Posts by cappytan

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Trademark?

by OrphanCrow in

a while back, there was some controversy over whether or not jw .org qualified for registered trademark status.. yesterday, i was given one of the 2015 memorial invitations and there is a small tm next to the jw logo.. did the wts get the logo approved for trademark?.

or, am i looking at an invitation to the janitor world's jesus celebrations?.

cappytan

TM is an unregistered trademark.

From what I understand, what they lost was their right to claim a "registered" trademark.

TM is not the same as ®.

You can legally slap a TM on anything you use for branding. The ® has more weight in a court of law.

From Wikipedia:

A trademark may be designated by the following symbols:
™ (the "trademark symbol", which is the letters "TM", for an unregistered trademark, a mark used to promote or brand goods)
℠ (which is the letters "SM" in superscript, for an unregistered service mark, a mark used to promote or brand services)
® (the letter "R" surrounded by a circle, for a registered trademark)

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Dating After Leaving?

by Garrett in

hey guys,.

this is going to be a topic of a different nature.

so, while i am not looking to date at the current moment since i'm still trying to figure out who i am and what i want life, i do want to start dating in the near future.. my issue is that i've been in for almost all my life and it's left a big hole when it comes to my romantic life.. i was wondering, after leaving, did any of you date?

cappytan

Online dating is great, but make sure you date someone relatively local. Long distance dating is rough, frustrating and not easy to make work, in my experience.

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30 fricken minutes for a part about "Meetings for field service" !!!! Seriously??

by stuckinarut2 in

30 minutes and a km article of 13 paragraphs to consider how the field service group should be 5 mins brief!.

how ironic!.

(find this in the kingdum misery for march).

cappytan

I will definitely be either missing this meeting, or leaving at the half. Not sticking around for this bullsht.

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JW's caught laughing at Child rapist accusers"

by Newly Enlightened in

jwvictims has done an excellent but disturbing article on how jw's feel about the child abuse problem.. http://jwvictims.org/2013/11/23/jehovahs-witnesses-caught-laughing-at-child-rape-accusers/.

cappytan

Body of Faith was likely the theme of the talk.

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Theocratic Warfare - Is it in writing?

by cappytan in

i'm just wondering if the theocratic warfare doctrine is anywhere in writing or if it's a word-of-mouth kind of thing where it's mentioned at elder's school, but not put in writing.. anyone?.

cappytan

I'm just wondering if the Theocratic Warfare doctrine is anywhere in writing or if it's a word-of-mouth kind of thing where it's mentioned at Elder's school, but not put in writing.

Anyone?

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So, Who Controls Your Mind Now?

by Night Owl in

jw
friends

well?.

nightowl.

cappytan

Night Owl is conTROLLING our minds.

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JW's caught laughing at Child rapist accusers"

by Newly Enlightened in

jwvictims has done an excellent but disturbing article on how jw's feel about the child abuse problem.. http://jwvictims.org/2013/11/23/jehovahs-witnesses-caught-laughing-at-child-rape-accusers/.

cappytan

What I can't get over is how people could sit there and listen to that without walking out. I think I would have gotten up out of disgust and looked at the guy with a look of contempt and walked out.

is the recording legal ), what is the position about making it public ?

It sounds from the recording as if this is a public talk or talk at one of the meetings. In that case, the recording is 100% legal.

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15 Years of Jehovahs-Witness.com

by Simon in

yes, today is the forum's 15th birthday!.

i never thought for one moment that it would survive this long or have so many people post so many great subjects over the years.. it is still humbling when i get pm's or emails from people expressing how the site has helped them and of course thanks goes to all the posters who have shared their experiences and make helpful and supportive comments to others who are in the sometimes difficult process of learning the real truth about 'the truth'.. the site has gone through several different incarnations over the last 15 years running on different platforms, different databases and different hosts but we've been able to keep all the old topics.

the current site is still being developed and i'm hoping to push another major upgrade soon.. i also may have some other news to share soon about the future of the site so stay posted.. until then, here's the the next 15 years!

cappytan

Thanks for starting this forum way back then! Glad it was still here for my discovery of TTATT.

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Wife fully awake.

by cappytan in

i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

cappytan

So, what username has your wife chosen for our great forum??

She hasn't joined yet. I'm going through some of the past posts looking for ones that I think will relate to her.
I did tell her, though, that this forum is very therapeutic for the mix of emotions she's feeling right now.
Pretty sure she's lurking now. She told me she had been lurking on the exJW subreddit. I explained to her that this forum was pretty different.

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Wife fully awake.

by cappytan in

i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

cappytan

Let me know if you guys need advice from a local fader!

Will do!