Posts by diana netherton

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New YouTube video - Anthony Morris warns us against the horrors of higher education

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcneuuajvg.

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cedars.

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It's obvious Mr. Moron (I like that :) hasn't had the privelege of higher education. He doesn't even

know what he's talking about. What he's talking about is Gremlins 1 and 2; where tiny creatures

that inhabit college campuses only infiltrate your child's brain and turn them into naughty free-thinking

individuals who can decide for themselves what direction their life should take.

Who taught this bloke how to talk anyway? I think he's creepy. Makes my skin crawl. I can't put

my finger on it, but there's something off with that man.

Notice, too, how he says "support your wife/children." Nothing about women working either. I bet

he sits in his room at Bethel watching reruns of Leave it to Beaver while making notes for his talks.

Just sayin... :)

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How to Find a Job and Keep it?? Seriously?

by diana netherton in

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if you haven't checked out the official site lately, this article is a belly buster.

ironic how a bunch.

of stodgy, high-school educated only men who live and eat for free on the backs of others.

diana netherton

If you haven't checked out the official site lately, this article is a belly buster. Ironic how a bunch

of stodgy, high-school educated only men who live and eat for FREE on the backs of others

feel justified in giving advice on how to find and keep a job.

The articles on why don't boys and girls like me is pretty entertaining as well. The society is so

out of touch with the real world it's mind boggling....

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The Art of Writing

by Quendi in

gore vidal's death tuesday in los angeles got me to thinking about writers.

i am a writer myself and i know there are many other writers on this forum.

i wanted to open a discussion on writing in the twenty-first century and get other thoughts, opinions and experiences on this.

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I am a writer as well...I have notebooks filled with poems and diaries from the 80s. I sometimes

go back and read them. I've kept most of them. When word processing came around, I was

thrilled. I had an old typewriter that I used but the thought of just pushing delete or backspace

was brilliant. However, I do believe the "art" of writing is lost on the young. My son, who is

20, can barely write a letter. He's a whiz with computers, etc...but writing forget it!

Quendi....pm me about your novel. I am working on one as well and I would be interested to

hear about yours. Mine is a crime novel..quite appropriate, since I've been a court stenographer

for 20 years.

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Do you think this message would tempt me back to the loving arms of the cong?

by HappyOutsideTheBox in

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a 25 year old relative of mine was being stalked last week by an older woman.

the police were involved and the perpetrator arrested.. as it was the convention and his uber zealous, hypocritical mother- aka my sister, was going to be absent from home i called to see how he was doing.

in the course of the conversation i referred to 50 shades of grey' (the stalker had fantasised about him being mr grey).

diana netherton

Send her a copy of 50 Shades....that should do it .

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"Amish - Out of Order"...Have you watched this show???

by freshstart in

it comes on the national geographic channel and it's about young people who choose to leave the amish faith/way of life, the backlash from their families, and their adjustment to the "outside" world.

it's fascinating for me to watch.

some of the experiences are unique to amish, but so much of it is similar to what people feel when they decide they no longer want to be witnesses.

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I have lived right in the heart of the Amish community now for almost 12 years. In fact, I am surrounded by

farms where I am -- and outlets! I also work in the judicial system, and I can say for a fact that child abuse

in their community is a severe problem. I've had several in my courtroom over the years. Almost all of them plead guilty.

What is shocking to me is the amount of support the Amish community give the abuser. Usually, there's about

30 people from the church on one side and the poor victim(s) usually only have a counselor with them.

They ask for mercy...but to me the victim will be punished more since they will have to live with it forever.

The last one I had was just this June. Father abusing his daughters for years. Finally one spoke up to

protect the younger sister. What struck me as really sad is the mother, instead of sticking with her daughters,

pled for mercy for her husband.

The JW religion is not far off the Amish as far as their practices and the amount of hypocrisy that goes on.

The standards are much too high and that leads to people scrambling trying to "cover" their image.

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JW Longo Story on ABC TV July 11th "Final Witness"

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20120611abc02/.

final witness*.

air date: wednesday, july 11, 2012. time slot: 10:00 pm-11:00 pm est on abc.

diana netherton

They ought to put rocks in pillow sheets and rope around his feet, chuck him over the side of the bridge like

he did with his children. I don't uphold violence at all, but this is just about the worst thing ever.

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Sunday's Drama @ convention!!! OMG!!!

by itscrap&theyknowit! in

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the drama -- i basically laughed hysterically!

i guess marriages are breaking up left and right within the organization.

a couple got married young.

diana netherton

Link, Pleeeeeease????

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Sunday's Drama @ convention!!! OMG!!!

by itscrap&theyknowit! in

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the drama -- i basically laughed hysterically!

i guess marriages are breaking up left and right within the organization.

a couple got married young.

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I think I need to watch it!

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Emailing my sister RE: Child abuse conviction - NEED HELP!!

by What Now? in

so the other night, my family was together and my dad brought up the recent child abuse conviction for the society.

big surprise, my sister hadn't heard anything about it, so of course she got right on to the jw.org website and emailed me the link to the watchtowers official statement.

this is my reply:.

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If she's anything like my sister, who decided to "return" a few years ago, I would

rather bang my head against a wall than get into any sort of debate over anything

Jo-ho related. You simply cannot get to people who are so brainwashed. The change

has to come from them hopefully waking up to the reality of what they are in. I find

that it just causes more angst all around.

Just my few cents..

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Watchtower's Billion Dollars of Property Cannot Be Sold until Outcome of Conti Appeal

by Dogpatch in

30 minutes ago i just got off the phone with some important players in this case, and some things were relayed to me concerning a lot of details of the outcome of the last two days of court.

i am passing this on.

cynthia hampton, one of the main players in the candace conti case (and a close friend of 28 years), just informed me of a further, far more powerful move by the state of california against the watch tower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. by order of the superior court of the state of california - county of alameda (see documents below), until the watch tower's appeal, which won't begin until august 13th and will take up to two years to settle due to due process of law, has forbidden the watch tower to sell any more of its $1 billion in assets in the borough of brooklyn until the appeals case is finished, to assure they won't shelter their monies in the light of this most huge and devastating sexual abuse scandal ever to hit the watch tower society, and perhaps any other single-victim lawsuit.

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If they're smart, they'll drop the appeal, pay the damages and sweep this whole

untidy "mess" under the carpet. In a few more years they can deny it ever happened

and blame the Satan and the "apostates". I've been silent for years, mostly out of

respect for my family, but sometimes you just have to take a stand. Now is the time.