I'm going to the DC in a month or two... I can probably get a hold of it and upload it as mp3's or something, online.
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**2nd REQUEST**- Audio Download of 2010 US District Convention? Anyone??
by AMNESIANO inafter checking back several times and receiving zero responses i'm unable to locate my first request.
i particularly need saturday.. thanks.. amnesiancaptive 7/1972-2/2001.
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Rutherford and Russel were SPIN DOCTORS?!
by confliction inin public relations, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor or against a certain organization or public figure.
while traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, "spin" often, though not always, implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or highly manipulative tactics.[1].
politicians are often accused by their opponents of claiming to be honest and seek the truth while using spin tactics to manipulate public opinion.. because of the frequent association between "spin" and press conferences (especially government press conferences), the room in which these take place is sometimes described as a spin room.
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In public relations, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor or against a certain organization or public figure. While traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, "spin" often, though not always, implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or highly manipulative tactics. [ 1 ]
Politicians are often accused by their opponents of claiming to be honest and seek the truth while using spin tactics to manipulate public opinion.
Because of the frequent association between "spin" and press conferences (especially government press conferences), the room in which these take place is sometimes described as a spin room. A group of people who develop spin may be referred to as "spin doctors" who engage in "spin doctoring" for the person or group that hired them. [ 2 ]
The techniques of spin include:
- Selectively presenting facts and quotes that support one's position (cherry picking)
- Non-denial denial
- Phrasing in a way that assumes unproven truths
- Euphemisms to disguise or promote one's agenda
- "Burying bad news": announcing one popular thing at the same time as several unpopular things, hoping that the media will focus on the popular one.
Edward Bernays has been called the "Father of Spin". In his book he describes some situations in twentieth-century America where tobacco and alcohol companies used techniques to make certain behaviors more socially acceptable. Bernays was proud of his work as a propagandist. [ 3 ]
Another spin technique involves the delay in the release of bad news so it can be hidden in the "shadow" of more important or favorable news or events. A famous reference to this practice occurred when UK government press officer Jo Moore used the phrase It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury in an email sent on September 11, 2001, following the attacks on the World Trade Center. [ 4 ] When this email was reported in the press it caused widespread outrage for which Moore was forced to apologize. [ 5 ] She was later made to resign when it was claimed she had sent a similar email following the death of Princess Margaret. [ 6 ]
In the United States public affairs dealing with military contacts during the beginning of the War in Iraq used a spin tactic. Several parts of U.S. military wanted to hire PR firms to send out fabricated or misleading information to get a rise in the public approval of the war. Some officials did not want to join information officers with public affairs officers for the fear of undermining the military's credibility. This form of spin uses the tactic of blowing small circumstances out of proportion to get a certain reaction from the public. [ 7 ]
Skilled practitioners of spin are sometimes called "spin doctors". It is the PR equivalent of calling a writer a "hack." The first spin doctor was the father of public relations --Edward Bernays. Alastair Campbell, was involved with Tony Blair's public relations between 1994 and 2003 as his spin doctor, and also played a controversial role as press relations officer to the British and Irish Lionsrugby union side during their 2005 tour of New Zealand. More recently Peter Mandelson & Alastair Campbell, have become widely regarded as the previous Government's "spin doctors".
State or corporate run media in many countries also engage in spin by only allowing news stories that are favorable to the government and encouraging vigourous debate of trivial criticisms while serious criticisms remain unmentionable.
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The boldly stupid remain so while those not so inclined act with undue restraint
by gubberningbody ininteresting study..... .
the dunningkruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.
"[1] the unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.
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confliction
This is very interesting- I know that ever since I've been attending meetings (i'm a born-in) I always had an inferiority complex. Whenever those around me would say something completely stupid, I restrained myself from correcting them, for fear of reprimand- possibly because of being younger.
This study explains a lot.
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The real story on why The Watchtower society lost a Kingdom hall in Bonham ,Texas.!
by koolaid-man inwhat happened in bonham, texas?
: the body of elders and the majority of the congregation decided to leave the watch tower organization.
and with that, they took the kingdom hall.
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confliction
Interesting...
Could somebody document (record) this entire dialogue? It could be posted on youtube, and make any claims thereafter that much more credible.
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How to Protect Your Faith, and 30 Proofs of God's Existence
by gubberningbody intherefore, god exists.
therefore, god exists.
therefore, god exists.
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confliction
Ahhh; sweet satire.
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A question
by dgp inas a worldly, i realize that, if i were to say something about the watchtower, it would almost always be something that i learned from someone else.
i have few personal experiences of what the wt is like.. the words of ray franz, for example, were a different matter.
he knew the beast from inside, to a level few other witnesses knew it.
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For every one influential gentleman that passes, one hundred more will stand in his place.
If the forum doesn't get passed on, there will always be someone who will make a new one- and hopefully salvage the information stored here.The truth does not die.
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So there was this duck...
by confliction inone fine saturday morning you're sleeping in, when the doorbell rings.. to your surprise, when you answer the door, it's- you guessed it- a duck.. so the duck tells you, "hello, my name is mallard.
i talk to jesus so you should listen to me because the world will end in 10 seconds.".
you say to the duck, "interesting...", you say.. 3 minutes pass while the duck is hiding his cross, child abuse papers, and freemason symbols.... .
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Omg I'm laughing so hard lol. quite the comedienne
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I feel so alone within Jw's
by XPeterX inwhy won't any jw call me?i always call them and they avoid me or meet me only for study and meetings.they won't even start a conversation with me on msn!i feel somewhat uncomfortable within jw 'friends'.i have prayed a lot about this all of my adolescent years and still no response.did this happen to you too?.
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confliction
leavingwt:
I was just thinking- not that I suggest this- what if someone filled in that contact form for the houses of multiple "apostates"?
The 'hoovers would call on the house thinking the person's interested, and then...Surprise!!!
Ahhhh... I love parties.
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So there was this duck...
by confliction inone fine saturday morning you're sleeping in, when the doorbell rings.. to your surprise, when you answer the door, it's- you guessed it- a duck.. so the duck tells you, "hello, my name is mallard.
i talk to jesus so you should listen to me because the world will end in 10 seconds.".
you say to the duck, "interesting...", you say.. 3 minutes pass while the duck is hiding his cross, child abuse papers, and freemason symbols.... .
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MsDucky- Haha!
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So there was this duck...
by confliction inone fine saturday morning you're sleeping in, when the doorbell rings.. to your surprise, when you answer the door, it's- you guessed it- a duck.. so the duck tells you, "hello, my name is mallard.
i talk to jesus so you should listen to me because the world will end in 10 seconds.".
you say to the duck, "interesting...", you say.. 3 minutes pass while the duck is hiding his cross, child abuse papers, and freemason symbols.... .
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One fine saturday morning you're sleeping in, when the doorbell rings.
To your surprise, when you answer the door, it's- you guessed it- a duck.
So the duck tells you, "Hello, my name is mallard. I talk to Jesus so you should listen to me because the world will end in 10 seconds."
You say to the duck, "Interesting...", you say.3 minutes pass while the duck is hiding his cross, child abuse papers, and freemason symbols...
might."You say to the duck, "The world isn't ending- you just told me that to scare me into believing you. You couldn't be talking to Jesus- you're just a regular old duck."
The duck then says to you, "I cannot lie, because I have the holy spirit, and the holy spirit doesn't lie."
You then say, "Well, then how do I know for sure you have the holy spirit? You just lied.""I am not lying. I did not lie." says the duck. "Sometimes it's just hard to hear Jesus..." .
"Well, then how do I know you aren't lying, duck?", you say.
The duck replies, "Because I have the holy spirit...".
Any thoughs on this duck?