All I see now is a divided Scotland and an England united in their determination to have the same benefits as have been promised to Scotland.
tim hooper
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Scottish independance in two days what do you think?
by barry inone thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.
if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?
even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .
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Scottish independance in two days what do you think?
by barry inone thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.
if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?
even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .
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tim hooper
The UK is a nuclear power. It keeps its weapons in Scotland. They'll have to be moved or destroyed, the Scots don't want to be part of a nuclear partnership. That could affect the US and other countries too.
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Scottish independance in two days what do you think?
by barry inone thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.
if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?
even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .
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tim hooper
Ah yes, Mel Gibson doing the Braveheart thing yelling "Freedom!"
So says the millionaire anti-semite Australian on horseback...
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On Tattoos
by tim hooper intattoos may look great for a while on a young person, but as you get older they'll just look plain stupid.
your credibility will fade as you and your tattoo age together.
your skin will be permanently stuck in a timewarp, like some old newspaper headline that once meant something but later becomes meaningless.
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I suppose a ship's propellor tattooed on each cheek of my bottom might help push me forward. I saw that once when a sailor dropped his pants in a crowded bar.
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On Tattoos
by tim hooper intattoos may look great for a while on a young person, but as you get older they'll just look plain stupid.
your credibility will fade as you and your tattoo age together.
your skin will be permanently stuck in a timewarp, like some old newspaper headline that once meant something but later becomes meaningless.
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Yep - to each his own. But not everyone realises how ghastly tattoos can look years later. I know a really pretty woman in her 50's who had a tattoo across her front shoulder and breast about 25 years ago. Now it looks like a big blue blot, as though her ink pen has leaked!
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On Tattoos
by tim hooper intattoos may look great for a while on a young person, but as you get older they'll just look plain stupid.
your credibility will fade as you and your tattoo age together.
your skin will be permanently stuck in a timewarp, like some old newspaper headline that once meant something but later becomes meaningless.
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tim hooper
Don't do it. Tattoos may look great for a while on a young person, but as you get older they'll just look plain stupid. Your credibility will fade as you and your tattoo age together. Your skin will be permanently stuck in a timewarp, like some old newspaper headline that once meant something but later becomes meaningless. Not only will tattoos become quickly out of date but they'll sag and distort along with your skin. Just look at someone in their 60's with tattoos and you'll see what I mean.
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JW.ORG CAMPAIGN AN UTTER FAILURE!
by Dis-Member inthere are 7,782,346 active publishes in the world.. .
jw.org has received an estimated 7,639,900 visits over the last 30 days.
the number of visits differs from visitors (or unique visitors).
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tim hooper
Glopbal ranking is 1705th.
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Rebranding of the Watchtower to JW.org - how long in the works?
by truthseeker inthe transformation from watchtower to jw.org is nothing short of remarkable.. animated cartoons (caleb and sophia), the new jw.org slogan, international convention websites (featuring previously unthinkable entertainment in the kingdom hall) - how long do you think this has been in the works for?.
i feel very uneasy about what is happening - it's so sudden, seems like it all happened within the space of a year.. i sense some intelligence about all this, as if it has been some carefully orchestated performance - to dazzle and distract.. the kingdom ministry of 1999 was totally against the internet and now they seem to embrace it along with tablets and smartphones.. why the sudden change?
do you think it is anything to do with social media?.
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tim hooper
I did a job for someone last month who turned out to be a JW. He actually printed off some stuff that he assumed could be appropriate for me from the JW org site. He never mentioned the WT mag at all, just kept referring to the site.
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Brett King (Jehovah's Witness) Releases Video of why he removed his ill son, Ashya, from a UK hospital
by jwleaks in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14etqn9zpwk .
jw leaks.
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tim hooper
Tricky. Southampton General is, IMHO, a pretty crappy hospital when it comes to communication. And if you see your child apparently not being given the care / consideration that it's entitled to, then it's quite likely you'd just walk rather than spend hours justifying why you're removing your child. On the other hand, the CPS spokesman says they have information on the parents that they're not prepared to divulge just yet. We're missing a lot of esential info here.
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The Children Act
by tim hooper innew ian mcewan novel the children act to take on religionstory focusing on parents who refuse treatment for their son's illness will be published in septemberian mcewan will focus on the contested domains of religion and family life for his forthcoming novel, the children act, according to his publisher jonathan cape.. due to be published on 4 september 2014, the children act puts ideas of adult responsibility on trial with a plot that revolves around parents who are refusing treatment for their sick son because of their religious beliefs.
the novel centres on the presiding judge at the high court, who is a woman.. speaking at last month's oxford literary festival, mcewan described the denial of medical help on religious grounds "utterly perverse and inhumane", according to the telegraph, arguing that "the secular mind seems far superior in making reasonable judgments".. "there's an almost consumerist notion that the pursuit of individual happiness cuts across the interests of children," mcewan said.. citing cases involving jehovah's witnesses and catholics, mcewan praised the 1989 children's act, which enshrines the child's welfare as the "paramount consideration" in any court ruling, calling it a "remarkable and civilised piece of legislation".. the novelist has long been suspicious of organised faith, telling the believer in 2005 that he has "no patience whatsoever" with religion.. "i'm not against religion in the sense that i feel i can't tolerate it," he said, "but i think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth.
and since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the earth, they can't all be right.
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New Ian McEwan novel The Children Act to take on religion
Story focusing on parents who refuse treatment for their son's illness will be published in September
Ian McEwan will focus on the contested domains of religion and family life for his forthcoming novel, The Children Act, according to his publisher Jonathan Cape.
Due to be published on 4 September 2014, The Children Act puts ideas of adult responsibility on trial with a plot that revolves around parents who are refusing treatment for their sick son because of their religious beliefs. The novel centres on the presiding judge at the high court, who is a woman.
Speaking at last month's Oxford literary festival, McEwan described the denial of medical help on religious grounds "utterly perverse and inhumane", according to the Telegraph, arguing that "the secular mind seems far superior in making reasonable judgments".
"There's an almost consumerist notion that the pursuit of individual happiness cuts across the interests of children," McEwan said.
Citing cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses and Catholics, McEwan praised the 1989 Children's Act, which enshrines the child's welfare as the "paramount consideration" in any court ruling, calling it a "remarkable and civilised piece of legislation".
The novelist has long been suspicious of organised faith, telling the Believer in 2005 that he has "no patience whatsoever" with religion.
"I'm not against religion in the sense that I feel I can't tolerate it," he said, "but I think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth. And since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the Earth, they can't all be right. And only the secular spirit can guarantee those freedoms, and it's the secular spirit that they contest."
According to McEwan's publisher, Dan Franklin, the new novel is "classic McEwan, demonstrating yet again his extraordinary ability to speak to both head and heart."
The novelist launched a career which has combined critical acclaim and bestselling success in 1975, with a collection of short stories which touched on child sexual abuse, First Love, Last Rites. The Cement Garden was published in 1978, the story of a brother and sister who bury their mother in the cellar and leave civilisation behind. McEwan won the Booker for the first time in 1998 with Amsterdam, the story of two friends who plot each other's murder, and has been shortlisted a further four times.