This reminds me of a story my boyfriend related to me. He was tailed and eventually pulled over by a cop-something about not having the signal on long enough to pass someone.
Anyway the cop wanted to search his car and he said no. So the cop made him get out of the car and wait an hour (in a snow storm in Maine) and not let him get his jacket from the car while the police dogs arrive. When the dog arrived, the police pulled the leash harshly and made the dog freak out-thus "showing" there must have been drugs in the car. Of course there was not. Another hour later they finished searching the car and turned up nothing. 2-3 hours he was forced to be outside in a snow storm with no jacket. HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG and was eventually let free with a warning that "next time you will go to jail"... So to me, that is an example of how "If you are not hiding anything why worry" is complete bullshit.
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45The Supremes Abolish 4th Amendment
by Amazing1914 injust a couple of days ago, the us supreme court ruled in a case that has demolished the 4th amendment which states:.
amendment iv: the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
previously, you were secure in your person, including your cloths, car, house, etc.
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might go back to the meetings - what am I getting myself into?
by jwbot inwell my sister and her husband are now working towards figuring out the custody issues and divorce.
both being very civil about it.
my sister will most likely be disfellowshipped as she is with another man (a very nice british guy, actually).. .
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Outbutnotdown: I feel for him too, he really his a sweet guy. My parents are really being supportive of him.
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Note-Taking at Meetings: What's the Point?
by Room 215 inthe last time i was at a meeting, i was struck by how many jws -- mostly women and pre-teenage kids were assiduously taking notes.
i mean, what is the point?
do they really believe the guy on the platform is saying anything that can't be found -- and reiterated -- dozens if not hundreds of times in their printed material?
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I doodled...to stay awake. At assemblies, a couple times, I sat with my boyfriend and his friends and discovered their little game. One would start drawing an image of a person and pass it to the next person and they would draw a little bit more, etc. The end result was hilarious! It was quite fun.
I contribute this to my ADD and general OCD but I am a list maker...I make lists of everything. In fact, I am in class right now with my laptop and I keep lists as text documents on my desktop, here are my current lists:
apartment requirements (things I want in a new place)
documentary list (things I want/need to do for my capstone)
photo printing (places and prices of B&W printing)
shopping list (food)
tax returns (what I want to do with the refund money)
and lastly: my to-do list
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might go back to the meetings - what am I getting myself into?
by jwbot inwell my sister and her husband are now working towards figuring out the custody issues and divorce.
both being very civil about it.
my sister will most likely be disfellowshipped as she is with another man (a very nice british guy, actually).. .
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I do not think my parents are using me though. They were talking to me again even before I mentioned that I would go to the meetings with Jenn. My mom even called me this morning because she "needed someone to talk to". That made me feel good even though talking to her was depressing as hell. She still encouraged me to get married right away though (HELLO? Getting married young OBVIOUSLY causes problems...der...).
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Vigil for my daughter, please.
by outnfree inas mentioned in my other thread, my daughter lena is having brainsurgery on monday, jan 24. the surgery will last 6-7 hours, so i'm hoping the board members will be willing to make a special effort tomorrow to send positive thoughts, healing energy, good wishes and prayers her way.
we are asking that the surgeon's hands be delicate and skillful and that lena does not bleed overmuch and that brain damage be minimal (if not non-existant).
surgery begins at 8 am eastern standard time (us), but we have to have her to the hospital by 6 am, so this is "good night!
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That is awesome! Give her a hug for all of us!
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Is this the mother of all anti-jw discussion boards?
by truth_about_the_truth ini've seen a few other ones but this one seems to be the most active.
by far the most interesting and diverse.. there's another one out there on e-watchman but found that one to be quite cheezy.
everyone overuses emoticons for some reason over there.
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My eyes are burning from emoticon usage....but yeah I have two other accounts at two other boards that I hardly use. I love this place a lot because its the most active. I notice the other boards have the same people but only less of them...
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Fire the smokers.... Looks like someone was inspired by the WTS....
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html
looks like someone was inspired by the wts......... .
company fires all employees who smoke.
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"i do see the point of the company's invasion of their employee's personal life....which i am totally against...however, legal or not, cigarettes are not good for you..."
And neither is eating junk food, or not exercising, same with being overweight. All those things legal and none of the companies business, like smoking. I do not smoke, I eat health food and I exersize daily...when I own a company, should I fire people who do not do the same things because its unhealthy and will potentially cost me more? I think it is an outrage and discrimination. -
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Hey I had to search this out to find it! I am glad you lost weight!!! I am on a platuea which sucks but you gotta keep going....*chug* *chug*
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might go back to the meetings - what am I getting myself into?
by jwbot inwell my sister and her husband are now working towards figuring out the custody issues and divorce.
both being very civil about it.
my sister will most likely be disfellowshipped as she is with another man (a very nice british guy, actually).. .
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I need to clarify some things. Lately, I find myself not in agreement with my sister (but I will support her no matter what). It has recently come to light that she had been molested as a child (by our older half brother, my fathers son, now estranged). Anyway she had only told me and J. (her husband). My parents, J, etc. are determined (and now they are all seeing a psychiatrist) that Jenn is acting out because of this repressed experience and the symptoms seem to indicate that.
She had been talking to this other guy for several months over the internet. They met on an ana (eating disorder) support site...that should tell you something right there. She is convinced she is in love with this guy but I am not sure she is really sure of anything. Over the past several months, she distanced herself from her family and children. That is completely unlike her, it really is. This from a woman who chose to work with children in her field of work-abused, neglected children. I have to stress, I do not think she is a bad person, I KNOW that everything she is doing is not only self destructive, but completely unlike her. Also, she had told me that "J. said this", "J. said that" but I am starting to believe that he was a great husband...she just could not take being a wife anymore...and this other guy was an out, and oporitunuty. I feel so bad for J. I have helped him when I can, encouraging my sister to get cousuling. He said that he would never remarry and that no matter how long, if she wanted back he would take her back in a heartbeat. He can not even step back into their house anymore and has been staying with my parents, and they have been taking care of the kids.
She has not even called me and I do not get it. I really think she is depressed and has repressed memories. My father told me that his mother had been sexually abused as a child by his grandfather, and that no one knew and years later she kept having nervous breakdowns and it turned out that the repressed memories is why. So I know that if Jenn was thinking clearly and getting help, she would not be doing this. I intend to keep trying with her, to help her, and always be there for her, no matter what. -
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might go back to the meetings - what am I getting myself into?
by jwbot inwell my sister and her husband are now working towards figuring out the custody issues and divorce.
both being very civil about it.
my sister will most likely be disfellowshipped as she is with another man (a very nice british guy, actually).. .
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MegaDude: Yeah he knows, they have been coresponding for a while. He knows about how she will be disfellowshipped and what that entails. My sister even told him what went on with me and that she had treated me badly by shunning me and that she now knows it was the wrong thing to do (for which she apologizes a lot to me for). From what I seen, he knows what he is getting into. She is not pushing anything on him though, and she is not pushy with me either.
SimpleSally: She might be a little fragile mentally, but she is very smart and logical, I think her leaving completely would be a long time coming...we shall see.
CRR: Oh I know what you mean. I went to the assembly this past semtember with my S/O and we could barely stand a half day...hell the opening prayer had my poor S/O rolling his eyes he was so astonished by what he heard. It now takes a lot for me not to laugh or gag or be like "WHAT??!?!". haha.