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  My Phone Conversation With Watchtower on Tsunami Disaster!

  by Voyager in

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  my telephone conversation with the watchtower society, was a sincere attempt to find out what active role the watchtower is taking to help the tsunami victims.

  thursday dec. 30, 2004 / approx.

  watchtower call on tsunami disaster.. 1-718-560-5000. wt-recording--thank you for calling jehovah's witnesses.. wt rep--jehovah's witnesses, may i help you?.

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  2. The first rep just told me to donate to the (Watchtower Worldwide Work). Yet the second rep I spoke to, indicated a differentiation between the Worldwide Work and writing a (letter) indicating the (Work Relief Fund). If I were in a hurry and sent in my donation and forgot to write this (letter) showing an intended different path for the donation to go to the Disaster Victims, rather than the Worldwide Work,---then would the Watchtower have kept my donation anyway? Would the Disaster Victims not receive my donation?

  IMHO I doubt a letter even matters. They will most likely keep any monies donated for the Society and say damn the "worldly people."

  To be fair on the WTS...they are not a relief organisation...they have a relief department , however it does not operate on the same scale as other dedicated charities or organisations do.

  True, they are not a relief organisation, but they are quick to say that they are often the FIRST to help in disasters such as this and claim to that after they take care of their own, that they then help the non JW's. Anyway, that is what I was told when I was just a study studying the "Paradise" book.
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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  Yes, her behavior was unacceptable (from what I hear), but even if she has not apologized to the appropriate people in an appropriate manner, from what another poster mentioned on the ride home, she was embarrassed, humiliated and apologetic. It does take a lot of courage to pull up out of the shame to apologize to someone. Perhaps it will just take her time to get there.

  That's what I was thinking too. I feel bad for all sides involved in this, but I am not going to judge RHCP either. It isn't my place. It's between those involved, but I would hope that (and knowing the kind heart that both Princess and Ross have) those hurt will allow RHCP time to get over her embarrassment because I am sure if that is how she really feels that a heartfelt apology will be coming in the near future.

  I don't recall that I have done anything as extreem as this but I do know that I have hurt someone in the past but was so embarrassed that I couldn't even face the person for a long time. I had asked someone else to please tell them I was sorry and that when I got the courage to tell them in person that I would do so. I know that is the cowards way out but sometimes embarrassment is so over powering you just can't face a person.
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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  WildHorses

  What would you deem as unfitting behaviour?
  Is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties? Are there any circumstances, for a stranger, where this would be appropriate? How about if there were no discernible panty line? Would you be asking for it? How about if he then went the extra step of trying to look up your skirt or using a camera to do so, or even lifting it? What would be appropriate recourse, especially if they?d been repeatedly asked to desist?

  Being the curious person I am and if I were in a joking mood and "knew" the person. I would most likely ask. Heck, I asked you online once when you were at the Texas fest what you had on under that kilt. BUT, in no way would it be appropriate for me to actually try to lift that kilt to find out. IMHO that would be totally disrespectful and yes, IMO it would be harrasment. Asking is one thing, but actually invading that persons comfort zone and touching them is way out of line.

  Also, if I didn't know that person, I wouldn't even ask them. It's none of my business.
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  Happy Anniversary Mulan and Dave...um...mom and dad...

  by Princess in

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  42 years today!.

  love you,.

  rachel

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  Happy Anniversary, Marilyn and Dave! I will always remember what year you got married from this day forward because it was the year of my birth. Congratulations you two! I hope you had a wonderful day.

  Mulan, you haven't changed much from your wedding picture. Life has been kind to you. I'm not kidding either, you still look young.
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  RE: SASSY'S PLEA FOR HELP WITH TSUNAMI DISASTER

  by azaria in

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  convince me that i'm wrong.

  i am extremely disappointed with the response.

  but the same thing happened during the crisis in the caribbean (haiti etc) a few months back.

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  I am not one to shout out to the world when I give money to help. Just because I don't respond to a post about it doesn't mean that I don't care either. I do care and I did give money, if that makes you feel better.

  Please, try not to judge others just because they do not respond to a post that they "may not" have even seen.
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  Mario Utopian Reformist isn't responding to phone calls. Pls help find him.

  by hubert in

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  does anyone here know how i can find mario?

  he is not responding to my phone calls.

  the last i heard from him was wednesday night, around 6 p.m. or so, dec.22, 04. .

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  Thanks Hubert, I'm glad he's ok.
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  Why are women angry?

  by Dirt Rocker in

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  we started to "bud" in our blouses at 9 or 10 years .

  old only to find that anything that came in contact .

  with those tender, blooming buds hurt so bad it .

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  it's because they refuse the scratch where it itches.

  Hmmm, I know a guy who constantly has his hand down there when he is relaxing on the sofa and watching tv. He claims it's an itch. Now, how long is a man allowed to scratch it before it's considered playing with it? That's what I want to know.....
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  Why are women angry?

  by Dirt Rocker in

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  we started to "bud" in our blouses at 9 or 10 years .

  old only to find that anything that came in contact .

  with those tender, blooming buds hurt so bad it .

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  I don't know... walking through the halls in high school with an erection 99% of the time can be quite challenging. I don't think women appreciate just how hard (no pun intended) it is to hide that much anatomy that is trying to protrude straight out into oncoming hallway traffic.

  Elsewhere, didn't you know, that's why books were created.
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  Positive about jw

  by one in

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  there are many thing i dont regret about jw

  learning from jw about cristmas is one of them

  the jw were very open about cristmas, going against the "system" require some strenght and that in itself attracted many to the jw org.

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  One, I am far from afraid. Yes, I have seen good things in the jw's. I made a couple of good friends while I was there. But, because I am no longer one of them they will no longer speak to me. I am the eternal optimist so I always try to look on the bright side. BUT, as far as the WT being good in general, far from it. They want total control on the lives of their members and if they see that someone inside has figured them out and fear they could lose other members because of it. They will sure as shit put that person out and stop anyone inside from speaking with that person so as to keep them blinded. The less member they have, the less money they have.
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  Positive about jw

  by one in

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  there are many thing i dont regret about jw

  learning from jw about cristmas is one of them

  the jw were very open about cristmas, going against the "system" require some strenght and that in itself attracted many to the jw org.

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  Hey! Anyone joining on their own, without growing up JW must have seen something positive

  True, the main reason I got into it was the fact that people from all racial backgrounds were all accepted and congregated together. Unlike what I grew up seeing in the other denominations I got involved with who kept seperate. If God had made all of us equal then we should all love each other regardless of the color of our skin. In the Babtist, Lutheran and other Churches I attended they had their own CHurches for the Black and white. It just isn't right.