you'd just never know it
I'm under the impression that someone, within battalions, must know, though
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guess who a retired US general blames for the massacre of 8000 Bosnian men at Srebrenica in 1995
by aligot ripounsous inhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7068523.ece.
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guess who a retired US general blames for the massacre of 8000 Bosnian men at Srebrenica in 1995
by aligot ripounsous inhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7068523.ece.
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IMO, this general, as a former high ranking NATO officer, knows one thing or two about what is expected from a soldier for the purpose of active combat and he definitely thinks that "socialization" of the militaries doesn't obey the same logic as keeping them fit for war, which is after all what they are meant for.
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guess who a retired US general blames for the massacre of 8000 Bosnian men at Srebrenica in 1995
by aligot ripounsous inhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7068523.ece.
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Tribute to my JW mother.
by Aussie Oz inhaving read a lot of threads on how difficult it can be to deal with parents who cannot understand why a child leaves the jw's etc, i decided to post about my mother.... mum joined the jw's in the early 70's.
she had 3 children, about 8,10 and 12. after divorce and remarriage she had two more (twins) when i was 15ish.
we three first children all left home, older brother d/f first, younger sister d/a years later and i left my wife and was d/f too.
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aligot ripounsous
Aussie, that's a very moving homage you are paying to your Mum, comes out from the heart. I wish you be able to open up and tell her. When I got married, I was thousands miles away from my non JW parents and I took this opportunity to write them a letter to thank them for what they had done for us, their children, I think they appreciated it. Out of decency, one often assumes that it goes without saying but it goes even better with saying it.
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Do "Thousands of JWs die each year" because they refuse blood? I say YES!
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.freeminds.org/blogs/musings-of-a-watchtower-insider/thousands-die-each-year.htm l. this blog article is solely my personal opinion, but i have tried to present important material for your consideration because i believe that one life lost to this blood-ban is one too many and there have too many deaths since 1945 and it's time something is done about it.
however you think on the subject, just wait until you read the conclusion of my blog article.
oh, by the way, all points of view are important to me and most welcome so i look forward to reading them here on jwn .
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TD,
thank you for this information, like all statistics they have to be handled with caution. I won't criticize them since I know nothing in the matter. Still, I remember very well what we called in France the contaminated blood scandal, where stocks of HIV tainted blood, collected in prisons, had been wilfully sold because manufacturers convinced the political powers that the financial loss incured by destroying these stocks was unbearable. Didn't happen in Rutherford time, just in 1985, and I can't see any reason why it wouldn't occur again in poor countries where it is so easy to corrupt decision makers.
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Do "Thousands of JWs die each year" because they refuse blood? I say YES!
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.freeminds.org/blogs/musings-of-a-watchtower-insider/thousands-die-each-year.htm l. this blog article is solely my personal opinion, but i have tried to present important material for your consideration because i believe that one life lost to this blood-ban is one too many and there have too many deaths since 1945 and it's time something is done about it.
however you think on the subject, just wait until you read the conclusion of my blog article.
oh, by the way, all points of view are important to me and most welcome so i look forward to reading them here on jwn .
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There are, I assume, very few, if any , statistics about JWs dying because they refuse blood. So, as it was put by another poster, we are here on the terrain of opinions and conjectures. Is record kept of all the people throughout the world who died because of transfusions ? of course not, big companies involved in blood trade will see to it.
I'm not trying here to defend the WTS's stand on blood because it is evident that this stand has been motivated by the policy of calling the attention of the public opinion to JWs at all cost, and it has been modified over the years according to its legal consequences on the org's finances, because of the threat of prosecutions. I'm just pointing out that refusing blood transfusions happens to have been a protection for many a JW (and, as I heard it, many doctors too, they are not ignorant, those). Up to each one of us to infere, or not, that this God's command was not so bad after all.
On another side, Barbara Anderson has done a tremendous job in exposing the peadophilia problem, and its covering up within the WTS, that is to be put to her credit. As far as I know (may be wrong), I understand that it was this factor, not blood related qualms, which determined her leaving bethel and caused her DFing. Now, as an ex (de facto) JW, I wonder, do we have to ride any anti JW horse ?
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what about me?
Minimus, you first have to refund too generous donators, after we'll see about adoption.
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If it is a She, I adopt Erynw, if it is a He it will be Dedpoet, they both took us for a good ride and were not that evil, refunded too generous donators, I heard. Maybe a bit mischievous but who is perfect ?
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what is your job ?i was wondering how varied our different jobs are !
by looloo ini am a support worker for adults with profound disabilities and some with autism and i love caring for people ..
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I work for the french government, take part in writing laws and regulations as regards the farmers' social security scheme
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Hey Everyone!!!
by cognac injust thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
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aligot ripounsous
The French can now proudly declare they have won a war
The French lost wars and have kept the integrity of their territory. The Germans -almost- won all theirs and have been amputated of 40 % of their pre - 1914 territory. With such results I want France to lose many more wars.
Didn't lose all their wars though