Good on you Candace! Thank you for your efforts in this trial, because it is a momentous one. This will go down in the record books. I wish you the best of everything as you start the next chapter in your life.
Posts by Dagney
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97Greetings from Candace Conti
by AndersonsInfo incandace asked me to tell you thank you for all your kind expressions of support.
this really means a lot to her.
she wants you to know that she is coping well with all the stress and excitement, even though she's had years of anger and frustration because of being abused for so long, first by the molester, and then by the wt.
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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info
by AndersonsInfo inthe plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
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Dagney
I am so interested in the ensuing letters to the BOE.
If they fight/appeal aggessively, then they show the world who they really are, a corporation intent on keeping their millions at the sacrifice of the injured victim, young girl/sister.
If they pay, it will open the way for other cases and set a precedent.
The gamble to protect the rights of the perps at the expense of the congregation/flock/children has finally come back to bite them in the wallet.
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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info
by AndersonsInfo inthe plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
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Dagney
Thank you Barbara. I'm at work and shouldn't be spending the time following this but can't stop...lol, sorry I missed the OP.
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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info
by AndersonsInfo inthe plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
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Dagney
Thank you sir.
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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info
by AndersonsInfo inthe plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
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Dagney
I meant what is the significance of the $1? Sorry.
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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info
by AndersonsInfo inthe plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
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Dagney
Ah-mazing. Finally.
What is the significance of the $?
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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow
by yourmomma inis this recent?
http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.
i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .
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Dagney
This is fantastic news!
Makes me think the more truth that can be shared about the religion and it's practices the better. Who knows, a juror or the judge may have personal knowledge of the despicable shunning practice that exists, and when it came to making a decision on a different matter, they would have a clearer picture of the nicely dressed people that knock on their door Saturday mornings.
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It's still bugging me...
by mrsjones5 inbut instead saying something i most likely would regret later i'm going to rant here.. this was touched on on otwo's thread.
there's a jw woman who's kids go to the same school as mine.
my oldest son is friends with this woman's oldest son.
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Dagney
Actually Mrs. Jones, that sounds like it could be really fun. It could be something simple but odd enough to make them want to tell your mom, like wanting to dye your hair purple...or a crazy vacation place.
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What it takes to become an atheist.
by dontplaceliterature ini was pondering this today during lunch, and to me it seems that it comes down to whether or not you can accept that you will one day be permanantly gone and anyone you have lost in death will never be alive again.
once a person becomes comfortable with these two ideas, there isn't really any incentive to believe.
maybe it's an over simplification, but it seems to me that this is the heart of the matter.
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Dagney
corpusdei:
That's part of it, but I think the core of the need for religion hinges on two points - our need to explain the unknown, and the difficulty of true independance. What made the sun move across the sky, or rain to fall? We're limited by our own experience, so without an understanding of astronomy or meterology we created Gods in our image to explain these things.
Deeper, I think, is the idea of independance. It's scary to stand and live your life without the crutch of leaning your mistakes on sin, your hardships on a devil or your successes on divine assistance. Taking away those supports means that you have only yourself to blame for your own mistakes, and I don't think that we as a species are especially good at that.
Well said. I'm in this camp. And the the talking snake did it for me.
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How many here smoke?
by cantleave ini don't and am very unlikely to after seeing my father dying of a smoking related lung disease (even though i would like to try a high quality cigar).. but i am curious to see how many people take up smoking after leaving the org.. .
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Dagney
A cigar a couple times a year. They are delicious.
Edited to add: My JW gf said a brother gave her a cigar because he knew she wanted to smoke one. She didn't store it properly so she threw it out. I told her I'd take her to the ocean with some scotch in a flask and smoke one with her. I asked if the brother smoked, she said no. Okay.