Posts by Village Idiot

Nevuela, I agree that there is over-diagnosis of many illnesses but there is such a thing as ADD; depression; bi-polar behavior in children. I am an example of that.

Whether they should be medicated is a separate issue and one I don't pretend to have the answers to. It is unfortunate that a teacher's word was taken as a medical observation by the psychiatrist who treated you.

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2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration

by darkspilver in

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steve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?

i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.

note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.

Village Idiot

Hannah: Well, I respect Ashley and Jessica... [and I'll keep respecting them until I see them die a brutal death at Armageddon.]

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Orwell's 1984. Turned into a theatre stage play performance!

by stuckinarut2 in

https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2017/1984.

this looks interesting!!

a modern take on orwell's classic 1984.. we all have found the comparison of orwell's book to witness life to be fascinating, so this could be a great play to see!.

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dubstepped,
I absolutely loved the book, hated the movie...

There were two different 1984 movies that I recall. Maybe you'll like the other one.

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ADHD Caused by Chemo

by azor in

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i just found out yesterday that my son who is less than a year out of treatment for leukemia has adhd caused by the chemo that saved his life.

does anyone here have any experience with this?

primarily looking for books or resources that helped you or your loved ones..

Village Idiot

I cannot speak from experience but I've heard that some strains of medical marijuana can assist with ADHD as well as relieve pain caused by cancer and lack of appetite caused by chemo. It would be a Sativa strain (Not Indica) and it could be bought as tincture. A tincture is a liquid form of the medication that comes in a little bottle that has an eye dropper. It can give a precise dose. No smoking required. Google it and you should come up with a wealth of information on the subject.

I too have ADD and am just beginning to experiment with medical marijuana to see what works best. If I find a good strain (there are hundreds) I'll pm you. Even without the ADD issues it would still be a good idea to take medical marijuana by any cancer or post cancer patient.

There are non-psychoactive strains of marijuana that have been bred just to ease pain but without the high. Charlotte's Web is one of those strains. That particular strain does not do anything for ADD though.

Check this out for starters: https://www.leafly.com/news/strains-products/best-cannabis-strains-for-focus-and-addadhd.

PS: I would stay away from "conventional" medications, like Adderall which are highly addictive.

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If you had the power ....

by Landy in

...would you choose to ban the jw religion?.

if you wouldn't ban them what, if any, changes would you force upon them?.

Village Idiot

The reason religious institutions are not taxed in the U.S. is because of mutual arrangement that was made between the state and church.

Government would not tax them because they can use that power to favor one religion over another. The church in turn would not engage in political affairs. It's part of the separation of church and state. If you remove one the other will fail.

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If you had the power ....

by Landy in

...would you choose to ban the jw religion?.

if you wouldn't ban them what, if any, changes would you force upon them?.

Village Idiot

Finkelstein,
I would enforced a compassionate deprogramming with information to what has intrinsically happened to them and to the reasons why.

I know where you're coming from Fink but that's still too authoritarian for me. The only thing I would do is to broadcast in public TV everything the public needs know about the religions/organizations they're in or thinking of getting in.

Broadcasting the ARC videos and others on public TV would be a fantastic way of reaching the public and would demoralize many JWs.

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If you had the power ....

by Landy in

...would you choose to ban the jw religion?.

if you wouldn't ban them what, if any, changes would you force upon them?.

Village Idiot

Speaking as an atheist I would neither ban nor regulate any religion. Once somebody starts playing that game there begins a slippery slope down to a dictatorship.

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