there have been several threads lately about terrorism, and i find myself frustrated over how quickly they digress into the minutia of specific events and lose focus on the crux of the problem (i'm guilty, too!
there are serious issues which are constantly overlooked when solutions are offered in regards to the reduction/elimination of terrorists/terrorism.
these issues must be addressed in order to have a workable solution.
We should dead with them as enemy combatants, following the Geneva Convention. I do think, however certain exceptions could be made.
For example, I'd love to watch Osama be vivisected on live international TV when that piece of vermin is finally detained.
are there times when you see that you still are under the control of the witnesses?
Yup. Though it took a while to get all the "influence"/mind control out of my subconscious.
what do you find yourself doing differently?.
do you ever feel a little shocked when your opinions on certain things have changed?
things that you were once so adamantly against?.
Well I've earned a couple college degrees -- working on a few more Ph.D. I've become a published author, both non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
Since leaving I've also become sexual activity: fun, fun. Could have scored today with this this totally cute spanish princess, but I'm still not over my ex.
I've also developed quite an unhealthy drinking and pill popping habit.
Anyway at the moment there's a two-word phrase that fits me prefectly. The first word is four letters long and starts with an F and the last word is up.
i haven't yet seen the movie the passion of christ but understand that it is a powerful movie for those who are believers.
i haven't been a jw for many years but wondered what the organizations position is on the bros seeing this movie.
does anyone have any insight on this?
It's R-rated, hence, witnesses aren't allowed to go see it.
Yes. I was born into it. But my parents were converted. My mother was in her 20s and my father was in his 30s. Now granted, neither of them were exactly educated. But damn! How can an adult possibly be so gullible?
They were tricked but they were adults so I don?t feel much pity for them, as all the messed up consequences they suffered due to joining the witnesses, they themselves chose. But I do feel embarrassed and angry for me and my two older brothers who had our lives dramatically screwed up by being brought up in the witness cult.
happy 4th anniversary jwd!
simon and angharad,.
love we have wasted on the way.. so much water moving underneath the bridge, let the water come and carry us away.. let the water come and carry us away.~csny .
Happy Anniversary JWD!!!!
i don't know if this thread has been covered before; do you have a favorite song or piece of music or performer?
i know the question seems juvenile.
but, i'm curious.. mine, i think, is a tie between wladyslaw szpilman's performance of chopin's nocturne in c-sharp minor and angela hewitt's version of bach's goldberg variations -- the aria is divine!.
Might have to add another song to this list: If You C Jordan by Something Corporate, just totally kicks @ss.
i was raised as a jw.
didn't leave until i was around 19 years old.
i've found that i know nothing about politics because of my upbringing.
It's nice to finally agree with you on something blacksheep, lol.
any idea what the cost for newspaper ad would be displaying the letter?
pc
By way of follow up, I thought that 50,000 USD figure sounded very low. So, I called the NYT and spoke to one of their ad reps. Now, for a full, black and white, inside page the price per column inch is 990 USD for a weekday and 1,120 USD for a Sunday. A full page in the NYT has 126 column inches. So doing the math, a week day, black and white, full page ad in the NYT would cost 124,740 USD. The cost of a Sunday full page, black and white, inside page is 141,120 USD.
These rates are variable, for example, color is a whole lot more. But if you could establish yourself as a non-profit organization you might be able to get a special, decreased rate.
Like I said in the previous post, there's a chance the editors of the NYT would look at the ad, decide it could yield defamation or invasion of privacry lawsuits and kill it before it'd ever got past production.
any idea what the cost for newspaper ad would be displaying the letter?
pc
How many JW's do you think read the NYT? If you really wanted to reach them, barrage them with billboards around their Brooklyn headquarters.
BTW: If you're looking to reach the most people, I'd suggest placing the advertisement in USA Today; its circulation is much, much higher than he NYT and is also national, as opposed to the NYT which is largely regional.
That being said, if there is a legitimate, legal fund established to do this, I'll help contribute to it.
As a digression, I work in the newspaper business. And I can tell you advertising departments won't run inflammatory ads, even if they're true. Defamation lawsuits and invasion of privacy lawsuits are far too expensive to defend.
