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  DO YOU SWEAR MORE THAN BEFORE???

  by minimus in

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  one of my best friends, an ex-elder, swears alot.

  years ago i never would have sworn.

  but they say bad assocaiation spoils useful habits, so what the -----.

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  Dutchie

  English is a rich and powerful language. There are more than enough words to adequately express even the rawest emotion.

  Well........ sometimes ........
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  Welcome Lawrence !

  by Simon in

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  good to see you online bud .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=37734&page=2&site=3#511186.

  wish it was in happier circumstances

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  Dutchie

  Lawrence, in another thread you referred to yourself as just an ordinary guy.

  Sometimes circumstances makes heros of ordinary guys.

  You are my hero.
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  My Story.......

  by Jesika in

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  well, i talk about my abuse so much i haven't found the need to post it.

  i guess i will post it now so i can write it once and not have to keep writing it over and over again.

  well, my eariliest memory is of being punished.

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  Dutchie

  Sweet Jesika.

  What an amazingly brave girl you are.
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  Where are the POLICE?

  by DJ in

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  i just finished reading the transcript of the march, i am too overwhelmed to comment about it with a clear head.

  i know that there are accusations against people.

  so, where are the police?

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  (Thank the legal system for CIVIL actions! Even if the perv doesn't go to jail via a CRIMINAL charge, at least his/her name will be publicized in a CIVIL trial, and everyone will know. It is SOME consolation).

  Good point, Grits. Remember OJ Simpson!
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  Sept. 30, 1955

  by CC Ryder in

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  sept. 30, 1955 james dean was killed in a car accident.. sept. 30, 1955 cc ryder was born.. that's right....it's my birthday!!!!!.

  but i don't guess i turned into james dean at birth...lol.

  cc

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  Dutchie

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CC

  I wish you many, many more!
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  Ted Jaracz - the accused

  by Nathan Natas in

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  at the silentlambs march in brooklyn ny on september 27, 2002 a woman made a public statement which began, .

  i'm pat garza, and i'm here today because i was raped by theodore jaracz when i was a little girl, in the city of los angeles, he was district servant.

  there are two boys; their initials are "m.v.

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  Dutchie

  Hillary, I apologize for my misuse of the word "stupid".
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  Ted Jaracz - the accused

  by Nathan Natas in

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  at the silentlambs march in brooklyn ny on september 27, 2002 a woman made a public statement which began, .

  i'm pat garza, and i'm here today because i was raped by theodore jaracz when i was a little girl, in the city of los angeles, he was district servant.

  there are two boys; their initials are "m.v.

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  Dutchie

  In most disciplines there are no hard and fast rules and the law is no exception. Allowing a victim to make a public statement cannot automatically be deemed the wrong thing to do and as we are not privy to all of the circumstances and manuvers that her lawyer is, we cannot say that her making such statement was "stupid".

  If she were being tried for murdering someone and wanted to make a public declaration of her innocence I might agree with you that her statement would need be prepared because of the possibility that she might indict herself, but in cases like this an extermporaneous statement in the victim's own words carries much more weight and is not necessarily a bad thing, It might also serve to provoke the one accused to make his own public statement, a statement which might possibly be used against him in a court of law. In this day and age lawyers use the media all the time to promote their case and to gain sympathy.

  What is amusing though is that people who are fully familiar with the lies and duplicity of the Watchtpower organization find it so hard to believe that this woman was abused by its leader. Mr. Jaracz is the most powerful member of a multimillion dollar corporation. Power corrupts.
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  Great photo of Mulan and Bill Bowen

  by Mulan in

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  i have wanted to post this photo of myself, with bill, taken a year and a half ago, for a long time.

  he kept telling me not to, since dateline hadn't aired yet.

  i came across it today, and decided i could do it now.

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  Dutchie

  (there were several other people there)

  Great picture and I'm glad you added the above statement because otherwise I'd have been suspicious!
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  The future of this site

  by DanTheMan in

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  i just took a look at h2o, which of course was the pioneering internet jw discussion board.

  at one time, it was the place.

  then this site came along, and nowadays people on h2o are debating whether there is any point in the continued existence of that site:.

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  Dutchie

  Dan, I think that this is one of the most exciting times in the history of Jehovah's Witnesses that I can remember.

  Just yesterday the biggest, most well planned ever, march on watchtower headquarters was made, a march which gained media attention and certainly caused a stir among Bethelites. Bill Bowen has started a grassroots movement which is surely to grow bigger and stronger with time.

  The personal stories that are posted here are proof that some of the rank and file are shaking themselves out of their stupor and are starting to questions the beliefs of the watchtower or they attest to the fact that some have walked away in disgust.

  The ever changing policies of the watchtower and choice of buzz words are still a source of ire, as well as amusement.

  Personally, I can't wait to see what will happen next!
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  Please welcome my brother!

  by Valis in

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  my brother ambush22 is sitting next to me and has registered as a new user.

  please take a moment to say hello and welcome.

  he's had it a bit harder than i ever did in jwland by far.

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  Dutchie

  Welcome to the forum Ambush.

  I have a question for you.

  From time to time Valis posts pictures of two of the sweetest, cutest little girls I have ever seen and passes them off as his. Of course, I have always doubted this as I cannot see how in the dickens they can be related to him. So tell me the truth. Are those his kids or not? I am depending on you to give me an honest answer. Thank you.