Minimus, your original post implies that a black person can't sound articulate, and if they do, it would be suprising. THAT is what is offensive.
-Happy
(Happily married white girl married to a black guy)
happy1975
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Is It "Wrong" To Say That Someone "Sounds" Black??
by minimus ini saw boston legal this past tuesday and denny crane said he was impressed by the "articulate" man who didn't "sound" black.
this caused an uproar!!!
in a re-run on curb your enthusiasm, larry david makes a comment that's insulting to a black person and has to immediately apologize for being politically incorrect.. your opinion on this question, please..
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Your View On BREASTFEEDING In Public
by minimus inlast night on the news a woman was told by a store manager that she could not in public breastfeed her child.
she and her husband were quite offended and complained to the company's main offices.
they are now looking into this situation.. what's your opinion?
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happy1975
I have had two babies (most recently a boy born on 1/15/07) and breast fed them both in public. I never hesitate and I try to be discreet. As for feeding in the bathroom - YOU eat your lunch in a public bathroom and then we'll talk.
Happy
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Death Knell -- the Internet for the WTS
by Francophile ini'm new here -- i confidently disassociated in 1994 (but really left the organization in 1992).
i was a ministerial servant and gave talks at conventions.
i'm not bragging, but just giving you an idea of my involvement.
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happy1975
Franc,
You'd think that would be the case, but witnesses are really brainwashed about staying away from apostates/internet.
For example, I didn't search "jehovah's witnesses" on the internet in an effort to find support for leaving until YEARS after I decided to leave and even then I nearly vomited from anxiety. No lie.
Happy
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What Was It Like To Grow Up A Jehovahs Witness?
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; color: #000099; } .style3 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style5 {font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; color: #000099; } --> what was it like to grow up a jehovahs witness?it is fair to say, that as a convert from roman catholicism my understanding .
of what it was like to be raised a jehovahs witness is limited because of not.
having had any family in the organization.
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happy1975
Basically, it was boring. I realize now that it's an intensely controlling org that doesn't allow you to "find yourself".
I missed out on- Organized sports, dating, higher education.
IT SUCKS.
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What is your town or area's claim to fame?
by free2beme inevery where you live, the local area has something about it that is either famous for something good or something bad.
as an example, you go to one town and it may have the historial site of a famous war battle.
you go to another an it might be the place something was invented, or the birthplace of someone famous.
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happy1975
Springfield, MA
Home of Dr. Suess, the children's book writer.
Home of Basketball.
-Happy
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Did you actually "believe" as a JW or was it Emperors New Clothes to you?
by LovesDubs ini decided post jws that i was walking the walk and talking the talk but deep down...wasnt buying it.
i really wasnt.
but i couldnt say anything to anybody because that was part of what was expected of us.
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happy1975
I too was raised as a Witness and I believed it 100%. I was sure that I was going to die at A once I stopped attending due to severe depression and anxiety ( I took all of the "you're not doing enough's" to heart and just about lost it). Thank god I found this place - the day I arrived here is when my healing began.
-Happy
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Happy to be brainwashed!
by Fleshybirdfodder inmy father commented at a meeting once, "when people accuse me of being brainwashed, i reply, "i certainly am!
my brain has been washed clean of the world!
" uproarious laughter ensued from the flipper clapping seals in the cong.
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happy1975
I've heard this comment several times and each and every time it makes me want to barf.
-Happy
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How many here have been disciplined?
by Boohiggy inhi people.
new here and happy to be here.
i was just counseled for sex.
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happy1975
I have. It was of the premarital oral variety. Be prepared to be asked in EXCRUCIATING detail about everything that happened. I am mortified to this day (over 12 years later) that I was actually stupid enough to allow anyone (especially some stuffy elders) tell me what is right and wrong in terms of my sexuality. I am still pissed at myself for submitting to the judicial comittee.
My fiance and I were privately reproved for our fun little romp. Incidentally we've now been happily married for 12 years - SO WHAT DID ALL OF THAT EVEN MATTER?
-Happy
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Pony Tail = Preemptive Strike on the Dubs
by Siddhashunyata insince growing a pony tail i have a sense of command .
i am no longer visited by the elders ( to encourage me), dubs may say hello but never converse ( to encourage me).
i have a sense that i'm having the last word .
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happy1975
If you happen to be female wearing a short skirt or getting a piercing (for me - my upper ear) will have the same desired effect (well, in ultra-conservative New England, anyway).
-Happy
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What's the BIGGEST LIE you ever heard?
by nicolaou in.
someone i knew stood up at the convention to answer her two baptism questions both with a "yes".
she was having an affair with a married brother at the time.. but i'd top my 'biggest lie' list with four small words; "in the beginning, god"
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happy1975
That's easy -
The Witnesses have the truth.
-Happy