i don't read too much about sports on the forum.
one of the great things about being out of wally world is enjoying sports without judgement.
i love college football and this, to me is the greatest college football day!
I know it doesn't have the luster of Alabama-Auburn, but Wisconsin-Minnesota is the game I'm going to be watching today. Oldest rivalry in college football, and it's for the Big Ten west title. The first time in over 50 years that there's been that much at stake.
Go Badgers!
i work for a mental health unit with 2 police officers we deal with people who have drug and mental health issues.
at times over the last 10 years we have "taken down" some large drug affected men, mainly "ice" these days which is epidemic here, and let me tell you even with three of us it is a huge struggle.
sometimes back up is needed or mace spray which is aweful stuff!
My personal feeling is that even the majority of 'bad' cops start out with good intentions. I can't help but think of the scene in Crash when Matt Dillon says to his idealistic rookie partner "Wait until you've been on the job for twenty years".
Being a cop is such a thankless job, with low pay, and high risk. Combine that with the fact that they have to deal with the dregs of humanity on a regular basis. That's not a defense of those who become corrupted. But I have the utmost respect for the ones that don't.
after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
Adrenaline/nerves also make things difficult
Precisely. It's one thing that can't be simulated at a shooting range, no matter how good of a shot you are.
after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
I really wasn't going to comment on this thread, but citing a blog as a news source seems kind of desperate.
how many times have you asked a jw who has attended a public talk how the talk was, only to be told it was so great!
yet they cannot remember the title nor any one single point except that the brother was "funny" or was good with illustratiions or some other vauge point?
and conventions weren't far off either.
There's no reason why they would remember anything. Every talk, or convention, is indistinguishable from all the ones that preceded it. It's the same rehashed, formulaic material. Despite how 'wonderful' they will claim it was, there's really nothing special or memorable about it.
it seems like every couple of months i notice we've acquired a new religious nut and they have been posting away, annoying everyone and filling the forum with crap.
it's disheartening to see people (even moderators!
) have been having conversations with them and there are pages and pages of insults and crap - we're going to try and avoid this in future.
I've always found these posters far more annoying than the WT apologists. Most of them never had any connection to JWs, they're just looking for lost, vulnerable souls to exploit with their self-indulgent bs. The crux of their argument is "You've been lied to by the JWs, now let me tell you the right way to worship Jesus."
it used to bother me that people would say that about my well meaning religion.
how do you prove that witnesses are indeed, false prophets?.
I would tell them that the new world wasn't at all like I was expecting.
nfl commissioner roger goodell placed minnesota viking's player adrian peterson on indefinite suspension for using extreme measures in disciplining his son using a tree branch switch.. sports illustrated covered details about how the process works with the players union, the player, and the nfl.. www.si.com/nfl/2014/11/17/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-suspended.
i remember vivid scenes in kingdom halls and in the homes of jws who used extreme measures to discipline their children.
a father and assistant p.o.
Many parents who did what designs described are now in nursing homes wondering why they aren't being visited by their children.
Yeah. But then again, they weren't expecting to have to be cared for in their old age. Oops.
i remember being at the assembly in 1988?
when this was released.
everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.
I don't think any publication better exemplified their over-inflated sense of self-importance. Every breath they uttered was some grand fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Looking back, I can't believe I never once thought to myself "WTF!" during the multiple times we studied it.
i have to admit, i teared up a little when i read this.
but then, i'm a sucker for romance:.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-gets-marriage-license/ar-bbeksfn.
I have to admit, I teared up a little when I read this. But then, I'm a sucker for romance:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-gets-marriage-license/ar-BBeksFN
