Posts by Little Drummer Boy

just read over some of the topics up for discussion right now and you'll see a very shocking (to me, at least) disregard for accuracy.. if you can't trouble yourself to get your spelling right how are the rest of us going to respect the fact you have your reasoning right either??.

Little Drummer Boy

I agree that it is a good thing if people will make the attempt to spell correctly in their posts.

I disagree with the attitudes of many that those who post in an informal style are lazy, and before I get argued with on that point, that IS the turn that this thread has taken and it is offensive.

There is a place for the overly formal, text book perfect style of writing that has been advocated. It belongs in threads where exact transfer of information is critical to making the point. An evolution vs. creation thread might be an example.

However, such unnatural wording does not belong on most of the threads here on JWD. If I were to meet Terry in person and he spoke to me with the formalism of his last post, I would laugh and walk away. Obviously, he doesn't really speak that way, he just writes that way. Such is the same with many threads here. These less formal threads are more akin to face-to-face conversations than formal debates and the style and tone of the posters should reflect that.

To sum up:

1) proper spelling = good

2) proper grammer = good

3) stick up the ass about it because those things aren't required on 90% of the threads = bad

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You know what I am sorry for?????

by JWdaughter in

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i am sorry for being so darn nice to all the jws that i have met-being all nice and conciliatory.

i am sorry that when i debate on other boards that i am so darn polite that sometimes one cannot even be sure i am an opposer!.

i am sorry for trying to make nice with jw relatives who treated me like crap.

Little Drummer Boy

"Try NOT, just DO".

"Do or do not. There is no try."

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Newbie here...

by BuzbyU in

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a bit about myself.. i am 46 yrs olds old, live in chicago area.

i am a dis-fellowshipped jw.

i was in the organization since i was a kid.

Little Drummer Boy

Hi Gregg!

Nice to have you here.

Since you're from the Chicago area, you might be interested in this thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/19/138514/1.ashx

My wife is trying to organize a get together for people in or around Indiana. It might be a little farther than you would want to drive, but I just thought I would let you know.

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Has Anyone in the History of JWD Been Shunned On The Forum

by BFD in

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i was reading the thread about the wanderer and it seems he is very annoyingly stubborn.

i think i'm going to shun him.

lol.

Little Drummer Boy

Wordly - I don't think our cats know the combo to the gun safe, but it is quite possible they are mounting an offensive to remove all our fingernails while we sleep, as payback for the front-paw declawing.

No, they don't know the combo 'cause there isn't one. I knew that cats can't be trusted, so I got us the gun safe that has a keylock. They don't have thumbs you see....

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