday cake fractions.
Shouldn't be a problem whatsoever.
first i want to say that i don't know very much about the muslims, and what i am going to say is not attacking anyone, but instead, it was something that was said to me by a muslim man a few years back.. back in 2004 my husband and i found ourselves in a homeless situation.
his job had ended because the plant that he was working at, had shut down, and was sent off to china.
at the time our two sons were still very young, so we ended up staying at a couple of different homeless shelters until my husband could find another job, which took a total of three months before he found a new job, in a new state.
Tameria: He said they have more in common than most people realize
I have heard that before. Way back in the early 60s when I was pretty young. A couple showed up at our home that had been JW friends of my mom and dad. They spent an afternoon trying to convince my parents that Islam was a better religion than the JWs. They had converted because it was so much like the JW religion. But better.
They left a copy of the Koran for my parents and it always sat on the bookshelf right beside all the WT books.
I never did read that book and I suspect it got tossed when mom finally let go of the WT literature.
so canada has legalized pot / marijuana / cannabis and you can go to stores today and buy some.
the local news is covering it here in calgary with crowds of thousands expected at one of only 2 stores licensed in the city but last i saw, there were only 7 people in the line so who knows how popular it will be.
i imagine all the people who really wanted to get it could already get it easily so this is more about expanding the market to new users who will be less inclined to queue for hours on day 1.. apparently you'll also be able to purchase online with discreet delivery by canada post.
Simon, your original reply to me was in response to this statement that I had said (you copied and pasted this):
in all my years of being around many, many women and hearing their stories of abuse and such, I have never once, not once, heard a woman say "He smoked a joint and then became violent" but, I have heard (more times than I like) "He started drinking and all hell broke loose. I thought he was going to kill me."
What massive consumption levels of alcohol have to do with this...I dunno... you did a segway (or is that red herring?)
You avoided the statement that you said you were replying to and all of all sudden...the subject changed to "society conditions" and anything else you wanted to throw in there.
My statement addressed domestic violence incidents and nothing else. I don't really care if your friends drink more than they smoke, I was speaking of my experience listening to the experiences of countless women.
(mind you, maybe your drinking friends prove my point)
so canada has legalized pot / marijuana / cannabis and you can go to stores today and buy some.
the local news is covering it here in calgary with crowds of thousands expected at one of only 2 stores licensed in the city but last i saw, there were only 7 people in the line so who knows how popular it will be.
i imagine all the people who really wanted to get it could already get it easily so this is more about expanding the market to new users who will be less inclined to queue for hours on day 1.. apparently you'll also be able to purchase online with discreet delivery by canada post.
Liveuni: ...nobody believes pot makes people violent.
I was responding to Simon's comment to what I had said about violence. In that context, my reply makes sense.
Your concerns are valid but not what my comment was addressing.
so canada has legalized pot / marijuana / cannabis and you can go to stores today and buy some.
the local news is covering it here in calgary with crowds of thousands expected at one of only 2 stores licensed in the city but last i saw, there were only 7 people in the line so who knows how popular it will be.
i imagine all the people who really wanted to get it could already get it easily so this is more about expanding the market to new users who will be less inclined to queue for hours on day 1.. apparently you'll also be able to purchase online with discreet delivery by canada post.
Simon: Yes, alcohol seems like a far more dangerous drug - but that's judged on the basis of massively higher consumption levels. We don't yet know the effect pot will have on society if use becomes widespread.
You do not know that it is"judged on the basis of massively higher consumption levels". You are assuming that because it sounds good Simon.
Pot use is already widespread. I don't think you know what you are talking about. A massively high consumption of pot results in sleep, not violence.
so canada has legalized pot / marijuana / cannabis and you can go to stores today and buy some.
the local news is covering it here in calgary with crowds of thousands expected at one of only 2 stores licensed in the city but last i saw, there were only 7 people in the line so who knows how popular it will be.
i imagine all the people who really wanted to get it could already get it easily so this is more about expanding the market to new users who will be less inclined to queue for hours on day 1.. apparently you'll also be able to purchase online with discreet delivery by canada post.
From what I understand about the pardons being offered by Ralph et al (to check sources, google Ralph Goodale and pardons for pot), the pardons will be offered only to those who were convicted of simple possession. Which was 30 grams (one ounce) and less. It will not extend to those with more serious violations like trafficking.
As far as impaired driving laws go, this will take a while to sort out. As it stands, there is theoretically a zero tolerance - 2 nanograms of THC showing up in your blood will put you over the limit. Which is ridiculous. You can acquire that by just being around someone who smokes pot. And, THC will show up in that amount of someone who is a regular user for at least a month. That means that if you smoke it for a sleep disorder and consume a joint before going to bed at night, you won't be able to drive to work in the morning. Even though all the effects have worn off (I have found that 3 hours is the max that the effects last...or somewhere around there).
So that will change.
The laws will change as the regulations restrict and impact the profit margins of the major shareholders in the cannabis industry. They have their eye$ on that 8 million dollar prize that the black market generated.
I haven't looked into the names of those who have heavy investments in the green machine, but I have had conversations with the guys who run the dispensary where I buy medical cannabis. One of them was telling me that the major shareholder in one of the big cannabis production/distribution companies (I really need to research this sometime...) was the finance adviser to the government at the time the cannabis bill was being passed through Senate.
I am sitting back and watching - I have waited 47 years for this day. Lol! I was 14 years old in 1971 and fresh out of the JWs when I smoked my first joint. Hell, Armageddon was coming and I only had a few more years left to live anyways. I liked the devil's lettuce from the first time I tried it and I am a supporter of both medical and recreational use. The journey has been awesome and this is quite the experience to watch the next step unfold. All the way from the 70s "Mexican ditch weed" to hydroponically grown medical pot.
And one more thing...in all my years of being around many, many women and hearing their stories of abuse and such, I have never once, not once, heard a woman say "He smoked a joint and then became violent" but, I have heard (more times than I like) "He started drinking and all hell broke loose. I thought he was going to kill me."
Light up Canada.
Today I am legal.
i think to the world in general it is fucking stupid but what about the every day jw?
is that all that they can say and is this type of public statement commonly known to the r&f?
their statement they abhor it.
Sigfrid:
I'm Waiting for someone to start with the reasoning comparing WT to Sears Bankruptcy at any moment.
You are late to the party. Morph was on this days ago
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5079797567848448/sears-has-finally-filed-bankruptcy
there were numerous objections and claims that watchtower lawyers made to try and get out of being held responsible for their negligence and malice.
here’s the juicy ones:.
montana is a mandatory reporting state, but watchtower lawyers claimed that the law for reporting abuse only applies to “individuals” and they are “corporations”.
stillMS: stillMS - "I don't think the pedophile are THAT wide-spread."
It would be reasonable to think that the ratio of pedos inside the congregations is similar to the general population.
However, there are a couple things that skew the numbers.
Firstly, the org actively recruits converts inside the prison system. They have converted pedos who are released at times into the elders care and supervision (murderers and other felons too).
Secondly, the JWs are exactly the kind of organization that predators are attracted to. Several characteristics make the socially isolated JW congregations an ideal hunting ground for those who seek the secrecy that the org provides for them and they have a naive group of victims just waiting for him/her to groom.
blonde jokes.. two blondes went to the pound where each adopted a puppy.
the joy of their new best friend was quickly overshadowed when they got home and the first blonde said, "i think we're in trouble, how are we going to tell them apart?
" this lead to several hours of concentration until finally, the second blonde said, "i've got an idea.
Do you know why blonde jokes are so simple?
So men can understand them.
*Just a joke. Don't get your panties in a knot, boys.
