the bible attaches importance to your name, do you like yours.
if not, what would you change it to?.
i always hated mine, outaservice smith.
Yes I like mine, first middle and last...although hardly anyone calls me by name anyway they either resort to Gaz (which incidentally I hate) or G which i prefer.
My middle name is David which ive always preferred to Gary but hey...I shouldnt really be bothered, i could be called plenty worse and in fact I am .
DB74
this is a rough story for me to read.
i cannot fanthom why children are abused in such manners as this.
it makes me sick and angry that children are treated this way.. .
I think its impossible to read that article and not be effected by what you read; its abhorrent that their are so few arrests and that so many children go missing.
Whether we could do something about it is doubtful except to be ever vigilant with our own children so they dont fall prey to these sick and twisted people.
I was in great mood before I read that article but now I feel sick.
Great Picci's...your kids look like they have mischief written all over em....you must be very proud.
DB74
my firm has access to a legal updates on human rights issues and child protection, i thought you might be interested to hear what the following article has said given that it could have an impact on the damages awarded to uk victims of abuse at the hands of the wts.. .
court to set damages in priest child abuse case.
for the first time the high court is due to set damages for child abused by a roman catholic priest.
My firm has access to a legal updates on Human Rights issues and child protection, I thought you might be interested to hear what the following article has said given that it could have an impact on the damages awarded to UK victims of abuse at the hands of the WTS.
Court to set damages in priest child abuse case
For the first time the High Court is due to set damages for child abused by a Roman Catholic priest. Stephen Ward talks to John Housden, partner in Clifton Ingram and solicitor for the claimant, about why he believes the case will lay the ground rules for future claims...
Next month the High Court is due to set damages for the first time for a child abused by a Roman Catholic priest in a case which according to his solicitor will lay ground rules for many more cases which are pending. John Housden, partner in Clifton Ingram, solicitor for the claimant who is now an adult identified only as 'A', says there is still a big gap between the offer which is based on low pay-outs to victims of abuse in care homes, and the claim which is on the same basis as any personal injury claim including loss of future earnings to the age of 65.
?The reasoning in care home cases must be that the children had already been damaged in some way before the abuse took place because they were in care homes and not with their families. But in this case the man?s brothers and sisters have all had relatively successful adult lives, and there is no reason to assume he would not have been able to command a salary in line with those siblings had the abuse not taken place.?
The victim 'A' is claiming damages against the Diocese of Birmingham for sex abuse between the ages of eight and 18 by a priest who is now dead, Father Christopher Clonan. Catholic dioceses in Britain have admitted liability for sex abuse cases in the past, but damages claims have been settled out of court.
The Birmingham archdiocese has admitted liability for 'A', but arguments have continued over causation and damage. It has said that it would not comment until the judge had delivered his ruling.
Another of Clonan's victims advised by Housden, Simon Grey, a former altar boy, brought a similar claim in the High Court in 2003, and the Diocese agreed an out-of-court settlement of £330,000. Mr Housden is pursuing six other claims - four of which involve Clonan. Pannone and Partners has 20 cases involving dioceses across the country.
'A' now suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder and requires 24-hour care, Housden says.
The Diocese has made offers, ?but we are significantly apart on the figures?, Housden says. He says the judge will have to decide issues relating to the claimant?s past and future employability, what sort of accommodation he will need and whether it needs full or part-time supervision to be included.
?There are also issues in relation to the need for him to appoint a receiver to handle his finances. They say he is capable of handling his own affairs, we say the medical evidence is to the contrary,? Housden says.
?Essentially a lot of these cases revolve around their own facts, the ability to work and so on. But we hope in future cases the Church will be prepared to take a realistic view over damages.
?They have been inclined to look at the rather smaller range of damages in care cases, where the damages have been surprisingly small. We say the correct approach is to apply a multiplier rather than a lump sum as in these care cases. You quickly ratchet up quite a lot.?
Lexis Nexis UK.
everyone has their own idiosyncrises, mine is- .
when i get a new book, i'll open it up to the middle of the book and stick my nose in the binding for about ten seconds, and smell how the glue, ink, and fresh paper smell.
ahhhh i love that smell.
I cant eat a Kit Kat properly I have to eat all the edges of chocolate off before devouring it....i dont know why, I just do.
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i was nearly having a panic attack here.. sirona
I think I am addicted to this forum and was completely lost without it when it went offline...it meant i actually had to do some work; was speaking to a friend of mine on MSN and they felt the same way too...NIGHTMARE!
Simon do you realise the responsibility you hold?
My name is DB74 and I am a JWD adddict.
DB74
i shouldnt tell you all this...
you heard it right, folks.
imagine wearing that across your forehead for the rest of your "christian" life.
Completely without words...
my heart goes out to you and hope you find some semblence of solice hear on this site.
Hope to see you round the forum
DB74
that they were one of the "anointed" just for the hell of it?
i always wanted to do that and see what would happen!.
brooke
Many years ago one member of the congregation went to the elders and said they were annointed and he was promptly disfellowshipped....now of course this could be just gossip but i thought i would post it anyway....wonder how they would react though if you did tell them....
DB74
straight from the article friends... .
*** w61 12/15 pp.
767-768 questions from readers *** .
Now she is contented
Hmmn...perhaps Mr Bull knew what he was doing then...or perhaps even Mr & Mrs Bull were allowed to get on with it without the WTS society suggesting that no oral and or anal should be involved...I dunno...
Seriously though...WTF is that article about...its a pile of crap.
as to end up in the position of a clean, happy wife and mother of legitimate children, journeying to the new world of righteousness, where there will be no sex problems amid a sex-crazy population.
Translation:- the teenage woman will become subservient in a sex/love starved marriage which she only entered into for the former with no experience of life or the world she lives in, this way then she can become down trodden by her dub husband and the WTS forever more until she reaches a point in life she says 'no more' if she does at all.
I know this is possibly an over generalisation but true in a high number of circumstances.
DB74
....................our great mate ozzie is sick in hospital.
he isn't able to post so i am the go-between for the moment.. if you want more details or contact information pm me and i will make sure it's ok with the ozzies to forward those details to you.. ozzie is a tough dude and having known him for many years i am confident he will be back on board before too long!.
please be patient with me as i work and can only check my pms in the evenings.
Best wishes Ozzie....hope you get better soon mate.
DB74
