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  Do Americans feel a 'special relationship' with the UK?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  the wt society always made a big point about the anglo-american world power when i was growing up in the t. i don't know if they still do.

  probably not.. couple this with the uk media very often going on about a special relationship between the two countries.

  some journalists would often point out though that this may have been wishful thinking on the part of the smaller uk.. i was a fan of alistair cooke's 'letter from america' and he , being of an older uk birth background would also reinforce this impression i had that there was a difference between the bond between the us/uk that was different to other countries.. .

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  Damocles,

  Please don't feel more embarrassed than most of us on here. If we didn't sawallow it, at least we remained mute or quiet about the fancy WTS historical analysis. I did it for about 30 years, sorry for that.
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  Do Americans feel a 'special relationship' with the UK?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  the wt society always made a big point about the anglo-american world power when i was growing up in the t. i don't know if they still do.

  probably not.. couple this with the uk media very often going on about a special relationship between the two countries.

  some journalists would often point out though that this may have been wishful thinking on the part of the smaller uk.. i was a fan of alistair cooke's 'letter from america' and he , being of an older uk birth background would also reinforce this impression i had that there was a difference between the bond between the us/uk that was different to other countries.. .

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  They'll never say that of course but, instead, that one has to retain only the empires which had some connection with God's purpose concerning His people, guess who.
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  Do Americans feel a 'special relationship' with the UK?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wt society always made a big point about the anglo-american world power when i was growing up in the t. i don't know if they still do.

  probably not.. couple this with the uk media very often going on about a special relationship between the two countries.

  some journalists would often point out though that this may have been wishful thinking on the part of the smaller uk.. i was a fan of alistair cooke's 'letter from america' and he , being of an older uk birth background would also reinforce this impression i had that there was a difference between the bond between the us/uk that was different to other countries.. .

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  they're the second half of the binary Angloamerican world power as predicted in the book of Revelation

  I always enjoyed seing how the WTS, in her eagerness to prove her point about being part of the fulfilment of biblical prophecies, jumps happily in one great leap, in the course of history, from the Roman to the British empires, shoving aside as nothing the Arab, Mongol empires, etc. Should be enough to put off history conscious truth seekers.
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  Do Americans feel a 'special relationship' with the UK?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wt society always made a big point about the anglo-american world power when i was growing up in the t. i don't know if they still do.

  probably not.. couple this with the uk media very often going on about a special relationship between the two countries.

  some journalists would often point out though that this may have been wishful thinking on the part of the smaller uk.. i was a fan of alistair cooke's 'letter from america' and he , being of an older uk birth background would also reinforce this impression i had that there was a difference between the bond between the us/uk that was different to other countries.. .

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  Coq au vin is even more to be envied than nuclear energy, IMO

  The French saved our butts during the the Revolutionary War

  Yes but let's be honest, did we do it for you or just to annoy the Brits ?
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  Do Americans feel a 'special relationship' with the UK?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wt society always made a big point about the anglo-american world power when i was growing up in the t. i don't know if they still do.

  probably not.. couple this with the uk media very often going on about a special relationship between the two countries.

  some journalists would often point out though that this may have been wishful thinking on the part of the smaller uk.. i was a fan of alistair cooke's 'letter from america' and he , being of an older uk birth background would also reinforce this impression i had that there was a difference between the bond between the us/uk that was different to other countries.. .

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  what really holds us together is our disdain for the French

  So, Leaving, going through a small fit of jealousy eh ?
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  Maurice Jarre - great composer, RIP

  by Sad emo in

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  french president nicolas sarkozy has paid tribute to oscar-winning film composer maurice jarre, who has died in los angeles at the age of 84.. mr sarkozy called french-born jarre, whose credits include lawrence of arabia, "a great composer" who produced "majestic and full-bodied works".. jarre also won academy awards for dr zhivago and a passage to india.. his last public appearance was in february at the berlin film festival, where he won a lifetime award.. .

  full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm.

  lawrence of arabia is one of my favourite films and soundtracks.

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  French resistance - still a good story.

  Well, as the film shows, those resistants were a handful, ill armed, still they attacked the german army, putting the city at great risk of being destroyed in retaliation, since the governor Von CHOLTITZ had been ordered by Hitler to place explosive material in the most prestigious monuments. Those resistants were ready to bring havoc on Paris for the sake of their petty glory. A good thing they had in front of them a man like Von CHOLTITZ who was far more intelligent than them, who decided not to destroy Paris. This chap is an authentic hero, one of Paris boulevards should have been given his name.
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  Maurice Jarre - great composer, RIP

  by Sad emo in

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  2. entertainment

  french president nicolas sarkozy has paid tribute to oscar-winning film composer maurice jarre, who has died in los angeles at the age of 84.. mr sarkozy called french-born jarre, whose credits include lawrence of arabia, "a great composer" who produced "majestic and full-bodied works".. jarre also won academy awards for dr zhivago and a passage to india.. his last public appearance was in february at the berlin film festival, where he won a lifetime award.. .

  full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm.

  lawrence of arabia is one of my favourite films and soundtracks.

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  BB, "is Paris burning" an underrated fim ? I would have said a third rate film, as too many theatrical stars vie with one another to hold the centre of the stage and look so unrealistic as historical characters, like in The longest Day, somehow. only one actor managing to play his game well is Gert Fröbe, as a credible Von Choltitz, IMO
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  Maurice Jarre - great composer, RIP

  by Sad emo in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  french president nicolas sarkozy has paid tribute to oscar-winning film composer maurice jarre, who has died in los angeles at the age of 84.. mr sarkozy called french-born jarre, whose credits include lawrence of arabia, "a great composer" who produced "majestic and full-bodied works".. jarre also won academy awards for dr zhivago and a passage to india.. his last public appearance was in february at the berlin film festival, where he won a lifetime award.. .

  full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm.

  lawrence of arabia is one of my favourite films and soundtracks.

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  If I remember well, his son Jean-Michel JARRE said that, great composer as he was he remained an aloof father, nobody is perfect.
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  The Three Stages of Meeting Attendance Freedom

  by Nosferatu in

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  during my exit from the jws, i went through three stages of being free from the meetings.

  stage 1: going to the meetings, but disliking it.. stage 2: stopped going to the meetings, but remembered every day that i was supposed to be going to the meeting.. stage 3: "oh yeah!

  thursday's a meeting night!

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  Elders in my congregation gave me 2 weeks ago a helpful hand in my move to reduce even more meeting attendance, since they told the congregation that my comments at the WT and in private conversations don't conform to the line and urged JWs to mark me. The result is that I now wonder what on earth I have in common with that bunch of fanatics. Lots of thanks to them.
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  Newbie *waves*

  by Phee in

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  hiya.... .

  i've been lurking here for over a year...(on the old forum and then this one)...i also post on several other forums.... got a long story, but i won't go into that right now.. some of you know me from the other sites, just figured this was a natural progression into apostahood to register here.

  see ya'll 'round!.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Welcome Phee, your experience is very moving. In time and thanks to reports like yours and the Andersons' work I've come to be more aware of that grim reality within congregations, which a few years back I would have dismissed as impossible.