I'm guessing it will only play in certain countries. :(
Wild_Thing
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Great show! "You can't ask that! Former cult members"
by stuckinarut2 inthis is a great episode of a very candid and well produced australian tv show called "you can't ask that".
this episode focuses on cults.
while it doesn't speak about jws, we will relate to many points it raises.. http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/you-cant-ask-that/le1717h003s00.
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I Think There Should Be Laws Against Political Discrimination
by minimus ini think it’s terrible and simply wrong not to serve a person in a restaurant simply because you disagree with their political views.
i think that when a uber driver dumps a car load of people simply because they speak amongst themselves about politics that the driver doesn’t agree with—-it’s discrimination!
this type of discrimination will cost people their lives someday!.
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Wild_Thing
The difference is that the other examples of discrimination that are against the law is about who you are, and not what you think. You cannot change your race, sexual orientation (presumably), or age. You can change your political ideas ... they're just thoughts.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with you that no one should discriminate against you for your political ideas, but what you call discriminate, other people may call taking a stand against something they strongly believe in. It really is such a fine line, I don't see how they could make a law about people's political views.
If I had a restaurant and you came in wearing your Trump hat, even though I detest him, I would have no problem serving you. I understand that other businesses would not, so I would gladly take the business from them and spread the word. Again, vote with your dollars, advertise with your mouth ... no law needed.
However, if you are otherwise being a jerk about spouting your ideas in my restaurant or harassing customers, I would probably ask you to leave. If you are a person that is directly involved in doing something that I find morally reprehensible (like the Sec. of Homeland Security separating families at the border and putting them in kiddie cages), I would definitely tell you to go eat somewhere else. You may call that a political issue, but I would call it a moral issue. I feel like that would be my right as a business owner. It would probably lose me customers to take a stand in that a manner, but I would have to decide what is more important to me ... using my business to take a stand on an issue, or serving you anyway.
And if you don't think businesses should take a stand on moral issues, go talk to Hobby Lobby. They took their moral issue all the way to the Supreme Court and won.
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I Think There Should Be Laws Against Political Discrimination
by minimus ini think it’s terrible and simply wrong not to serve a person in a restaurant simply because you disagree with their political views.
i think that when a uber driver dumps a car load of people simply because they speak amongst themselves about politics that the driver doesn’t agree with—-it’s discrimination!
this type of discrimination will cost people their lives someday!.
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Wild_Thing
Example: I want to go with my family to a restaurant and I am denied service because I work and support Trump who happens to be a politician.
Vote with your dollars. Go to a different restaurant. If everyone would do that, the businesses that discriminate would quickly disappear.
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I Think There Should Be Laws Against Political Discrimination
by minimus ini think it’s terrible and simply wrong not to serve a person in a restaurant simply because you disagree with their political views.
i think that when a uber driver dumps a car load of people simply because they speak amongst themselves about politics that the driver doesn’t agree with—-it’s discrimination!
this type of discrimination will cost people their lives someday!.
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Wild_Thing
For someone who leans toward conservative, minimus, I am surprised you are advocating for more laws.
The laws against racial, sexual, and gender discrimination is already on the books and we seem to have a hard time as Americans enforcing THAT law. I can't imagine trying to enforce a discrimination law against what people THINK. (meaning their political views). It seems it would be very hard to prove someone's thoughts and that you were discriminated against because of them.
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A concise list for my therapist...any suggestions?
by Straw Man inbeen a lurker here for a long time.
i am just now starting to deal with the issues from my witness upbringing.
it's been about 10 years since i was df'd.. just recently i started to see a therapist and i am trying to get across the depth of the effects of growing up a witness.
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Wild_Thing
What OTWO said. The BITE model is the best way to measure whether a group is a cult or not.
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Invited to a talk: What to do?
by Fred Franztone inmy sister texted me last night with an invitation to watch our dad give his first ever public talk.
i don't live particularly near to my family, but i'm not too far from them to make the journey, and i am on good terms with them, having never been baptised and so not disfellowshipped; they don't shun me and likely wouldn't even if i were disfellowshipped, it's not in their character.. i haven't been inside a kingdom hall since 2006, and i would like to keep it that way; i only intend to step inside one again in the event of a family wedding or funeral service.
i don't want to be rude to my sister, ignoring the text isn't an option, so i need a diplomatic way of declining her invitation.. i've considered saying that i'm busy, but this leaves things open for her to ask again in the future, and i'd rather she got the message that i'm not interested, without me having to say so in an explicit way.. any suggestions from those who have been in a similar situation?.
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Wild_Thing
Keep it friendly and non-confrontational. You can decline and still them well.
"Thanks for the invite. I wish I could! Give dad my best!"
Short, sweet, nice.
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Chaunte Cardwell – from Near Death to Freedom
by Lee Elder inwe have just published a new experience about the near death of a pregnant jw who found her way to freedom with the help of ajwrb.
http://ajwrb.org/chaunte-cardwell-from-near-death-to-freedomchaunte cardwell – from near death to freedom.
chaunte cardwell – ogden, utah – 1986. .
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Wild_Thing
No religious institution should have the right to impose their views of medical care upon their members.
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Montana court case
by belogical inhttps://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/55482-ever-lose-patience-with-recalcitrant-contrarians/.
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Wild_Thing
I wonder why this hasn't made the news more prominently. It needs more attention.
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Wild_Thing
I'm afraid Sophia and Caleb let the worldly pressures at school get to them and they are now considered spiritually weak. As we all know, bad associations spoil useful habits, and we have had to limit their associations within the congregation. We can't have Jehovah's precious youth exposed to such worldly evils.
Until Sophia quits Girl Scouts and Caleb stops leading the Sparlock Club at school, they'll never going to make it into paradise!
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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?
by blownaway ini thought this was all about the 18th century.
but its current or just post current times.
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Wild_Thing
Regardless of the direction of this thread ... give the series a try. Give it two or three episodes. I thought the first couple of episodes were kind of dry, but they had to build up a bit of background.
With that being said, I am a little afraid they may try to continue the storyline beyond where it should have ended, simply because it is a money maker for them. I am okay with them creating new storyline content for the second season. So far it's really good. But sometimes a good story needs to end.