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  'occasional eccentricity and abnormal attitudes' of Jehovah's Witnesses in regard to the Anti-Islam Videographer’s First Amendment Right to Insult Religion cited

  by Sol Reform in

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  marci a. hamilton gives poor grades to both the obama administration's and romney in failing to articulate long-settled first amendment principles of the usa.. .

  september 20, 2012 marci a. hamilton.

  why the united states must either get behind the anti-islam videographer's first amendment right to insult religion (and politics and politicians and every other power, large or small), or lose what matters most.

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  glenster

  "Copy and Paste":

  I'm not sure myself in a couple cases.

  Speaking for myself, even if I wanted to make a case against Islamist extrem-
  ism and the video the furor is about appeared in my Email I'd click Spam and
  forget about it. But in the initial post, it's brought up that the threats and
  even murders of the hyper-politicized Islamist protesters in reaction to it has
  tempered freedom of speech concerns and led to judgments against the admittedly
  irreverent speaker. Most commentaries, even by our leaders, pass that point by
  without showing evidentially that the hypocrisy of those reactionaries is
  immense, so I couldn't let it pass by without showing research sources for it.
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  Scary Sign Carried By A Child At the Recent Sydney Riots

  by Bangalore in

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  glenster

  The mother of a young boy photographed holding a placard bearing the slogan
  "behead all those who insult the prophet" has turned herself into police.
  http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/09/18/3592333.htm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Lc9wVjYJc
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  Scary Sign Carried By A Child At the Recent Sydney Riots

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  glenster

  When it comes to those pushing the idea of that sign, I suppose it's to even
  up the odds.
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  "Quackery" banned !!! Gay conversion therapy now illegal...

  by irondork in

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  hallelujah!

  http://news.yahoo.com/calif-first-ban-gay-teen-conversion-therapy-081605486.html.

  sacramento, calif. (ap) gov.

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  glenster

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8n0XQLL1GE
  http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1874579,00.html
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  'occasional eccentricity and abnormal attitudes' of Jehovah's Witnesses in regard to the Anti-Islam Videographer’s First Amendment Right to Insult Religion cited

  by Sol Reform in

  1. social
  2. current

  marci a. hamilton gives poor grades to both the obama administration's and romney in failing to articulate long-settled first amendment principles of the usa.. .

  september 20, 2012 marci a. hamilton.

  why the united states must either get behind the anti-islam videographer's first amendment right to insult religion (and politics and politicians and every other power, large or small), or lose what matters most.

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  glenster

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzN3yJXlWrg
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  Funny How These Hitler Quotes Align Closely With How The WTS Operates

  by LostGeneration in

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  on another thread i was trying to recall a quote from hitler that was as follows:.

  make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.

  check out the rest of these and see how they apply to how the wts operates:.

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  glenster

  Could you ask for a better name?:

  The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Enlightenment_and_Propaganda
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  'occasional eccentricity and abnormal attitudes' of Jehovah's Witnesses in regard to the Anti-Islam Videographer’s First Amendment Right to Insult Religion cited

  by Sol Reform in

  1. social
  2. current

  marci a. hamilton gives poor grades to both the obama administration's and romney in failing to articulate long-settled first amendment principles of the usa.. .

  september 20, 2012 marci a. hamilton.

  why the united states must either get behind the anti-islam videographer's first amendment right to insult religion (and politics and politicians and every other power, large or small), or lose what matters most.

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  glenster

  ^ Nakoula was subsequently jailed, and as of September 28, 2012, he faces up to
  three years in prison for lying to federal probation officials regarding his role
  in the making of the video.

  Following the violent reactions to the video, Nakoula and his family went into
  hiding, and the Cerritos home is listed for sale.[2] His attorney has said he has
  received threats to his safety.[10] On September 15, 2012, federal authorities
  Nakoula in for an interview about possible probation violations related to the
  film's distribution on the Internet.[35][36][37] On September 27, 2012, U.S.
  federal authorities arrested Nakoula in Los Angeles charging eight counts of
  probation violation.[38][10] Prosecutors stated that some of the violations in-
  cluded making false statements regarding his role in the film and his use of the
  alias "Sam Bacile".[39] None of the charges relate to his use of the Internet.
  [10] Following a hearing before a judge, Nakoula was ordered to jail without bail
  on September 27, 2012, with the judge citing probation violations including lying
  to probation officials, "danger to the community", and "lack of trust in the de-
  fendant".[40] He faces up to three years in prison.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakoula_Basseley_Nakoula
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  Do You Think"Any" Jehovah`s Witness Understands The Concept Of Cognitive Dissonance ? Are They Capable Of Comprehending The Meaning ?

  by smiddy in

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  i would appreciate your thoughts on the matter , with examples demonstrating their ignorance of the concept.. smiddy.

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  glenster

  "Do You Think 'Any' Jehovah`s Witness Understands The Concept Of Cognitive
  Dissonance? Are They Capable Of Comprehending The Meaning?"

  Yes. Most things the JWs leaders cook up in their bid to be exclusive (spokes-
  people of a literal 144,000) is obscure to most people, which I assume is
  deliberate, and followers are, unsurprisingly, told to avoid critical (apostate)
  material.

  It's like asking if Popoff's followers could understand that a radio receiver
  could be in someone's ear. I consider them victims of liars, not idiots regard-
  ing information presented to them. There is a dismaying lack of curiosity to re-
  search distinctive policies at the library or Internet.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff#Exposed_as_a_fraud_by_James_Randi

  Botting, Heather; Gary Botting (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Wit-
  nesses. University of Toronto Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8020-6545-7. "Most Witnesses,
  although capable of intelligent, reasonable thought, have as part of the payment
  for paradise delegated authority to the organization for directing their lives...
  and finally abrogate all responsibility and rights over their personal lives—in
  effect, allowing the society to do their thinking for them."
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses#cite_note-303

  The JWs leaders now allow a distant time for the creation of the Earth although
  they teach intelligent design as proof of God. Again, the information revealing
  the JWs leaders' mischaracterization of research material is (by intelligent de-
  sign--booya) obscure to most people.

  I don't think the JWs leaders set a date for a literal Adam and Eve. I suppose
  they still teach a literal great flood, but even realizing what's wrong with that
  involves some research a lot of JWs just don't do.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology_of_Jehovah's_Witnesses#The_.22generation_of_1914.22_.281976.E2.80.93present.29
  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-stories/part-1-creation-to-the-flood/story-9-noah-builds-an-ark/
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  "Quackery" banned !!! Gay conversion therapy now illegal...

  by irondork in

  1. social
  2. current

  hallelujah!

  http://news.yahoo.com/calif-first-ban-gay-teen-conversion-therapy-081605486.html.

  sacramento, calif. (ap) gov.

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  glenster

  http://www.queerty.com/irans-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-gays-are-ugly-homosexuality-like-stealing-20120924/
  http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/bizarre&id=8831155
  http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/iran/a/mahmoudjokes.htm
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  'occasional eccentricity and abnormal attitudes' of Jehovah's Witnesses in regard to the Anti-Islam Videographer’s First Amendment Right to Insult Religion cited

  by Sol Reform in

  1. social
  2. current

  marci a. hamilton gives poor grades to both the obama administration's and romney in failing to articulate long-settled first amendment principles of the usa.. .

  september 20, 2012 marci a. hamilton.

  why the united states must either get behind the anti-islam videographer's first amendment right to insult religion (and politics and politicians and every other power, large or small), or lose what matters most.

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  glenster

  "Also, what does 'occasinal eccentricity and abnormal attitudes" of Jehovah's
  Witness have to do with this thread?"

  "...in regard to the Anti-Islam Videographer’s First Amendment Right to Insult
  Religion cited":

  Rutherford's JWs literature and sound trucks had very insulting politicized
  religious propaganda about other religions and the US and other governments. He
  was 'centric and intolerant but court cases about it favored his followers' free-
  dom to be so.

  Likewise the "Innocence of Muslims" and Muslim homophobia and antisemitism and
  anti-Western propaganda.

  All as abnormal and misguidedly insulting but set free as the thing sewn up in
  Frankenstein's monster's head.

  I'm not sure what the "occasional eccentricity" is.