my family will not be attending the march.
i respect bill and what he has accomplished, but i believe that attempts to control the march and the marchers, are misplaced -- even damaging for victims of abuse -- who have been controlled enough!.
the last thing victims of abuse need is to be told to keep up appearances.
Hi, Mike.
You can keep my small donation because I know you and your family personally. I know the alleged abuser, too. I know that you aren't trying to "con" anyone. People obviously will think that you are "running a hustle" because they were primarily donating to help get you to the march.
Simon, Pennsylvania state law requires an "in-person" testimony from the victim(s). They won't accept videotape testimony from out-of-state.
Mike, I hope you can still make it to Pennsylvania.
Brian
my family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our fund to make it to the silentlambs march and to press charges against our children's alleged abuser.. we will not be making a comment to the press about this until i have conferred with a lawyer -- hopefully, later today -- to make sure that we make a statement that is legally safe.. thank you all so much.
many witnesses, ex-witnesses and 'worldly' people from all over the world helped to make this happen.
we are deeply touched.. gratefully,.
Mike-
I couldn't give much, but I gave what I could and I look forward to seeing you in September.
On behalf of everyone that assisted....You're Welcome, Mike!
dear mr. bowen,.
i want to commend and thank you for standing up to the bully-like organization know as the watchtower society.
this so-called christian congregation has heaped missile upon missle on you and others (including all silentlambs) so as to obliterate you and your cause.
Allow me to clarify.
I'm not condoning or encouraging violence. The point of the picture is this: The WTS keeps firing "attack missiles" at innocent people (i.e., Bill Bowen, his cause, and the thousands of victims who have gone to silentlambs for help and support). But, because of their own ignorance, their own rush to judgment, and their own arrogance, their missile keep backfiring and they, in effect, are feeling the impact of their very own missiles.
Brian
i wanted to pull this out into its own thread...this is the press release that will be going out as soon as we reach our goal...please go to http://www.amazon.com/paypage/p2ranmtqodei4e to get us there!.
here is the text of the press release...don't send it around just yet!.
for immediate release.
Mike-
I'm speechless. I can't wait to see all of you when you arrive in Philly.
dear mr. bowen,.
i want to commend and thank you for standing up to the bully-like organization know as the watchtower society.
this so-called christian congregation has heaped missile upon missle on you and others (including all silentlambs) so as to obliterate you and your cause.
Dizzy Cat- What do you think?
dearest beck,, so sorry to hear that today was the day 15 yrs ago of your loss.
i remember you told me about this in an email and i cant imagine the pain you must be feeling on this day.
my mother committed suicide on september 15, 1985 and that day always brings up the pain as if it were yesterday.
{{{{{{{{Beck}}}}}}}}
i was thinking about this last night.
perhaps i need more excitement in my life.
i dunno.. anyway, what's the deal with giving out keys for the kingdom hall?
Path-
Ours is 1245. We must be in the 10%. LOL
me and my pioneer partner used to play a game while going door to door (we were obviously bored).
in our rural territory, we had a lot of time between doors to make things up, so various games evolved.
just about the naughtiest was to give your partner a word which they had to use at all costs in their presentation.. this started out as 'kingdom' and 'jesus' but soon became 'tractor', 'dog' and then even 'honda 250' and so on.
Termite and Lisa-
Your stories literally made me bust out in continuous laughter. Thank you!
Me and badwillie worked together a lot when we were teens. We would make up our own language while between doors. For example, we took the word 'buttocks' and kept changing it's pronunciation until we ended up calling it 'buswahsiswah'. Then, we would tack-on "swahsiswah" to words in our conversations that we didn't want people to understand. LOL
Badwillie and I also used to fart at the door just after one of us rang the bell. We would try to time it so that the smell would go away before the housholder came to the door. ROTFL!!! (Sorry to offend anyone who is turned off by bathroom humor!)
i was thinking about this last night.
perhaps i need more excitement in my life.
i dunno.. anyway, what's the deal with giving out keys for the kingdom hall?
Pardon me for posting under Mister 8iggs.
There is a method to my madness. After 9/11/02, I will retire Mister 8iggs. I e-mailed Simon to receive his permission. He never responded to me but since it's not deactivated, I'm sure he approves.
Moving on...
LittleOldMe- No rest room in the shed. LOL! You raise an excellent point, though. I never thought of that.
Nikita- Jedi yet, I am not.
jjrizo- You were a rare GOOD JW.
this little gem is from the watchtower, january 15, 2000...."in el salvador,one man tied his vicious dog in front of the door whenever he saw jehovah's witnesses nearby.
the man would wait for the witnesses to move on, and then he would bring the dog back into the house.
the brothers were never able to speak to the man.
On many occasions I've seen a DOG witnessing to a tree.
I guess that's not the same kinda preaching.
"I planted, our dog Fido watered, and pee kept making it grow."
