There was an article back in the '80's entitled "Is It Wickedness or Weakness?". My take on it was that elders were being cautioned not to make more of a situation than was actually warranted.
Posts by AnneB
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10Teenage Behavior: DF'ing Not Necessary
by metatron ini have observed a number of witness teenagers who left the 'truth'.
i have also observed that most of them end up as responsible members of society as a result of their own path to maturity - and df'ing doesn't help the process.. the typical duty of most parents of teenagers is to prevent their offspring from doing drugs, getting pregnant, crashing a car or going to jail.
once you get beyond that, most kids get tired of hangovers, get wise to their foolishness and settle down into conservative behavior that matches their parents.. what they don't need is interference and judicial examination by external busybodies who can separate them from their families and friends at a deeply critical moment in their lives.
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A life of fear
by BonaFide inwhen i was a little boy, i feared the elders.
older sisters also told me what to do, as my father not a witness.
when i was appointed a servant, i feared the elders more, even though i was very obedient.
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AnneB
Thanks! I just love a happy ending!
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A life of fear
by BonaFide inwhen i was a little boy, i feared the elders.
older sisters also told me what to do, as my father not a witness.
when i was appointed a servant, i feared the elders more, even though i was very obedient.
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AnneB
What was the rest of that experience? How does the story end? I haven't heard this tale before!
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Anybody Who Would Like My Wife and My Contact Information - Please P.M. Me
by flipper ini guess we have to accept the inevitable.
i for one will certainly miss this site .
but i understand if simon and his family are being threatened .
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AnneB
Anybody Who Would Like My Wife and My Contact Information...
Mr. Flipper, please! The situation is not so dire that you need to give away your wife!
Contact information, perhaps, but I beg of you...keep your wife for yourself!
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
"AnnB I see your still a JW eh? "
You don't see anything, that interpretation is in your own head.
"YOU FOCUS on my reply"
As the English so elequently say, naff off, lady! My comment was directed to a specific poster and it wasn't you.
That some people attribute their exit from JW's to picketing isn't the issue here; whatever happened to picketing *is*.
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
To make *picketing* more effective one would have to do something to enhance the picketing itself, not add media coverage or any external source of attention.
Now, if you are saying you want to make your thoughts visible to a larger audience or diversify your method of delivery, then media would be something to consider.
Picketing itself, as it's usually done, is rather limited.
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
The topic of this thread is picketing, not being pro-active or countering media coverage. While these may make fine topics for other threads, they do not address the original question which was "Whatever happened to this long lost activity?"
I contend that picketing died out because it was less effective than other methods for making the target audience "think".
Please, focus!
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
Counter what, the attendance or the media coverage? Please elucidate.
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
Then it's the media coverage, not the picketing. Media coverage enhances all sorts of activities, even attendance at District Conventions.
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Picketing
by MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ inwhatever happened to this long lost activity?
i can remember a time when you couldn't make it from the convention doors to your car without being approached by at least one glassy-eyed apostate holding a sign or thrusting a homemade tract under your nose.
ahhhh, those were the days...
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AnneB
But the topic is "picketing", eh?