I used to be afraid of the idea of death. Then I nearly died. At first the feeling was sheer panic then a very intense calm came over me.
I have never feared it since, nor will I.
Julie, who marvels at how much a human can live through
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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Greetings Teejay,
I respond here for one reason, we have drifted to a topic where you love to twist things and I will proceed with caution lest I enable you to cry that battlecry we all know so well "Racism!!".
On to the Hood, the Ghetto, the Corner....whatever. I for one know there aren't a whole lot of educated people in these neighborhoods. Why do these few determined souls actually overcome the overwhelming odds of acquiring said education? To get the hell out of the hood!!!
Here is a poem written by one "prisoner" of the hood, about age 18 when he wrote it:
Silent screams and broken dreams,
Addicts, junkies, pushers and fiends.
Crowded spaces and sad faces,
Never look back as the police chase us.
Consumed slowly by the chaos,a victim of the streets,
Hungry for knowledge but afraid to eat.
A life of destruction, it seems no one cares,
A manchild alone with burdens to bare.
Trapped in a life of crime and hate,
It seems the ghetto will be my fate.
If I had just one wish it would surely be,
That God wouldd send some angels to set me free.
Free from the madness, of a city running wild,
Free from the life of a ghetto child.I find this to be heart-breaking and true. It was in a book called The Corner, A year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood. It was writtne by David Simon and Edward Burns. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially right-wing conservatives. FYI this book really helped me to better understand my own Personal Experiences within these sorts of places. *gasp* Can you imagine a white woman with personal experience in the hood??? Almost enough to rock your world, eh? So it goes.
Personally Todd, I think most folks are like the boy who wrote this poem. Victims of their own circumstances. I also know that a place with people who are not so educated and have little to no hope is a place where someone like you could be made to feel positively brilliant.
It is clear to me by your essay that you knew little about Henry and his time. You learned a smattering and felt equipped to write that essay. I studied the period for years and after I finish my book on someone from the Real middle ages I will do a large work on Henry (who really didn't live in the "middle ages" as you claim). Reading your essay only confirms to me how little is commonly known about events that have helped to shape our world. I hope to make a contribution to change that. Essays like yours don't really help. It's not so much the minor mistakes you make it is more the major factors you leave out. Here's a hint on one: Why did the Pope deny Henry's request for divorce? There are plenty of others but I won't waste any more time here.
My two cents--
JulieP.S. Prisca, isn't your plate full enough? I don't think you really want to add me to your list honey.
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Do you know what the death rate here is?
by radar inone per person .
radar.
all that we see or seem/ is but a dream within a dream.
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Julie
You mean here at JWD? Death by post? I had not known of any fatalities, just some bruised egos. Thanks for the update though.
Julie
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10 Nutty Beliefs!
by Tina indr albert ellis has identified 10 irrational beliefs that can influence us and contribute to over reacting in specific situations.. knowing them is the first step in taking back your personal power and not becoming a casuality of such irrational thought.these screwy beliefs tend to make us 'awfulize,think in terms of 'they should,i should' and dysfunctional rationalizations.. 1. worrying too much about what other people think of you.
excessive worrying creates a strong fear of rejection.. these folks will ignore the self to please others or will display this insecurity by attacking others in order to stay distant and detached.. 2. i must not fail at important tasks,and if i do it's terrible and i can't stand it.. 3.people and things should always turn out the way i want them to-and if they don't it's awful,terrible and horrible,and i can't stand it.. 4.if any of the first 3 bad events happens(if im not liked or respected,if i fail,or if things don't turn out as i'd like-then i'll always blame someone for it!
they acted wrongly,as they should not have done,and they are rotten people for acting in that terrible way!.
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Where have I been all day, I just found this!
anyhoo, Tina-girl,
Excellent work bringing this here. I saw Joelbear's post about self esteem and saw the reference to this thread. I have to say I have slower become aware of the items on this list. I suppose I could have done it quicker if I'd have read this long ago.
Good points dear--
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I AM NO LONGER A JW STATISTIC
by Cassiline inthis has taken a lot of courage to post.
my life with the jws has been one hardship after another.
i am sharing this to help others see that jws claim to be loving and forgiving people while they are not.
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Hi Cassi--
Brave girl. You already know my views about you. You rock. (*Julie giving the Big-Bow-Down to Lady Cassiline*)
Pureheart--
You on the other hand need a lesson in manners. Now go and schlepp some WTs will ya? The Borg needs the dough for legal exspenses.
Julie
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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Hey there Shelby,
Thanks for the kind words (and the other ones too). I wish you well--no curse included.
I was under the impression we are all God's children. I'm thinking of children (and adults) around the world who have never heard of God (or at least the Christian one). So do you think they are worthy of the miseries that many of them suffer? Does God? I don't. I can't believe you do either Shelby.
There are plenty of innocents everywhere who suffer and I do what I can for as many as I can (which, sadly, isn't many). I don't even know them and I care about them. I always wonder, if there were a God, does he ever feel my urge to try and save the people/children in the world from miseries? That leads me to wonder if so, why doesn't he? Being a mere mortal I can only do so much but an infinite being could do it all. The fact that no infinite being ever does "it all" tells me there are two possible answers. A.) There isn't one or B.) he doesn't care.
Just my thoughts on the whole God-love-him-or-reject-him thing.
Regards,
JulieP.S. you mentioned: But don't worry, dear... I will move on shortly.
No worries Shelby, do as you please, you'll hear little from me if you remain. Even though I think you were pretty darn harsh on "the world", those poor folks. -
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agnostic.....reality?
by msil ini am agnostic.
(see no fancy writing stuff).
i dont know if god exists (i think he must - but i dont know).
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Julie
Greetings to all:
I consider myself to be agnostic, I don't know if there is a god or not. When it comes to demons, I have no belief whatsoever. Like Seeker (whose opinion matters a lot to me btw) I guess I just don't have the sort of mind that conjures up such things. I guess I wasn't that good of a Christian afterall because I am not at all prone to superstition.
Seeker, funny "the demons find me boring". Silly boy, if there were such a thing I am sure anyone as bright and respected as you would be prime target material. Good thing it's a myth in place to back up religious beliefs. Anyone who believes there are demons should be made aware that they exist only in the mind.
Regards,
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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Greetings Voice of Reason,
Sorry but you have this mere mortal confused. I don't recall asking you for anything much less a point-by-point rebuttal of anything. Perhaps you had an unclear moment when trudging throught the useless and most pointless exchange between Teejay and I. Don't worry, that is Teejay's goal (to confuse and befuddle), but someone as brilliant as the Voice of Reason can no doubt go back and see this clearly, at least the second time through.
Regards,
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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Hi Teejay,
I am only giving you a few words as you are as big a waste of time as a few others I have wasted too much time with.
:I've never taken lessons. But thanks for answering my post point-by-point, as I did yours.
I have done so too many times only to have realized how hopeless trying to reason with you is. I cannot justify the waste of time it requires any longer, sorry. Though I will admit it is tempting to take a whack at you lame "essay" on Henry VIII. That must have been on inspiring Brittanica article you read boy!! Noticed only the crew found it worthy of kudos. No shock here.
:No. I never said you had a problem. The words "you" and "problem" didn't exit my mouth, but perhaps they should have. What I said was, "I don't hold the ?Very High Moral Ground? and never said I did...
Oh poor literalist, I will go a little slower for you then, here's what you Actually said:
:You are the first person in memory to down me for not using swear words.
"Down you"??? You think it is I who needs to brush up on reading comprehension? Here's what I Actually said:
:You don't use swear words so you feel you have the Very High Moral Ground on certain issues. In reality though you guys hit below the belt, twist words to no end, many jump on one all the time, and you retreat in the most cowardly way from insults that you hurl as soon as you are called on them. Personally I will take a plain-spoken, honest, forthright sort of soul (evenif it means swear words) over your personal brand of Upright Communication anytime.
Now, read carefully Teejay, do you see me criticizing you for *not* swearing? No, if you are able to comprehend you will notice I "down you" for your evil tactics and your view that because you don't swear you think you are more righteous or some other nonsense. Laughable.
You said:
:I’m sorry, but I learned a long time ago that you can tell anybody just about anything, if you know how, and I know how.You know how to twist words to fit your meaning and how to read into words what you like. I am sure you really Wow them in the hood.
You said:
:It’s nice to know that you will take a forthright cusser to one who refrains.
Again, this comprehension problem you have, what I Actually said was:
:Personally I will take a plain-spoken, honest, forthright sort of soul (even if it means swear words) over your personal brand of Upright Communication anytime.
What this means, since it obviously was beyond your grasp, was I will take an honest, forthright person--even if they swear, over a cowardly, word-twisting, garbage spewing non-swearer. How much simpler can I make it for you Teejay? I mean I try not to use words that are too big or concepts that aren't too complex, I can't think of anything else.
:As I said to you previously, you need a refresher course in reading comprehension.
Ok Todd, why don't you go read another article and give us another "illuminating essay" (tongue in cheek here simpleton) on something that is totally irrelevant to everyone here?
When I suggested you need to get out of the hood more often you replied:
:Nah. If what I see around here, present company included, is representative of what I might expect to see outside of the hood, well... I prefer the hood. Thanks.
Oh Teejay, I have absolutely no doubt you prefer the hood to any place in the world where there are people who are educated and can see through your nonsense. Easy to dazzle the dregs and that's why you could never move into other circles. You couldn't dazzle anyone else.
That's all you get from me.
Shelby,
How are you? Any good messages from God/Jesus lately? Is he still telling you what to write on this board while there are atrocities going on everywhere? Hope all is well in spite of the delusions.
Voice of Reason,
Don't worry friend, *I* won't ruin my friend Farkel's thread, Teejay and his crew already have. Don't worry though, they are at least showing a little consistency here. This is what they do, it's why they are here. You'll get used to it. We pretty much have.
Julie
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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So tell me Teejay,
How many years of dancing lessons did you actually take. You're almost good at it.
How I pity you, you think because I prefer someone who is plain spoken (and may occasionally swear) to a slimey, garbage spewing slickster (you know the kind who often call their nasty comments and baseless assumptions "rhetorical") I have a problem? Man, you need to get out of the hood more often and talk to someone who has graduated to "ask".
What a sad little man you are.
Julie