i came a cross this article....never heard of it before although i know now there was a primetime live that did a story about them.
it's sick to know.
i read more and it made me more angry.. and there are people here in the us that say racism isn't the way it was....idiots.. http://abcnews.go.com/primetime/story?id=1231684&page=1.
Uggghhh !!! Very ugly lyrics and ideas by two very mislead children. CHILDREN !!!
It's unfortunate that hillbilly-outcasts are granted the same freeness of speech that the Divided States Of Embarrassment allows its generally sane people... Perhaps parental screening should be introduced where all prospective parents are put through an intense psychological analysis prior to birth......prior to conception preferably !!!
okay, about a week or so ago i flew back 'home' to nz to be with my mother and step-father - who's battle with cancer was coming to a quicker than expected end....unfortunately he passed away on thursday just gone (20th).
so on friday i went to visit my dad, who lives 30 mins south and we were talking about things - work, life, and we got to talking about my stepdad's death.
they both worked on the same site for a while and so they knew each other, and dad was sad to hear about his death.
Thanks Chrissy, I really appreciate your words. I hope your week starts well
as many of you know, there is going to be a pbs program aired next year titled, " knocking".
it''s a pro jw type of show where the jw's are depicted as a positive influence in society.
and i say "positive' in the sense that it touches on the most base of emotions.
Well, all I can say to that is "thank f*** I don't live in the States." Maybe next they'll start a 'reality' programme on cable, but instead of having the Osbourne's or Anna Nicole's life it'll be real-time, real-life door to door preaching !!!!
okay, about a week or so ago i flew back 'home' to nz to be with my mother and step-father - who's battle with cancer was coming to a quicker than expected end....unfortunately he passed away on thursday just gone (20th).
so on friday i went to visit my dad, who lives 30 mins south and we were talking about things - work, life, and we got to talking about my stepdad's death.
they both worked on the same site for a while and so they knew each other, and dad was sad to hear about his death.
Okay, about a week or so ago I flew back 'home' to NZ to be with my mother and step-father - who's battle with cancer was coming to a quicker than expected end....Unfortunately he passed away on Thursday just gone (20th).
So on Friday I went to visit my Dad, who lives 30 mins south and we were talking about things - work, life, and we got to talking about my stepdad's death. They both worked on the same site for a while and so they knew each other, and Dad was sad to hear about his death.
Anyways, we were discussing it then he said "It's sad to hear about ******* but I'll see him again, in the ressurection...." and I just about burst out laughing......well I did laugh, but I managed to contain myself - I just found it so amusing how he, and the rest of them can believe in such a fairy tale....... A ressurection ?? A brand new earth where everything is perfect, organized and we will never face pain ?? Seriously, I still kick myself now that I believed in that shit when I was a good dub !!
Do you have any experiences where their beliefs/practices have almost sent you into a fit of laughter?
richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???
i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?
we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!
..actually now that I'm thinking, I'm going to e-mail her right now and see how she is...<no, not the mother>..... :D
richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???
i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?
we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!
Yep, it's still in full-force in New Zealand!!!
When I was going out with....okay, COURTING a dub girl, her mother would go ape-shit if we didn't have a chaperone with us when driving together or in town together. Get this, the other parents in her cong' eventually wouldn't let their kids (5y/o to 18 y/o) chaperone us, due to the amount of interrogation they got from my girl's mother........
My Dad wasn't so concerned, he couldn't have given a shit less I suspect, but the pressure that girl lived under was incredible. Her mum told her that if she ever left the "truth' or done anything 'sinful' that she would disown her and she would get nothing at all if her mother died etc....no financial provisions or anything!!!
I guess it's fortunate that her mum never knew that on our way back to her place from mine <before an assembly no less>, which was a 2 hour drive, she completely snogged my face off!!! She pulled her car over and said to me "this is probably the last chance we get for a few days so..." and away we went, kissing up a storm.......
Ah, the sinful life is far more fun!!!
Wouldn't you agree? :D
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although i am pleased when i hear about children of dubs who are pursuing sports at the high school, college and professionally level, it also disturbs me that so many of us in the past lost out on these opportunities because of the rigid views of the dubdum.. a friend of mine that is still active says that many of these changes or new light occurrs because thinking dubs stand up to the elders and make these personal decisions for their family without the advice of elders.. do you ever feel that you should/could stand up for your beliefs even when they are against the advice of elders, eventually you could inspire change within the religion?.
i ask because through out history change has ocurred because of standing up to those in authority.. examples, gandi, martin luther king, susan b. anthony to name just a few.. what are your thoughts?.
Interesting topic!!!
I say that because my Dad was, as we were growing up a very "by the letter of the law" Witness, in nearly every aspect of the dub life...
Except that he knew the benefit that playing extra-curricular sports brings to most kids, and in particular his. My sister and I played in various school sports teams, not only in school hours but also at weekends....oooooh, how sinful!!! Shit, we excelled at our sports too-I was chosen as captain for my rugby team, selected to play representative levels etc.......so while the rest of young guys and girls in the cong' were going off the rails, we were doing just fine....Dad would spend saturday mornings with us at our games - netball, rugby..... I guess his winter field service hours were low those days :D Jeez, he was an MS too!!
I know the Elders and MS's and their <Stepford> wives were all pissed off with Dad (because he refused to be told by others how to raise HIS kids), and although us kids eventually saw through the bullshit dis-Orginization and left, we are still pretty good kids who work hard, have great lives, don't drain the system and aren't on lockdown...like others I've heard about!!
So much for wholesome congregational-only <commune> activities!!!
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presley was a superstar.
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Wooooooooh, fuck!!!!!!
I remember reading all those articles when I was young (and impressionable), man they bring back some memories!!!! I was scared shitless by the references to Deicide, Slayer etc.......... I guess that was the aim!
Well I bought "Edward The Great"-Iron Maiden a few days back, love those guys...oops did I say love??? Sorry, I'm really not idolatrous! Have some sympathy for the devil though, he gets its pretty hard these days :D Jeez, you'd have to be a nut to take words seriously enough to kill a dog, to rape someone, to commit a murder in the name of music!!!
Right, can you just turn up that Marilyn Manson vs Eminem album, ta !
from the guy who likes fine wines and fancy restaurants, i love corned beef!
this particular brand reminds me of dog food and i love it.
anyone else got any quirky food likes \ dislikes?
I luuurve prawn cocktails with cellared fine wine, yet I usually eat bangers and mash, and wash it down with cheap beer :D
What's your story????
