Posts by mrsjones5

this is probably an it thing in general but people just don't seem able to ask for support in an efficient manner.. the conversations typically go like this:.

"i'm trying to do [xyz] and i'm getting an error message" (but no mention of what the error message is).

"i want to remove something that i posted" (but no mention of what or where it is).

So tired of life

by LouBelle in

jw
friends

i am so tired of waking up without hope.

so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.

i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..

When I read of the pain you're are going through Lou the words "don't give up" flashed in my brain and Peter Gabriel's song came to mind. It's a beautiful song of dispair and hope and it seemed to fit. Though we are all spread so far apart from each other there is love aand support for you here Lou.

We love ya. Don't give up.

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So tired of life

by LouBelle in

jw
friends

i am so tired of waking up without hope.

so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.

i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..

mrsjones5

in this proud land we grew up strong

we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail

no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose

don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good

though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn

drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground

don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong

rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up

'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing

moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs

don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's a place there's a place where we belong

Lou

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A fourteen year-old elder set this sister straight!

by Julia Orwell in

jw
friends

i was supervising a class of 14 year olds and there were a couple of jw kids, a girl and a boy, both of whom want to go to bethel.

i told the boy i wasn't comfortable with all the changes the gb's been making over the years.

i mean, i'm the teacher, right?

mrsjones5

It sticks with a few. He has been taught well and has the makings of a fine elder.

Snark!

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Thoughts on the new AAWA video and other things!!

by iamwhoiam in

so does this mean aawa is going to stop shunning?

are they themselves not guilty of shunning those who shun?

shunning can never be stopped no matter how bad you want it to.

mrsjones5

True that. ^^^^

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Disney Pulls out of Bangladesh

by wha happened? in

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/02/news/companies/disney-bangladesh/index.html?iid=lead.

at first i applauded this, but then i realized it was the rats leaving the ship.

how about making sure that anyone in the supply chain is treating workers with some level of decency?

mrsjones5

Not really Gman. The clothing industry is a multi-trillion dollar industry. Your buying that fifty dollar jean produced in the states really doesnt affect the worker making $5 jeans for Walmart.

When Disney pulls out there will be other clothing companies ready to jump in as long as the production costs are low.

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Disney Pulls out of Bangladesh

by wha happened? in

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/02/news/companies/disney-bangladesh/index.html?iid=lead.

at first i applauded this, but then i realized it was the rats leaving the ship.

how about making sure that anyone in the supply chain is treating workers with some level of decency?

mrsjones5

Trust me when a clothing manufactor is costing out how much it will be to produce a garment their first concern is not how many third world workers will not die of starvation if the clothing manufactor happens to decide to do their production in their country. It's pure dollars and cents. Where can a pair of jeans be produced for the least amount of money for a bigger profit.

Levi's, the company I used to work for, shut down all of their owned and operated plants in the states and moved their production overseas (to Asia and Mexico). Not because of quality reasons, we had some of the best jeans making factories in the country, but because it was vastly cheaper to produce a pair of jeans in Asia using contractors (don't have to pay US wages or benefits to the workers, dont have to support the cost and upkeep of an owned factory) than keeping the jobs in the US.

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Disney Pulls out of Bangladesh

by wha happened? in

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/02/news/companies/disney-bangladesh/index.html?iid=lead.

at first i applauded this, but then i realized it was the rats leaving the ship.

how about making sure that anyone in the supply chain is treating workers with some level of decency?

mrsjones5

The clothing industry is there because the cost to produce clothing is cheap. They are not there for humanitarian reasons. When the wages go up they will move to another cheaper area. Basically they are not concerned about the workers' deplorable working conditions and for the most part neither are the consumers in the other end of the chain.