Just started subscribing again to the NY (love that mag) and was surprised to start reading the fiction piece and realize it was about US! Very nice. Good piece.
BizzyBee
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This Week's New Yorker Magazine
by DNCall inthe april 4th issue contains a very well-written and insightful article about the jws: "god's work" by kevin canty.
it's fiction, but on the money as far as the experience of an adolescent reconciling the beliefs with his natural biological urges.
boy, could i relate!
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Governing body member engaged... Again!
by OneDayillBeFree injust found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.
it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.
what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!
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Getting it out of my system, a VERY long introduction/outpouring..
by adimmedlight inwarning, novel ahead:.
after a few months of lurking on this site, i've decided to take the plunge...i don't really care so much about introducing myself, but somehow there is some relief in the thought of getting my little story out there, just getting it out of my system.
i am the oldest of 5 kids.
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BizzyBee
I left at 23 also. Looking back after 4 decades, one regret is that I didn't leave sooner.
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40 Years Old Today
by azor ini celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old.
my wife was great.
she and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch.
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Synthetic Blood in 2 Years? How Will the GB Shoot This Down?
by DarioKehl ininteresting read.
if they already allow "fractions," there's no way they can ban this.. here:www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-to-give-volunteers-synthetic-blood-made-in-a-laboratory-within-two-years-10343279.html.
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BizzyBee
The GB could make a case either way - artificial blood mimics the life force that is in blood - Jehovah will not be mocked! - etc., etc. Or, as mentioned, they could hail it as a victory for Jehovah's people.
Either way, the real issue will be - which choice benefits the WTBTS most?
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Blast from the past...
by Abaddon inhi people,.
just dropping by at random to say hi.
i used to be here a lot, from the really early days of jwd up until 2007 or 8 i guess.
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BizzyBee
I remember you, Abaddon! Always enjoyed your posts.
I check in here regularly, but rarely post anymore.
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Je Suis Charlie
by Slidin Fast inthis incident in paris makes me feel absolutely furious.
yes i feel desperately sorry for the victims and their families no one should have to deal with that.
the thing that makes me feel absolutely incandescent though is the attack on freedom of speech and expression.
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Je Suis Charlie
by Slidin Fast inthis incident in paris makes me feel absolutely furious.
yes i feel desperately sorry for the victims and their families no one should have to deal with that.
the thing that makes me feel absolutely incandescent though is the attack on freedom of speech and expression.
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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart
by nicolaou ina woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .
the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.
i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.
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BizzyBee
police officials reviewed the store's security video, they determined the incident was an "accident", not a result of being "irresponsible".
I think in police terminology the word "accident" probably has a legal meaning of "unintentional," whereas the word "irresponsible" has judgmental and moral ramifications. Police reports might be written using the former, but certainly not the latter.
Both are true - the killing was an accident, i.e., unintended, and the mother was irresponsible. She was careless - leaving a deadly weapon between herself and a child - apparently closer to the child. None of the known facts indicate otherwise and I would be seriously surprised if further investigation of this tragic but fairly straightforward incident reveals anything else. We shall see.
In the meantime, please don't chastise those of us who are genuinely heartsick and horrified by this appalling incident. Don't infringe my first amendment rights in service of your second amendment "rights."
In the meantime, NEVER underestimate a child's ability to mimic behavior he has seen previously demonstrated. Wise parents know this.
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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart
by nicolaou ina woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .
the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.
i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.
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3) her child obviously got into her purse while she wasn't looking. Regrettable for sure, but it cannot be immediately labelled "irresponsible".
Why not? 'Scuse me, but if a parent's first responsibility is to keep their child safe from harm, this woman was woefully irresponsible. Her child is scarred for life, likely irredeemably. He killed his mother and will have to live knowing that he is responsible for that fact for the rest of his life. It beggars the imagination.
And I'd like to know why, every time one of these dumb-ass tragedies happen, we aren't supposed to point out the obvious stupidity of - well, in this case, a young mother shopping at Walmart with 4 small children - needing a f--king GUN in her handbag?
My despair is that a child of two years is now saddled with the weight of guilt and remorse that is beyond bearing. Because - freedom! Yeah, baby - gunz!
