Posts by PurpleV

i thought because there were some great flight offers that i would be spontaneous and be there for her graduation and just do a mother daughter thing of celebrating.

well i just phoned her, to tell her that i would like to be there, and she hits me with the bombshell that my parents will be there and staying with her.

PurpleV

You are under no obligation to assist them in shunning you.

Go and have a wonderful time.

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Happy about having been a JW?

by Brummie in

are you happy to have been a jw?

is there a constructive side in it all for you?

or do you wish you had never seen their culty smiles?.

I think you'll find that most people who were born 'n raised in the troof will tell you it was not a positive experience. My school years were just awful, I was such a pariah in school and because my mother wasn't theo enough and my father completely and utterly antisocial I wasn't popular at the KH either.

I grew up to be an adult with virtually no social skills and a naivete that got me in lots of trouble. I turned down scholarships and started working at 17. I got a guilt-complex and self-esteem issues that sometimes plague me to this day, even with therapy. Part of my decision to remain childless was that even tho I had 'left,' for a long time I felt I'd left the troof and was going to be destroyed at the Big A any time now. Soon. Right around the corner.

Naah, I can't think of a single positive thing. Nope, not one. Except maybe I know lots of Bible stuff, that comes in handy sometimes, and helps me answer the odd Jeopardy question now and then.

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For you ol' timers: How has the WT changed in your view?

by logansrun in

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how have the publications changed over the years, in your opinion?

do you feel that they are more "politically correct" now than in the past?

what about writing style?

PurpleV

I picked up a set of WatchLiar and Snooze! magazines last week from street workers and read through them for the first time in many years. I must agree with everyone else's comments.... there's much more DO MORE, YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH type stuff in them. I notice the guilt machine is turned up a couple of notches.

One thing is the same, though: they continue to overuse the word 'hence.'

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Something smells fishy in Iraq

by unclebruce in

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australia and the usa are great friends.

our people have a similar history, culture and optimistic view of life.

our world view is generally very different though, america being the self appointed policeman of the world and us being a piddling little nation floating free in the southern ocean.

PurpleV

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I wasn't trying to pick on Unclebruce... I actually agreed with him on most of what he said. I didn't see the daily news article about the two front teeth but that would have upset me even more.

I can even see that certain fanatics might think of the twin towers as phallic symbols... that's just the problem, they don't give a hoot about human life.

Again, this is all in the name of religion. Those "pilots that didn't want to learn how to land the plane" were thinking of 72 virgins and screaming Allah's name as they sent 3000 lives into oblivion and ruined countless tens of thousands more.

I live and work in Manhattan... live in Gramercy Park and work above Grand Central. You?

I think what's more disconcerting is that the US has admitted they don't know what the hell to do with a nation of angry muslims . These people don't seem to want the freedom and western life style imposed on them . They truly believe that the so called christian world is their enemy and will more than likely continue to find ways to try and subvert the attempts to build a kinder and gentler Iraq. I don't think they did this solely over the twin towers but because they think they are doing the world a favor and that's even more scarey.

Amen to that, Heathen.

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Something smells fishy in Iraq

by unclebruce in

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australia and the usa are great friends.

our people have a similar history, culture and optimistic view of life.

our world view is generally very different though, america being the self appointed policeman of the world and us being a piddling little nation floating free in the southern ocean.

PurpleV

I agree with most of your (well-written) post. I disagree on some points but that's OK.

I do mind, though, when people who only experienced 9/11 as an abstraction on TV feel that it can be trivialized into a statement like blown up the twin phalic symbols in New York. I was here and had the smoke of cremating humans enter my home. I lost my cousin, a NYC firefighter to this horrible outrage. I saw the ruins and the devastation of families.

NYC has also been devastated economically as a result. Insurance premiums, property taxes, subway and bus fares, all skyrocketing. Layoffs this week and the closing of firehouses. It costs us $5 million A WEEK for our Orange Level Terrorism safety. I wake up each morning to the sound of a military helicopter. I commute with bomb-sniffing dogs and air monitors in the subway, national guardsmen with machine guns everywhere. I'm scared of dying by writhing on a grimy subway platform from nerve gas.

I wish Bush had pursued Osama harder. I can't believe he got away. I guess he's trying to use Saddam as an example. I don't know what the outcome will be.

Peace, PurpleV

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New funny WT and Awake pics!

by greven in

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this weekend i was feeling creative and since any effort to shake this nagging feeling utterly failed, i decided to do some wt covers.

the result is now before you...they are somewhat simplistic because i did them in paint(tm), i still crave paintshop but haven't been able to get hold of it as of yet..... so here they are:.

feel free to comment or add covers of your own to this thread!

PurpleV

Are cats for christians.... LMAO!!!

That was funny.... do more!!!

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'OUR KINGDOM MINISTRY' . . . . . . . . . . [scans]

by nicolaou in

well he's always asking for them so, kent, here they are.

i'll add the new ones each month as i receive them.. i've got most of the km's going back a few years but please don't ask me to scan the lot!

if there are specific issues you need however, just let me know.. posting them here so everyone can grab 'em as opposed to emailing out dozens of copies.. nic'.

PurpleV

In the one on the Memorial the word 'Jehovah' is used 12 times and 'Jesus' only 4 times.

Ick.

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ROLL CALL!!!!! How many people are on this forum?

by NaruNaruChan in

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i'm so curious!

if you see this, sign your name and your location if you want, cuz i wanna know how many people actively view this!

^_^

PurpleV

Valerie, from the Big Apple