Posts by COMF

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Dont put it in print!!!!

by anglise in

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this is clever.. everyone thinks the society are becoming more open as far as education is concerned.. we have had a few articles in recent years which even go as far as encouraging youngsters to get trained, got to college and acquire useful job skills for the future.

then these are the magazines that the public also read and then think that the jw's maybe arent so weird after all.. but then go to this years dc's and we get the following;.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=6326&site=3.

COMF

EXACTLY to the dollar what she needed to continue pioneering.

For how long? Will it pay for a new car when her current one wears out? Will it pay for her hospitalization and medication when she is stricken with serious long-term health problems? Will it pay off the mortgage on a house for her to live in when she is too old to work?

...Or do we just mean, enabled her to keep on pioneering for a few more years, until the car and her health degenerate, at which time she will be left destitute?

COMF

272

McVeigh vs Death Penalty

by Amazing in

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i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

COMF

In jail, there is no life ... just day to day existence hoping you will not be beat up, raped, or have your food taken.

You sure don't know much about prison, Amazing. It is called prison, by the way. Jail is where you stay for a short time under the watchful eye of the poh-leece or the sheriff's deputies, waiting to go to court or sitting out a sentence for contempt of court, or doing weekend penance for that second DWI charge over a period of a few months. Prison is where you go after you're convicted of a crime like murder and sentenced to 30 years. There is a difference.

In prison, you only endure the kinds of worries you mentioned concerning rape and violence, if you are a moral person striving to maintain his morals inside. If you are such a moral person, then you do not wish to do harm to others or to infringe upon their rights; and so you cannot bring yourself to join one of the gangs that exist inside, such as the Aryan Brotherhood or the Mexican Mafia. And because you are too "moral" to join a gang, you may stand to lose your food, peace of mind and anal-virginity. But if you have any connections at all with one of these groups, you will be welcomed and made at home. If you have strong connections, you will live a comfortable life, being supplied with cigarettes, liquor, drugs and sex in adequate doses. You will be able to run your business from inside, passing orders to your flunkies on the outside through both visitors and those prison employees who are owned by your gang. With enough rank in the gang, you can even order hits upon enemies outside who get on your nerves.

That "day to day existence" notion is just that... a notion.

COMF

18

Very important notice hits JW boards

by expatbrit in

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i now realize that the reason i left was because i just couldn't deal with all the important issues: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum22/html/000161.html.

expatbrit

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"Meekasu", what is that, a condensation of "Meek as you?" "I'm as meek as you are," in other words?

"Hey! Listen, you! I'm the meekest person in this whole chatroom, and damned proud of it, too!"

Gotta love 'em.

COMF

30

DON ADAMS BIOGRAPHY

by bj in

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what do you know about the new president of the wts, don adams?

(all anecdotes needed)

COMF

Society President Don Adams, aka Maxego Smart, in a showdown with an apostate.

Maxego: Everything written in our literature is true and spirit-directed, because the CONTROLtower has a direct line to almighty God himself. Would you believe it? A direct line to Jehovah.

Apostate: I don't believe you.

Maxego: Would you believe, angels talk to us in our dreams?

Apostate: No.

Maxego: How about, I smoked pot once?

Apostate: We have documented evidence straight from your publications that shows you making grandiose predictions and then blaming your followers when they fail, editing your history, contradicting yourself, blatantly lying, and engaging in behavior which you condemn in other religions.

Maxego: The old "documented evidence straight from our publications" trick, eh? That's the second time I've fallen for that trick this month.

Apostate: Maxego, you do realize that you're guilty of the most heinous crimes against humanity, including causing innocent deaths, misleading people into poverty and depression, getting them imprisoned for no reason, and generally destroying people's lives for your own selfish ends?

Maxego: And loving it!

Apostate: What about this big hoopla over the end coming in 1975?

Maxego: Don't tell me we were wrong about that.

Apostate: You were wrong about that.

Maxego: I asked you not to tell me that.

Apostate: If you're guided by Jehovah, how do you explain such complete cluelessness?

Maxego: (holding thumb and index finger a fraction of an inch apart) Missed it by that much!

Apostate: And yet you have never tendered a frank apology and admission of guilt for all your lying.

Maxego: Sorry about that, chief.

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Do You Remember...

by Undecided in

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i just got home from a dinner sponsored by the senior citizens counsel, an organization funded by the taxes of our city and county.

they have many programs to benefit the senior people in our area.

i hate to admit it but i qualify.

COMF

Bev Doolittle's style of art is so unique that they had to create a new genre,
"camouflage art," to have a way to categorize her work. She paints scenes of
American Indian life and experience, usually with images carefully hidden in
the picture which expand the physical into a spiritual realm as well. For
example, there is the picture called, "The Spirit Takes Flight," in which a group
of butterflys are resting momentarily on the ground near a solitary arrowhead.
In the pattern of leaves and soil you can see the spirit of the Indian who
left it there, about to fly away with the butterflies.

The print entitled, "Music in the Wind" hangs in my living room. It is a painting
of an Indian woman in a mountainous setting beside a fallen tree, alone and
listening. But in the rocks and trees of the mountain, you see the face, arm and
fingers of a young man; the fallen tree is a flute pressed to his lips, and a
flock of bluebirds taking flight near the rootstock are the notes of his melody.

I also own "When the Wind had Wings," which is a painting in shades of brown and
white. The wind is represented as a herd of wild horses, running from left to
right across the print and picking up speed and visibility. In the center of the
print, the horses blend with a rocky expanse behind them and the head (spirit) of
an Indian man emerges. The wind-horses run on, across the print to the right side,
and metamorphose into a flock of birds in flight in a true homage to M.C. Escher.

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We Are Free (some quotes on freedom)

by Big Jim in

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when we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of that old negro spiritual, ''free at last!

free at last!

thank god almighty, we are free at last!''.

COMF

15

Do You Remember...

by Undecided in

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i just got home from a dinner sponsored by the senior citizens counsel, an organization funded by the taxes of our city and county.

they have many programs to benefit the senior people in our area.

i hate to admit it but i qualify.

COMF

DannyBear and slipnslidemaster (I used to have one of those, when I was a kid):

well, the thing about the merlot is, I'd really like to have some of it, but I can't because I already finished my alcohol allotment for this lifetime. Regarding the Cuban, well... I started smoking when I was 14, and I didn't quit until I was 22 and got baptized. After I left the org, I started back up on cigarettes again and didn't quit until three years ago. I have smoked cigars off and on, but I was never able to get the hang of not inhaling. If I didn't inhale it directly, then I would catch myself letting the smoke go from mouth to nose, inhaling it even though I was trying not to. So I recognize the great danger that if I were to light up, I would inhale, triggering the old nicotine craving again. Right now I never have any cravings at all, even when I'm with guys who are smoking. So it seems the course of wisdom to let that sleeping dog lie.

Yes, I regret my excesses of the past, which have put me in a position to deny myself some of life's pleasures now. I wish I had made better choices in my younger days.

But, my life is full and rich, and I have pleasure from many things. The steak I described to you, as well as the fine salad bar. The company of good friends, and an evening's recreation out on the town. A demanding, sweaty two-hour thrash session on my drum set, playing along with the best bands and the most complex songs on the CD. My budding collection of Bev Doolittle artwork hanging in my living room.

Maybe not the jug of wine, but certainly a loaf of bread, a book of verse, and thou, eh, my sweet? (not you guys, DB and SSM)

COMF

A book of Verses underneath The Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

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Biology Lesson for the gals

by Francois in

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elsewhere in the active topics list is a great post from wasasister dealing in a very wise manner with women's hormonal cycle.

the viewpoint and outlook contained in her post was to my mind very well done, thoughtful, considerate, and made a number of points that would be helpful to keep in mind in dealing with the male/female dynamic.. so i hope (and believe) that wasa won't mind if i use her post to springboard to one of my own - the mirror image of hers.. wasa makes a very good point in saying that women are jerked around by the hormones in their blood every month.

and lots of us know at least one woman whose pms reaches truly epic proportions.

COMF

Francois, being not only male but also old enough to remember the pre-women's lib days (not quite up there with you yet, but close, and time's a-marching on), I understand all that you said, and the personal historical background for it. Yep, yep, yep.

Now, with that said: as soon as I read that sentence to which Tina objected, I too thought to myself, "Uh-oh... that's not good." At first I was going to answer with something to that effect, but then I saw that Tina had done so already. So instead of answering in the thread, I just fired off an email to her, congratulating her on a well-spoken reply. But then it occurred to me that maybe I was being cowardly, or remiss toward my own sex, by not posting in the forum.

So (doing penance) here's the text of my email to T, verbatim:

Love your answer to Francois on the forum. When I read those words I thought the same thing, and I was wording my answer in my mind as I read the rest of it. Then when I got to your post, I saw that you had already said it. Bravo!

I would go ahead and post, but the problem is that if I did that now, it would just make it look like I was another clueless male taking a cue to the right behavior by watching and copying the ladies! LOL

Love ya,
COMF

15

Do You Remember...

by Undecided in

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i just got home from a dinner sponsored by the senior citizens counsel, an organization funded by the taxes of our city and county.

they have many programs to benefit the senior people in our area.

i hate to admit it but i qualify.

COMF

Congratulations on that trophy, Ken! That oughta be proof enough that you've still got it.

Where I work, a group of about five of us regularly get together on Fridays and leave early to go take in a movie. So far, I've gone with them to see The Mummy II and Enemy at the Gates (I only recently got invited to join in). Afterward we go to a nearby steakhouse, where they order up a bottle or two of merlot and one of us (not a native Texan) orders a Manhattan. My supervisor pulls out a handful of Cuban cigars, and most of the guys light up and puff away. After about half an hour to fortyfive minutes, we're ready to order. For me, it's six-ounce tenderloin, medium rare. Fabulous salad bar; amazing, what-all they have on there. And Ken, I want you to know, that slab of scorched bovine flesh is about 1 1/4 inches thick, and running with warm juice, and is some of the most heavenly poison the world has ever known.

So, we sit at the table and talk both business and pleasure. A lot of good-natured laughter goes on. I don't drink alcohol, and I don't smoke, but they accept that fact as easily and unjudgingly as they accept the fact that one, and probably two, of the guys in the group are gay. Hey... whatever, man.

I haven't enjoyed this kind of fellowship since I was a teenager. Loving it! I know what you mean about "worldly folks," man.

COMF

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Fun With Email

by COMF in

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you are not a jehovah witness, are you?

are you a jehovah witness?.

and it's not "jehovah witness.

COMF

Gee, Had Enough, I hope he didn't get mommy's keys sticky. She'll catch on to him!

COMF