was just flicking through the june issue of 'silicon chip' magazine (yes i'm a geek .
as there is no needle or anything making contact with the record, there is no wear or scratches happening during play.
it replays the sound in analog form, not digital.. http://www.elpj.com/.
I certainly hope so: I have a 2-LP set of Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" (Columbia GP-26) in mint/near mint condition (mild wear on spine of cover) that I'm hoping some reinvigorated aficionado will snap up! ... along with a few other goodies.
-Valkyrie
a 14 years old girl was sesual abuse in a kingdom hall in denmark.
write the danish morning paper today.. http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article312050.ece.
it is not writen that the man is in jehovah witness.
Pallemar,
Maybe I can help you with a cleaner Danish-to-English translation.
-Valkyrie
[Translated from the internet webpage "Ekstra Bladet" (http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article312050.ece)]:
Paints[/blackens] foster-child as a sex-crazy coquette
"She was sweet, funny[/teasing] and attractive. She dressed provocatively. Low-cut tops. Bare belly. Very short dresses. She flirted, so my feelings got carried away... ."
A family father in court yesterday tried to paint a picture of his merely 15-year old foster-daughter as practically a cheap, sex-mad coquette. He directly asserted that it was always the girl who decided when the mismatched pair should have sex!
The 44-year old foster-father is charged with having regularly sexually abused his very young foster-child over a period of one year, while she was on leave with him and his family in Holbæk every second weekend.
“We were a [boyfriend~girlfriend] couple”The man behaved for the most part like a persecuted innocent when he testified about the numerous instances of intercourse and oral sex that he had with the girl, who was entrusted to him by an agreement with her home commune in Sydsjælland.
“I loved her. She loved me. Our relationship resembled that of sweethearts. I never coerced her to do anything. It always took place on her terms. Just before we first had intercourse she even said to me that she wanted to have an experienced man, someone who knew what it was about, when she had her sexual debut,” claimed the man in court.
The prosecutor’s office is of a wholly different opinion. Because - even if it is legal for a man to engage in sex with a 15-year old girl – it is, according to Criminal Law paragraph 223, not permitted if the girl is his foster-child.
Accordingly, Prosecutor Lene Skovsen demands that the 44-year old be put behind bars, and that he be barred from being in the vicinity of infants and children under 18 years.
Lost brother and father
The sensational account is the story of a teenage girl who threatens suicide after losing her big brother and seeing her mother and father experience a difficult divorce.
The girl was committed to an around-the-clock care institution in Holbæk, where the eventual foster-father worked as a pedagogic assistant. She became strongly attached to the man. When she was sent home, he remained her contact person and foster-father.
On an excursion to Østrig in 2003 with a shooting club, the 44-year old introduced the sexual abuse, which the foster-daughter – according to the charges – was forced to submit to for the next 2 years.
Abused many timesHe also acknowledged to having intercourse and engaging in oral sex with the girl – among other occasions – during shooting trip to Germany, at Susåen [a recreational river/canal network] in Næstved, at a summer cottage in Møn, at Bon Bon Land [an amusement park], at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Herlufmagle, at the public swimming[/bathing] facilities in Holbæk, and at many different rest areas in the Sjælland region.
“We were also together in both her home and mine,” acknowledged the 44-year old.
It was only when the girl found a boyfriend last autumn that contact with the foster family was broken off.
But three months passed until the now 18-year old girl, after consultation with a friend, reported the abuser to police in Næstved.
The verdict will be handed down later.
some of you are such talented writers.... .
imagine a wt article full of loaded language describing first how no one is above truth and justice and that even if jehovah were to fail in that area, action would have to be taken.
then a quick breakdown on how jehovah has failed to come through on his promises - concerning date prophesies.
Why stop at the figurehead when considering DF-ing? Why not go straight to the top - as suggested by Nikolai Var (poster "nvar") a few days ago? http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/135494/2415671/post.ashx#2415671
I see that no one took up his challenge/request for collaboration in calling for disfellowshipping of the Governing Body.
-V
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Richard - Great thread title! It sounds like the opening line to a country song's chorus !
You may get inner peace, but at the cost of living a lie or being alone.
If the transgendered person seeks the physical change because he/she honestly does not feel that his/her outward aspect [the body] accurately reflects the inner reality (psychologically, emotionally), then it would accurate to say that he/she has chosen to begin 'living the truth' of himself/herself.
One is most 'alone' or isolated when one feels that the true self is unknown in the midst of intimate associates.
-V
my name is nikolai war.
i from russia.
jw 16 years.. i have published at your forum the application on pedophilia.. see a site: http://www.allistinawt.by.ru/some/punkt/declaration.htm.
My rendering of Nikolai's initial post. [Nikolai, I apologise if my version does not accurately reflect your intentions. If it does not, please re-state your message. - Valkyrie]
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"My name is Nikolai War. I am from Russia. I have been a JW for 16 years.
I have posted the Declaration on your forum [i.e., JWD. See http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/135335/2410555/post.ashx#2410555 re: acknowledgement of pedophilia in JW congregations and disagreement with the organisation's handling of such cases/reports].
See also the website http://www.allistinawt.by.ru/some/punkt/DECLARATION.htm [another posting of this document].
One year ago I raised the question of disfellowshipping the Governing Body of the Watch Tower Society.
I have found neither understanding nor collaborators [i.e., elders or overseers who are willing to charge the Governing Body with apostasy and other disfellowship-worthy "sins" and to form a judicial committee for the purpose of investigating and judging] in Russia.
What do you think?
My article (in Russian) on this question can be read at:
http://www.allistinawt.by.ru/articles/istina.htm
Are there any current JWs among you?
Are there any elders or ministerial servants?
My e-mail address is: [email protected]
I apologize for starting several threads, but it is difficult for me to follow the layout of your forum."
..yup, just want to say hi to you all.. i m a new "face" in your territory..so far!
all the way from scandinavia..seems like there are most north americans here, but hopefully i am welcome anyways ;).
soon to be 30 year old (!
Heihei Jen, og velkommen tilbake! Jeg er Oslo beboende. Du?
Snakkes!
[Translation (out of respect for Forum Rules): "Hi Jen, and welcome back! I live in Oslo. How about you? Talk to you later!"]
LOL, Juni! I live in what is currently rated the "Most Peaceful Country in the World" - Norway. http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2121567,00.html (Just for comparison purposes - honestly! - U.S. is in 96th place of the 121 countries rated... that is one slot above Iran.
Also... we have summertime here... in the first week of June!!! Hurrah! [Most of you will have no idea just HOW fantastic a phenomenon that is for an Oslovian.] Twenty-six degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) at Oslofjord today; 28 degrees (82 degrees Fahrenheit) tomorrow.
In fact, what am I doing here at this PC? Get me down to the water now! (There will be an open air concert tonight in City Hall Square - in front of the Nobel Peace Center, which is by the fjord - to open the Climate Change Awareness international art exhibition. Did you know that today is World Environment Day? I'm really excited to see this exhibition, especially since my sister-in-law (actually, my sister-in-law's sister) is the representative artist for the event... look for the cool, ice blue circles.
If any of you are passing through Oslo soon, be there (City Hall Square) or be square!
- V (apologies for corniness; this early summer heat is melting my sangfroid)
..yup, just want to say hi to you all.. i m a new "face" in your territory..so far!
all the way from scandinavia..seems like there are most north americans here, but hopefully i am welcome anyways ;).
soon to be 30 year old (!
Welcome to JWD, Jen! You've stepped into a diverse and supportive network here; people with much to share, and not afraid to ask for help and support when they need it (for the most part!).
We're neighbors in Scandinavia: I am in Norway. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
-Valkyrie
i'm not sure if this has been posted before, but i acquired this 'points to consider' about what a dub is willing to accept or not accept when it comes to blood.
as per usual, it appears that they've purposely made this very confusing and they're speaking out both sides of their mouth.
on page 1, it seems one of the options is using your own blood: "...during the course of a surgical operation, i accept all medical procedures involving the use of my own blood except...".
This is not a linguistically proficient translation of the referred procedure in medical terminology, however...
use of one's own blood "during the course of a surgical operation" implies salvage/capture of blood lost in the course of a surgery that is then routed in an eventually continuous loop back into the circulatory system. The tubes, capture bag/container, and other paraphernalia enabling this can be viewed as a [temporary] extension of the body's circulatory system so that the blood never leaves the living organism.
On the other hand, "predonated" and "stored" blood implies a broken link between the living organism and the blood, and individual 'ownership' of the substance/symbol is thereby lost to God/The Thirsty One Above/The Ever-Watchful Vampire. If [the blood is] re-infused, the patient may be guilty of snatching life out of the jaws of God, with insufficient regard for his position as the grantor of life.
so here's a sincere question... and instead of pressing my frustrations and blaming god and bla bla bla... i decided that instead of writing letters to an inactive god, i would ask your opinion!!!!!.
here's the question, looking at the world around you, seeing all the pain and frustration, the death and disease, the war and hypocricy, the starvation and disgust; generally seeing that our world is falling apart... if someone were able to irrevocably prove that there was a god, an intelligent creator is you will, would you want to worship him?
if he was there and created all of this just to watch it all implode, would you be able to respect that?
Removing "God," however, does not remove the darkness. Nor the light.
True. Yet the picture is more faithfully perceived absent the restrictive (and, dare I say, minimizing) framework of the face of the deity.
A substandard and superfluous commentary intrudes upon a whole appreciation (understanding) of a complex work. Who would care to see the deliberately obscure corners of a Rembrandt under a sustained floodlight?
so here's a sincere question... and instead of pressing my frustrations and blaming god and bla bla bla... i decided that instead of writing letters to an inactive god, i would ask your opinion!!!!!.
here's the question, looking at the world around you, seeing all the pain and frustration, the death and disease, the war and hypocricy, the starvation and disgust; generally seeing that our world is falling apart... if someone were able to irrevocably prove that there was a god, an intelligent creator is you will, would you want to worship him?
if he was there and created all of this just to watch it all implode, would you be able to respect that?
" Nothing can shake my belief that this world is the fruit of a dark god whose shadow I extend [and that it is incumbent upon me to exhaust the consequences of the curse hanging over him and his creation]." {Brackets and emphasis added} - E.M. Cioran
If such a summation is the inevitable consequence of belief in a "[G]od" and of an ensuing examination of that one's dealings (or absences), would it not rather be evidence of graciousness to presume the non-existence of "[G]od"?
What better excuse to forgive [G]od's appparent shortcomings - when one attempts to reconcile God-ness (surpassing the iconic sterility of the concept of divinity) and an oeuvre riddled with incompleteness - than an incapacitating failure to exist?
