Posts by mtbatoon

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Independence Days and Flag Customs in Other Countries

by blondie in

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with the 4th of july coming up and seeing comments by some in the us, i wonder what about other countries?.

some places in the us also observe the independence day for mexico, sweden, switzerland with festivals.. what about in those countries, and canada, australia, the uk, france, chile, germany, etc, etc.. do they approach their day with the same customs, fireworks, putting out the flag.

how many people display a flag on a regular basis?.

mtbatoon

As the country many other countries have become independent from, we in the UK have to rely on our saints day. Not that the dragon killing St George is well remembered . In fact the Cross of St George ( red cross on white background not the Union Jack which is the flag of the UK) has only recently made a comeback after being taken as the symbol for racist movements such as the national front. In fact the racist overtones are still so strong that public places such as schools can fly them on St Georges Day, a fact that I'm sure would upset the Turkish St George.

Having Scottish in laws I do enjoy a St Andrew's dinner with them when I can but always feel that it's just a preliminary to Burns Night a couple of months after.

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SMURFS: Do all JWs think they're evil?

by sonnyboy in

i'm wondering if there are any urban legends passed around at your former (or current) hall, like the one we had about smurfs.

an elder told us that smurfs were created by satan worshipers and were evil.

he then told us about a young girl who brought a plush smurf doll to service at a local hall.

mtbatoon

Most people didn't question it; everyone was all agasp.

No, everyone was all asleep.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

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friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

Scotsman, surely something smart and a bit military is needed, shorts as well, defiantly shorts.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

jw
friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

Scotsman, I was thinking more on the lines of national heroes, those that will fight in our many wars with those misguided countries wanting to “liberate” our subhuman workforce, the socially minded who report on their neighbours or family members for any unpatriotic thoughts or behaviour . Show the masses what rewards await for being a good citizen.

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Intro/Is it ok for me to be here?

by Sad emo in

jw
friends

is it ok for me to be part of your 'gang'?

you see i'm not a jw and never have been and a bit of of me feels like i'm gatecrashing.. i was raised in a strong roman catholic family - i was expected to believe everything the church taught without question and i did.

when i left school, i found myself working with an evangelical christian who, because she questioned my beliefs slowly made me look into them for myself - i truly hated her at the time for doing that and admit that i made her life a misery in revenge - but eventually i began to see that some of the stuff she was saying was right, we became very good friends and my real journey out of the rc church began.. i was too scared to leave straight away because of the doctrines i'd grown up with - no salvation outside the church and you can only really communicate with god through the priest (big issue here was how do i get my sins forgiven cos if i don't i'm gonna go to hell) - it was another 10 years before i finally plucked up the courage to leave and this was because of two things that happened:.

mtbatoon

It will be nice to get a non JW comparison. Hello.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

jw
friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

And surely we could melt the elderly down for glue, they cost us a bomb.

Not all of them, we must keep some back so we can display them on state approved public holidays. Only the deserving ones however, the rest can go “live on the farm.”

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What is your 'waking up' song'??

by PaulJ in

imagine you have one of those alarm clock radios (if you dont already) it comes on to wake you up as usual- what song would be playing that would give you the best start to the day?.

for me its 'wake up boo' by the boo radleys.

pretty obvious but it always gets me singing and in a good mood.

mtbatoon

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky

strange choice for an agnostic.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

jw
friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

those bastard children sould be put to work in the mills again.

Aye, it's amasing what fine work they do with those little hands, thats if they don't lose them that is. Now where's my stove pipe hat.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

jw
friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

Right then, now we've formed up the forced labour gangs, decided on enforced sterilisation and adoption of children born to the unworthy, shall we sort out the darkies and other foreign types? They weren't born here so they don't deserve our money.

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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK

by Gill in

jw
friends

it's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.

our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.

i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.

mtbatoon

Good point Fe, I've had to rely on benefit at times but that didn't make me a bad person or stop me trying to better my life. People who abuse the benefit system are easier to spot than the majority that need it. Your are right though Gill that some are becoming dependant on handouts but I'd put this down to poor education and poor family/social roll models. You could take away there benefits as a kindness in the long run but what are the short term consequences? More crime, more homeless, unsanitary living conditions resulting in the spread of disease. It would be taking a step back to Victorian times and Victorian troubles.

PJ: Problem is we have so many employment laws this is unworkable. I know a great many people who have never worked and now they're raising kids that will never work, but boy do they know how to claim.