Posts by GinnyTosken

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Press Release- Investment Opportunity

by SixofNine in

pfizer corp. (nyse pfe) is making the announcement today that viagra.

(mykoxaphalentooldphyew) will soon be available in liquid form under.

the trade name of mydixaflopin.. mydixaflopin will be marketed by pepsi cola (pepsi bottling group nyse.

GinnyTosken

My adrenaline is still up though

Adrenaline? What a cute name for it.

Ginny, pondering Jolt, Seven-Up, and and Barq's

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Building Kindom Halls & Picking Up Chicks..

by Valis in

i always got stuck going w/my dad to jw building events and for a while i thought it was a drag to have to work all weekend for free, until i started to realize there were lots of chicks running around that i could have fun with.

that and assemblies.

i can probably attribute that newfound fascination with jw girls from different cities as one of the biggest contributions to my eventual liberation.

GinnyTosken

Wickid,

I was wearing my elaborately overloaded toolbelt (with brand new, unused tools)

Heheheh. Funny--I always just carried a stud finder.

Ginny

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Irlam KH magazine article Df'ing

by Simon in

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an article about a sister in our local local kh was in a womens magazine today.

the local kh was the topic of conversation at angharad & dylan's playgroup with the verdict that the jws are "disgusting how they treat people".

apparently, they were also quite vocal about how the articles about the wtc were trying to cash in on the suffering and they were not impressed (a wise & discerning group those mums!)..

GinnyTosken

Simon,

I can't help but notice this passage in the article:

Surely a few dates with Simon, 18, wouldn't harm.
But a week later at his place, we started kissing, his hands slid over my body. I relaxed, responded, so natural . . .

Simon?!?

I do think it would be great if she knew of a place where she'd be welcome, especially considering your share in corrupting her.

Is it too late for folks from the board to send her Christmas cards? Or maybe you can do what Englishman does for his Dub-in-the-Pub and collect our good wishes in a thread and mail them to her?

Ginny

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Press Release

by JohnJBB123 in

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december 4, 2001. for immediate release:.

a national human rights organization is taking jehovah's witnesses to task for claiming to support human rights while denying them to members.. approaches to education, inc., a arizona based human rights group, went public this week about its concerns that the jehovah's witness religion claims to support the un declaration of human rights while at the same time that it denies those rights to its members.

while jehovah's witnesses claim to be crusaders for freedom of religion and human rights, and in favor of religious tolerance, this is not what they practice within the group, states john b. brown, the executive director of approaches to education, inc, individual members of the jehovahs witnesses are not allowed to question their religious beliefs, because this questioning may elicit a punitive response by the religions leaders.

GinnyTosken

Here is a post on the subject of "The Watchtower Society and Human Rights":

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=6254&site=3

Ginny

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Building Kindom Halls & Picking Up Chicks..

by Valis in

i always got stuck going w/my dad to jw building events and for a while i thought it was a drag to have to work all weekend for free, until i started to realize there were lots of chicks running around that i could have fun with.

that and assemblies.

i can probably attribute that newfound fascination with jw girls from different cities as one of the biggest contributions to my eventual liberation.

GinnyTosken

Valis,

I always assumed I was not the only one, but I was curious to know if any of you folks had simmilar experiences.

You might be interested in the experiences of Francois:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=7685&site=3

Ginny

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Stuff we wouldn't do offline that we do here

by joelbear in

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1. argue with a six year old.. ever had a deep discussion with a six year old (or someone with a three year old's mentality)?

ever heard two six year old's arguing?.

typically it turns to name calling and "i know you are but what am i" exchanges fairly rapidly.. would we walk up to a 6 year old or a mentally challenged adult and engage in one of these ridiculous, non-productive and demoralizing exchanges?.

GinnyTosken

Joelbear,

I think each of us has to decide who on this board has the mentality of a six-year-old and whether the discussions are non-productive or demoralizing.

On the "Usage of the Internet" thread, you say you have chosen not respond to Fred Hall, NYT, and Yadirf. Yet there were times when you did choose to respond, just as others choose to respond now. As ISP says, "Live and let live." When people grow tired of this, they will stop. Only each person who replies can decide whether the experience is non-productive or demoralizing for them.

I have been thinking about the subject of harsh disagreements since I saw Ashitaka's and Andee's comments in the "Military Tribunals" thread. Both Andee and Ashitaka hoped the "miserable thread" would die, and Ashitaka had earlier said:

Why not just drop it, so that dubs coming here don't see what they expect....division.....

In the "An Internet Apostate" thread, Yadirf asked:

Would you like for me to put together a list of posts from various apostates on this board that could have but failed to show sorrow after intentionally inflicting pain on another?

This has been discussed before. Should we create a sort of alternative "spiritual paradise" so dubs won't be offended by this site? Should we all smile and act nice to each other and repress our anger and annoyance? Is the purpose of the board to help JWs out of their old mindset, to help ex-JWs heal, to socialize, to discuss, to debate, or a mixture of all of these?

Are childish disagreements a sign that we don't have love among ourselves? I don't think so. Some of the most childish and volatile disagreements I've experienced have been between members of my own family. It is because we love each other so much and because we know each other so well that we react so strongly to each other.

I love this place because of the mix of support, humor, discussions, catfights, debates, and disagreements. I don't expect that we'll always "dwell together in unity," and I like the mixture of characters. Things aren't always pretty, but this tells me people here are honest and are displaying the full spectrum of their humanity.

And besides, I'm a Pee-Wee Herman fan, so "I know you are, but what am I?" suits me just fine.

Ginny

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An Internet Apostate

by Yadirf in

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an internet "apostate" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the internet.

s/he tries to start arguments and upset people.. apostates see internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game.

for some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people.

GinnyTosken

Yadirf,

According to that reasoning then neither did I ... because most here knew from whence the thoughts came from, even as shown in the other thread.

You are mistaken, Yadirf. I did not know the source until Ballistic spoke up. I then did a search for "Timothy Campbell" and part of your text and found the original. It may have been a parody to Ballistic, but until the original source was revealed, it was plagiarism to those of us unfamiliar with the source document.

There's little difference between doing that and my having replaced the word "troll" with "apostate" in this persons work.

The difference is that your original post and my parody were together in the same thread for all to see. You did not acknowledge the source of your ideas.

Ginny

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An Internet Apostate

by Yadirf in

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an internet "apostate" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the internet.

s/he tries to start arguments and upset people.. apostates see internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game.

for some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people.

GinnyTosken

Yadirf,

I think you need to consult your dictionary and compare plagiarism to parody.

I was not trying to pass off your ideas as my own; your original was there for comparison.

Ginny

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An Internet Apostate

by Yadirf in

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an internet "apostate" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the internet.

s/he tries to start arguments and upset people.. apostates see internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game.

for some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people.

GinnyTosken

Here is Timothy Campbell's original for comparison:

http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

Ginny

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FELLOWSHIP

by ricoananas in

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i've been reading lots of messages in just a few days of logging on to this site and have to say that in the beginning it was bothering me to still be doing the jw thing.

i dropped out after 25 years, the last 14 as an elder.

now, however, i'm beginning to realize that the posts have been giving me a feeling of fellowship with many people who have gone/are going through experiences similar to mine, a kind of fellowship that i rarely if ever felt being among other jw's.

GinnyTosken

Hi, Rico,

Welcome!

Is "Ananas" pronounced like "bananas"? If so, I think it's a lovely name.

"Yes, we have no Ananas . . . We have no Ananas today . . ."

Ginny