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  follow on question.

  by pudd in

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  i would like to thank all who have replied to my quesstion about hitting back at woman.

  i would like to ask a further question about this situation.

  some have surgested that my friends girlfriend acted in self defense when she slapped him because he was pinning her in a corner and yelling.

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  onintwo

  This is what I've learned:

  (1) Hitting a woman is out of bounds for me. I couldn't do it. The few punches I've thrown in my life were designed to do the maximum damage to the target person. And I think I would instinctively react in that way if I ever was suitably provoked. So over the years I've just never allowed myself to consider it as an option.

  (2) Where I live, words are not considered sufficient provocation to justify any type of violence. So you'll pretty much go to jail, pay to take anger management classes, and pay lots of fines. Not worth it. Don't let anyone bait you.

  (3) Any type of violence that is initiated by one person against another can only be returned with the same level of violent behavior. Slap for slap, shove for shove, etc. If you're the one who escalates the violence, at that moment you become the aggressor.

  For what it's worth...

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  Pet peeve #24.

  by onintwo in

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  why is it that cashiers hand you your change back with all of the loose change on top of haphazardly stacked bills?.

  man, that pisses me.

  i remember years ago when i was trained, we always handed the change back into the open hand.

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  onintwo

  Why is it that cashiers hand you your change back with all of the loose change on top of haphazardly stacked bills?

  Man, that pisses me. Especially in the drive-thru. I remember years ago when I was trained, we always handed the change back into the open hand. (actually counting it back to the customer in those days). Then the bills. Apparently not any more.

  The other day I decided I would be pro-active about this instead of just whining about it. So at Starbucks, just as the clerk was about to make my change, I said "change first please". Just to see what would happen. I said it with a smile, too, but she still gave me one of those looks like she was really being imposed upon. So I don't think that'll work.

  Anyone else bugged by this?

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  When good elders do bad things...

  by True North in

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  recently i had occasion to speak with an elder i hadn't seen in a while.

  (although i've been out for twenty years now, my wife and some of my children are still locked within the org's tender embrace, which led to my happening to encounter him and our resultant conversation.

  ) he's someone i consider a really good guy at heart, truly caring and sincerely working at being a good shepherd as he sees it.

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  I can't imagine a person, such as you've described, not being pained over any negative fallout as a result of a decision he made. Only an uncaring, cold-hearted individual would not carry around and think (worry) about how his shepherding was affecting others.

  Not saying there aren't these types in the Borg. Clearly there are. But my money is that they (the elders) probably don't relish disciplinary actions, but will do it out of their misplaced trust in the Governing Buzzards.

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  "Captives of a Concept" (Anatomy of an Illusion)

  by Cameron in

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  chapter 1

  chapter 2

  chapter 3

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  onintwo

  Please keep us posted on this!

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  Shamanism........................

  by Sunnygal41 in

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  2. friends

  who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.

  terri.

  aka raven wind spirit

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  Read a book about two years ago titled "The Shaman's Apprentice". At least that's the title I remember. (I'd check it out, but my wife's asleep in the bedroom and I don't want to turn on the light in there.) I'm part of a book group that reads a fair number of books every year.

  Can't say it was one that I would have picked up off the shelf, but that's the great thing about book groups. You end up reading stuff that maybe you thought wouldn't interest you.

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  Is it harder for ladies to apologize?

  by onintwo in

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  yesterday i had a little spat with my wife.

  it's all cleared up today.

  she's a wonderful gal and we love each other very much.. but one thing kinda bugs me.

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  onintwo

  Yesterday I had a little spat with my wife. It's all cleared up today. She's a wonderful gal and we love each other very much.

  But one thing kinda bugs me. In both of my marriages, I've noticed my wife has always been reticent to say "I'm sorry" or "I was wrong". Even when the little argument is long over and things are back to normal. Is it just the two ladies I happened to marry?

  Or are ladies in general just a tiny bit less apt to apologize? I know that it's relatively easy for me to apologize. Does it have something to do with ones self-esteem? LIke maybe they think there "stock" will go down if they do?

  Don't want to rile any of the ladies up, but what do you girls think? Be objective.

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  Who is running the Watchtower Society?

  by richard in

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  since the watchtower society has been reorganized and split up in all these (sub)corporations, i wonder where the real power is located.

  my guess would be the wtbts of pennsylvania, inc. other ideas?

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  Don't want to hijack the thread, but wouldn't it be something if there was a hostile takeover of the Corporation? (Nod to Cruzanheart)

  Guess it can't really happen because the WTS isn't a publicly held Corporation. But, what if some Donald Trump did? Take it in a whole new direction. Maybe start publishing New Age materials? Get those big ol' presses really humming churning out something a little different.

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  Does Love Never Fail??

  by Latte in

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  does ?love never fail?

  is it necessary to shun those who shun us?

  it has been over three years since my family and i left the borg.

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  onintwo

  You've certainly hit the nail on the head, Latte. JW's, by and large, are the unhappiest people I know. They have been told to put all of their wants, needs, etc. on hold waiting on the New System of things.

  How can you be happy watching all of your un-fulfilled desires for NATURAL things slip away? Alarmingly see your own body's energy slowly ebb? Waiting, waiting...

  I know of couples, once young, who decided not to have children because of the closeness of the end! Now I wonder, do they dare think that they will never have grandchildren as well? Still they believe.

  I am saddened also by the wasted lives among these people. What a crime the WTS is guilty of. I'm sad for the young kids born into this mess.

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  What would you say to Gods' answering machine?

  by Sirius Dogma in

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  thank you for calling god, please leave a message at the beep or press 5 to leave a fax.

  <beep>

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  onintwo

  Reboot and Simwitness, kudos! You have a decent wit!

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  Transference.

  by Englishman in

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  do you think that some newbie ex's transfer some of their hatred of the elders onto mods or board administrators?

  are you aware of some newbie ex's having difficulties with policemen or teachers or doctors or others in authority because of this hatred of authority?

  are some newbie ex's likely to have difficulty in obtaining permanent employment because of their obsession with authority figures?

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  onintwo

  Good question, Englishman.

  In my own case, No, No, No, and a qualified Yes. Kid in a candy shop. Experimenting with some new ideas, situations, etc.

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