Madame Quixote

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  YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

  by compound complex in

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  dear friends,.

  much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

  however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

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  Madame Quixote

  Laundry, dishes, internet, cats, catbox, vacuuming, letter-writing, flea-killing, rug-shaking.

  Wow. And I thought I was being totally slack today.

  Still in my pj dress.

  Hey, I'm dressed and out'a' bed.

  What more do you want?
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  Come on people! Can we inundate this paper with protests?

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean, there is so much bullshit talk on this site, and every time there comes up an opportunity to take some action, you all just wus out.

  what will it take for you all to get a spine and do something?

  write a letter or email to this paper and let them know how you feel about their article.

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  Madame Quixote

  Don't laugh if it gets published online - I'm not eloquent with words!

  Sad emo - We will be overjoyed if your letter is published, as I'm sure it will. You always have a caring way with words.

  I wonder if the residents of Waynesville appreciate how their Jehovah's Witness neighbors view them?

  Thank you for pointing it out to them so succinctly, NYCk!

  I challenge you to some investigative reporting and interview ten disfellowshipped people and tell me what your conclusion is then.

  Very nicely put, Leslie!
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  Come on people! Can we inundate this paper with protests?

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean, there is so much bullshit talk on this site, and every time there comes up an opportunity to take some action, you all just wus out.

  what will it take for you all to get a spine and do something?

  write a letter or email to this paper and let them know how you feel about their article.

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  Madame Quixote

  A&W! I hope things change for you and your daughter.
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  Read this PR piece about Jehovah's Witnesses (respond if you like)

  by Gopher in

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  2. beliefs

  i just had to send a letter to the editor (see my next post) after the waynesville, north carolina local newspaper published this lovely little puff piece about jehovah's witnesses.. the last parts about blood transfusion and the "loving practice" of disfellowshipping were so absurd!.

  link to the article: click here.

  who are the jehovah's witnesses?

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  Madame Quixote

  A copy of that was also sent to the innocent sponsor whose ads appear next to the apologetics article:

  I would like to encourage you to consider my suggestion at the end of this

  Letter to the Editor, regarding an article about the cult religion known as Jehovah's Witnesses. Your company ads are prominently displayed next to what many regard as an apologetics' article for a cult religion. Just thought you'd like to know, because the JWs have recently settled an enormous sex abuse case and demanded "gag" orders for the victims as part of the settlement terms. I can't help but wonder why any business would want to be associated as a sponsor next to an article that is an apologetic for a cult religion involved in the cover-up of its widespread pedophilia. I also noticed that a local Waynesville man has recently pled guilty to sex abuse of a 12-year old, and that the family and victim are apparently not cooperating with the prosecutors. This make me wonder . . . and I also see your ad as a sponsor next to that.
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  Read this PR piece about Jehovah's Witnesses (respond if you like)

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just had to send a letter to the editor (see my next post) after the waynesville, north carolina local newspaper published this lovely little puff piece about jehovah's witnesses.. the last parts about blood transfusion and the "loving practice" of disfellowshipping were so absurd!.

  link to the article: click here.

  who are the jehovah's witnesses?

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  Madame Quixote

  Oops! Had to re-write because I did not sign the first one:

  Dear Editor:

  As a person "born and raised" as a Jehovah's Witness, I must take issue with the wording at the end of Johnson's article regarding their "loving arrangement" called disfellowshipping.

  Disfellowshipping is often permanant for members and it is done for a variety of petty reasons that induces members and elders to unnecessarily harass each other in a highly-controlling setting.

  This religion operates strictly by cult-like rules and programming that begins with lovebombing and often ends in disfellowshipping, leading to loss of long-time friendships, business associates, and related divorces and broken families, often all simply the result of a personality difference, or a difference of opinion; and sometimes disfellowshipping is the consequence of mental illness, exacerbated by the cult's Armageddon-fixation.

  You can meet many of the people who have experienced this as a direct result of either being reared as Jehovah's Witnesses, (or having converted during a vulnerable time in their lives during which they were love-bombed), at a number of ex-jehovah's witness websites and support groups if you care to Google it up online.

  I highly recommend that the innocent advertisers associated as "sponsors" next to your JW apologetic article remove their ad from that page.

  They must not realize their images are being associated with a nasty cult religion.

  Sincerely,
  

  Madame Quixote
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  Read this PR piece about Jehovah's Witnesses (respond if you like)

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just had to send a letter to the editor (see my next post) after the waynesville, north carolina local newspaper published this lovely little puff piece about jehovah's witnesses.. the last parts about blood transfusion and the "loving practice" of disfellowshipping were so absurd!.

  link to the article: click here.

  who are the jehovah's witnesses?

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  Madame Quixote

  depends on who owns and/or sponsors the newspaper . . .
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  Come on people! Can we inundate this paper with protests?

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean, there is so much bullshit talk on this site, and every time there comes up an opportunity to take some action, you all just wus out.

  what will it take for you all to get a spine and do something?

  write a letter or email to this paper and let them know how you feel about their article.

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  Madame Quixote

  Madame Quixote, the realtor did not write the article!
  
  That's just her ad on the web page.
  
  The author is Kenneth M. Johnson.
  
  Please retract that innocent lady's contact info if you can? PLEASE!!!
  
  ~Sue

  Done, although I knew the realtor did not write the article. I had to type in Johnson's name when I sent in my own rebuttal. I have my questions about innocent ladies, but never mind that.
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  Read this PR piece about Jehovah's Witnesses (respond if you like)

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just had to send a letter to the editor (see my next post) after the waynesville, north carolina local newspaper published this lovely little puff piece about jehovah's witnesses.. the last parts about blood transfusion and the "loving practice" of disfellowshipping were so absurd!.

  link to the article: click here.

  who are the jehovah's witnesses?

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  Madame Quixote

  I guess you have looked at the other thread, Shawn/jwactivist. I suspect the sponsors could be somehow affiliated with the JWs, at least in a possible business sense, but it's just a suspiscion on my part. Who would want to sponsor an article promoting a cult religion.

  BTW, that area of my state is the loveliest place! Wish I were there now!
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  Come on people! Can we inundate this paper with protests?

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean, there is so much bullshit talk on this site, and every time there comes up an opportunity to take some action, you all just wus out.

  what will it take for you all to get a spine and do something?

  write a letter or email to this paper and let them know how you feel about their article.

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  Madame Quixote

  So what does qualify an intermediary to do business competently in the highly complex area of tax deferred exchanges? With well over 20 years experience in the 1031 Exchange business, Statewide Title Exchange Corporation knows that it starts with:

  • Experience and extensive knowledge of IRC 1031
  • Experienced resources on staff to service those ‘unique’ exchange scenarios
  • Key relationships with real estate, legal and financial partners
  • Highest level of security and sound ethical business practices
  • Dedicated staff providing service for 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges
  • Solvency
  • Bonded and insured carrying appropriate levels of errors and omissions insurance
  • Providing interest on taxpayer’s exchange funds

  I'm guessing that the Watchtower Society members wouldn't mind doing business with people specializing in that.
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  Come on people! Can we inundate this paper with protests?

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean, there is so much bullshit talk on this site, and every time there comes up an opportunity to take some action, you all just wus out.

  what will it take for you all to get a spine and do something?

  write a letter or email to this paper and let them know how you feel about their article.

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  Madame Quixote

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