persecution and milking, like irongland and randomtask said. my sister loved to say "oh, we had people die in concentration camps too", but she said it in a way that made it seem like she knew someone at the great "be-in" of '69, or something.
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Why the fixation on the Nazis?
by eyeslice inis it just me but do the society have a fixation on the nazis and the relatively few witness martyrs?.
i was skimming through the jan 15th 2003 watchtower, and came across a couple of photos of brothers who were in concentration camps that i must have seen a 100 times before.
then, on the back there something about ones who died at the hands of the nazis in hungary.. now dont get me wrong, i know that what happen at the hands on the nazis was truly awful, and that many of those who died were people whose faith at least i can admire.
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Islam's Ugly Assault on Beauty
by NewYork44M inan interesting column from the ayn rand institute concerning the recent world beauty contest in nigeria.. http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/columns/rt112702.shtml.
one paragraph stood out:.
"but the most revealing element of this islamic attack was a slogan chanted by rioters: "down with beauty.
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this is what happens when you have a bunch of ignorant, uneducated wackos running around.......
How did this turn into a discussion of Ohio college football fans?
LOL @ six!
You are so wrong Incense!!
you might want to do a little research, lucy. the rioting was all about perceived blasphemy, not beauty itself, as the institute author said in part of the article. i wasn't deffending fanatics or condoning pedophelia, just commenting on the article content, okeedokee?
edited to add: a news article i referenced in my post didn't appear due to technical difficulties. but you can find it here:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/11/27/nigeria.fatwa/index.html
it is titled:
Nigeria Miss World strife goes on
here's a snippet:
KADUNA, Nigeria (CNN) --The threat of more sectarian strife hung over Nigeria after a northern state announced a fatwa decree urging Muslims to kill a reporter whose story on the Miss World pageant sparked deadly riots.
More than 200 people died in violence in the northern city of Kaduma over the story Muslims said blasphemed against the Prophet Mohammed. The contest was subsequently moved to London.
Edited by - Incense_and_Peppermints on 4 December 2002 15:43:39
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Meetings 2 much like enimas to go anymore.....
by WingCommander inyeah, you heard me.
the meetings are too darn much like having an enima to even bother to go anymore.
i get the same message from only attending about 8 meetings a year to hold me over.
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hey, refiner... missed you. i just heard about your wife. i hope she is better now. ((you)) because you're so kind and nice.
p.s. sorry wingcommander for sneaking in here)
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Post your favorite holiday recipes HERE! (yum yum)
by Scully ini thought it would be fun to start a thread with recipes that we can share with each other.
i love baking for the holidays, and i'd really like to see what everyone else bakes, and share my favorite recipes too.
love, scully.
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Incense_and_Peppermints
gooey and colorful, what more could anyone ask for?
i'll come back later and post some of mine. good idea, scully!
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my story
by buffman inwow, what a welcome!
thanks guys.
i figured i would start a new thread to tell you about my story.
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Incense_and_Peppermints
welcome, buffman
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Islam's Ugly Assault on Beauty
by NewYork44M inan interesting column from the ayn rand institute concerning the recent world beauty contest in nigeria.. http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/columns/rt112702.shtml.
one paragraph stood out:.
"but the most revealing element of this islamic attack was a slogan chanted by rioters: "down with beauty.
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apparently the article's author (ayn rand institute) missed the point entirely. the rioting ensued after an offensive newspaper article speculated that the prophet mohammad would have married one of the miss world contestants if he were alive today. protesters saying "down with beauty" obviously meant "down with the beauty pageant itself". muslims believe that mohammed was a messenger of allah (the one god). painting him with such a superficial brush is one of the things that sparked the rioting, not female beauty itself.
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Upset
by Vivamus ini am like an emotional screw up.
i am like a 17 year old with no ability to take harsh words in.
they upset me.
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he says I am wronging my grandma. Am I?
nonono! you compromised to please everyone, even when it caused you anguish about your beloved grandmother on your mother's side. your dad's the one who's wrong, and he's wronging you too by making you feel guilty and not listening to your own concerns. you have done everything right and nothing wrong. when other people misunderstand our motives it can hurt, especially when it's your parents. if your dad wants to act all disappointed, so be it. he will get over it.
pay your respects, kiss your gramma and dad, console your friend and know you did the right thing.
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Detachment and Experimentation
by joelbear ini don't know why i keep burdening this group.
no one else in my life can really relate to the intertwined emotions i am going through.
my bear friends are there, including mitch, and they they try to keep my cheered up.
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Incense_and_Peppermints
hi joelbear,
you aren't burdening anyone. what matters is YOU right now, and nothing else. i don't know you, so i can't speak to your circumstances. but i think i can talk to you about your feelings. i have been where you are now. one thing my mind clings to when i feel despair is that it will not last forever. feelings are just feelings; our pain, our anguish, our fear, even our joy. please stay away from that gun shop. you don't need to go somewhere like that to touch reality. i visited your website this morning for the first time and was touched by it, more than i can express in a little post. your eclectic poetry, your gardens, your loved ones, your childhood story, your visits to those beautiful places, peach bear's pilgrimage - that's reality and it's beautiful. you're right, gardening is therapeutic. i have a flower garden and a salsa garden, and there's something wonderful about planting little seeds and watching them fruit. it's like a symbol of hope renewed every time you see a new bud or blossom. and the gardens are a sanctuary for the little creatures that visit it. to me, all of those things that by themselves may seem small or unimportant combine to make us who we are, and you are pretty damn wonderful. i can tell because you didn't just build a website - you introduced your self to the world.
i could tell you stories from my childhood that would make your hair stand on end. i say this now because i want you to realize that someone out there might have gone through something awful too and emerged from it whole. i sometimes think of myself as a broken vase that someone glued back together. it's in little pieces, but it can still hold water and flowers as well as a new vase. and it's even better than a new vase, because someone thought enough of it to save it and repair it instead of just throwing it away.
i know you already have a lot of friends here, but if you can use one more, please write to me
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JayDubs who write and speak like George Dubya.
by NaruNaruChan inso i couldn't resist posting this as a third year college student... ever notice how like, 99% of the congregation could barely write their own name, let alone give a public talk?
yeah, yeah it's really smart to drop out to pioneer in high school, lmao, i think it really sets a great example for jehovah when a person can't even complete a basic english assignment because they dropped out of hs to pursue spiritual goals.
heh heh.
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ever notice how like, 99% of the congregation could barely write their own name, let alone give a public talk?
that's because of all the licit drugs... i don't know a dub that ISN'T on something...
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Cool Things about Being a Man
by pettygrudger in1. your butt is never a factor in a job interview.
2. your orgasms are real - always.
3. your last name stays put.
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i especially like that "world is your urinal" one hahaha