Actually RocketMan I tend to agree with you. . . . I've always avoided foul language because well that's what I was taught and that's how my family has always been. To this day I can honestly say that I haven't heard anyone in my family use coarse language. . . . well maybe just one sister who tries to be funny by mimicking others . . . but never ever heard any swear words out of them from anger and I come from a pretty large and accident prone family. I always felt that cursing was the verbal or written equivalent to littering; but really much worse since you can pick up litter but you can never pluck a curse word out of your listener's ears.
But my point was that maybe I just need to get over my prissy self and enjoy or at least be more tolerant of the more colorful side of the English language. . . . I used to take personal offense at every curse word I heard and give scolding looks to strangers who cursed, now to be frank it feels good to at least type one or two here and there and to read some of the funnier posts seasoned with a few expletives. Don't really know where I stand on so many issues now. . . . so I'll probably swing back and forth between my JW born-in ways and the ways of 'the world' before I find my true self.
My apologies SizeMik perhaps I confused some of your posts with those of Outlaw. . . I will still pay attention to you though and learn from your moderation.
But really this thread is about how we became complicit in our ignorance. . . .
LongHairedGal - You hit the nail. . . . They most definitely have something to hide. Why else pepper every meeting and assembly part with warnings against the internet and apostates who else but the guilty try to silence their opposition with so much gusto. They have young and old living in fear of being exposed to anything remotely contrary to their spiritual baby food.
I saw this at work tonight in two separate conversations with my siblings. . . . just any thought that doesn't toe the GB line is a total conversation and thought stopper. They are so afraid of coming into the light. A friend sent me this link today. . . . much food for thought http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html
Thanks for the welcome ChaRikLo and all the rest.
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