Posts by finally awake

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Ayn Rand - Opinions?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

do you think she's a charlatan?

finally awake

“Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive,” Rand wrote, “and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life.”

I'd love to know how this works.

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their are two australian guys scheduled for execution in indonesia in the very near future for drug smuggling , they were the ring leaders of seven others involved.this happened a number of years ago when the australian authourities notified their indonesian counterparts that drugs were to be smuggled out of indonesia into australia by australian citizens .. some argue , why didn` t the australian authourities simply arrest these people on arrival in australia where no capital punishment is on the agenda .. by all accounts they have now been on death row for many years and have turned their lives around , being role models to other prisoners and changing their lives .. i personally have mixed feelings about all this and would like your input .. should these two be executed ?.

should they spend the rest of their life in an indonesian jail .

should they be given an alternative sentence .?.

finally awake

I don't believe that the death penalty is an appropriate sentence for any crime except murder. I also don't believe that taking, selling, manufacturing or otherwise engaging in the drug trade should be illegal anyway. I do however accept that other countries are free to make laws as they see fit, and I am free to not visit those places. It was crappy of the Australian government to manipulate the situation the way they did, but the men involved knew the risks and therefore are to blame for their own predicament.

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Ayn Rand - Opinions?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

do you think she's a charlatan?

finally awake

It would have been interesting if, instead of funding her surgery and providing benefits, the government had turned her away with the comment that she herself was opposed to taking such benefits.....

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Doh! wife is about to hear the trololol song

by freemindfade in

doh!

here i sit on my laptop on this site, while the wife is watching dubtv over there, she is watching the feb one with trololololy song at the end... i am trying to hold back my laughter because i know it is coming soon!

how will she react???

finally awake

OMG the cart song is ridiculous!

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Exposing one's identity. When?

by kairos in

jw
friends

i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.

( "reaching out", so to speak ).

i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.

finally awake

I put my info out here once, absolutely nothing happened

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Are people really happy at Bethel?

by The Searcher in

if they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?

:).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.

finally awake

I dream of debits and credits and books that balance to the penny on the first try!

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Separated from a loveless Marriage

by PLAYGROUND in

i don't know where to start.

i got married a year and half ago.

some months into the marriage things where discovered.

finally awake

Listen, if there is physical abuse, you need to get out and stay out. Your spouse is showing serious warning signs that he is truly dangerous. I know how badly the elders and other witnesses will treat you if you do anything they disapprove of, but staying and getting yourself killed isn't going to win you a ticket to paradise. Keep on reading and posting here for support, but you really really need to cut that man out of your life.

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Jehovah's Witnesses activity game - Dressing and Undressing Children

by jwleaks in

with all the jehovah's witnesses child abuse scandals being reported on by the media around the world at the moment what were the governing body of jehovah's witnesses thinking?.

link to activity page:http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/activities/time-to-get-ready/.

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finally awake

I used to play with paper dolls, they were fairly popular in my area in the mid 1970s. But I seem to remember that my paper dolls had actual printed underwear, not just blank white space. It does seem really out of date, and micromanaging in the sense of telling people exactly what to wear, but that's it. I do not get a pedophile/creeper vibe from it.

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JW Broadcasting Party

by The Searcher in

just heard of a congregation who has announced a saturday afternoon get-together at an elder's home - to let those who don't have the internet watch the jw tv monthly shows!!!!.

words fail me..

finally awake

Another wasted afternoon! so glad I don't have to sit through that crap anymore

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Is the Watchtower Shifting All Financial and Legal Risk to Local Elders, are they 100% liable for Negligence?

by Trailer Park Pioneer in

what is the watchtower organization leaving behind for all the kingdom halls after their done siphoning them dry?

who is going to pay for a lawsuit or damages when some incompetent elders or three are busted for something very bad?

will the watchtower help or leave them alone for the sharks to shred to pieces?

finally awake

They are just trying to switch blame on to some one with no money. Then the only punishment is to put him in prison. That way the they can also have more stories of how I went to jail for Jehovah.