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  Hi, I'm New!

  by Ashley in

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  my name is ashley and i'm 17 years old.

  i'm from abbotsford b.c., canada (an hour out of vancouver).

  i have blond hair and blues eyes, thin, 5'5.

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  Roamingfeline

  HI Ashley,

  If you're still here, welcome to the board! I started out in the Organization when I was just a bit younger than you. If you have questions, feel free to ask! But I would get an education before pioneering, for sure. When I was your age, we were encouraged NOT to get an education, that Armageddon was right around the corner, and it would be a waste of our time. Now I'm 46, and sure wish I'd gone to college back then! My kids that I wasn't supposed to have time in this system to have sure would have eaten better! Now they're all grown up with babies of their own!

  RCat
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  Old Habits Die Hard

  by COMF in

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  keep in mind, now, i haven't been out in field service since sometime in early 1987.. this morning i headed off out the door and down the stairs, cheerful and ready to tackle the day.

  got to my ride, and realized i had forgotten to pick up the case that contains my laptop and paperwork.

  so, back up the stairs, in the door.

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  Yeah, remember the thick ones about 6 inches across, and how they were finally instructed to quit putting their bags in the aisles where people could trip over them?

  Guess the gigantic bags made them feel important.. lol

  RCat
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  Convention Apostatizing Brings Gestapo Response

  by outnfree in

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  my flyers merely said: if as a jehovahs witness, a member of your family has been molested information is available for further information see: www.silentlambs.org or call 1-877-wtabuse.. nothing overtly inflammatory, actually more like a public service announcement.. i guess thats what most of the local organizers and friends thought in my neck of the, woods for the first two days of the district convention!

  but once the 'friends' realized that the website i was promoting with my flyers and moving car billboard was not an approved wt site, the powers that be got ... well ... pissed is the word!.

  nobody bothered me on friday as i went smiling about my posting flyers on the light and utility poles on the routes to/from the convention site.

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  Roamingfeline

  Excellent! You really should check the stalking laws in your area for next year, though! Good job!

  RCat
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  McVeigh vs Death Penalty

  by Amazing in

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  i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

  i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

  and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

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  Since we've got these freaking bleeding heart liberals who say "Oh no, we musn't make the prisoner work, that would be slavery!" BULL SHIT.

  I say, give em three choices.

  1) Lifetime enrollment in the Military, any branch. (teach these a**holes some discipline)

  2) Full time supervised work for society. (Supervise em and let them build roads, houses for the poor, 60 hours as week like all of the other hard working Americans etc etc)

  3) DEATH.

  Let's not forget, these people had a CHOICE about their criminal enterprise--their victims did NOT.

  Lisa,
  Not in the mood to hear about criminal's rights class

  Bravo, Lisa! Well said!

  RCat
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  What Caused Your First Doubt ?

  by Big Jim in

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  for me it was when i was about twelve years old and my best friends dad was disfellowshipped from the congregation.. i could not understand how a god of love would treat someone so coldly.. i used to think what if that was the way my parents would treat me if i had done something wrong, that would be so hard and cruel.. as i got older another thing that bothered me was the beard issue.

  it may sound pretty trivial however the society has always refused to make a good arguement as to why they would give you the old cold shoulder if you were to grow one.. two more items; first i could not understand why all the congregations and all the assemblys would give income reports.

  and the society never did.

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  Roamingfeline

  WElcome to the forum, Jendigo! :-) Everyone, I want you to meet my eldest daughter of whom I'm very proud!

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  McVeigh vs Death Penalty

  by Amazing in

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  i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

  i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

  and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

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  Sorry Amazing, I am totally, absolutely against the execution of McVeigh. Society must rise above the need for vengeance of this sort. If we uphold the death penalty we are no better than JW's who reckon that apostates must die at the hand of God, we are just extending the devaluing of human existence shown by the likes of McVeigh.

  Spoken like a true Brit... which is why here in Australia, the criminals are protected more than the victims, and teenagers wanting drug money go around bashing elderly people with whatever's handy, with impunity! They break into homes without fear of retribution, just like they did at my neighbor's home this evening. If people were allowed to defend themselves, and gave a couple of these thugs what's coming to them, there wouldn't be all the crimes we see here! It's attitudes like "rise above" the barbaric tendencies, that leave the innocents wide open to being mistreated by the real barbarians!

  RCat,
  Who's sick and tired of the attitudes which allow innocents to be treated as criminals, and criminals to be treated as the "victims".
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  McVeigh vs Death Penalty

  by Amazing in

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  i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

  i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

  and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

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  Also, I have a serious concern with our prison system in the USA and elsewhere. So, if I were convicted of such a crime, even if innocent, I would rather die than be the fleash fodder to some 300 pound guy in a cell named Bubba who calls me sweety. I can't think of a worse way to treat people, thean to confine them to conditions like that for life. Better to pull the switch and mercifully let them go out of existence. Just my point of view. - Amazing

  Hmm... not a bad idea.. I think they should put McVeigh into the cell with Bubba for a month, and THEN kill him. And not by lethal injection.. that's too easy. Slow hanging would be better, with a bit of torture thrown in for good measure. He's the worst kind of human being-- soulless. They haven't been able to break him down since they got him. I think Bubba would work.

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  Report on Jacksonville losing WT convention

  by expatbrit in

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  city loses big convention .

  by bill johnson, special to the daily record.

  wash your car, it will rain.

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  I don't see it. When it's in your town, you don't have to travel but everybody else does. When it's in another town, you have to travel but the people who live there don't. Sending thousands of Jacksonvillians to Tampa also means thousands of Tampons won't have to travel. It balances out.

  Traveling TAMPONS eh, Comf? I was just about to fall asleep over my keyboard when I read that statement. The visual it created woke me back up!

  RCat
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  Biology Lesson for the gals

  by Francois in

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  elsewhere in the active topics list is a great post from wasasister dealing in a very wise manner with women's hormonal cycle.

  the viewpoint and outlook contained in her post was to my mind very well done, thoughtful, considerate, and made a number of points that would be helpful to keep in mind in dealing with the male/female dynamic.. so i hope (and believe) that wasa won't mind if i use her post to springboard to one of my own - the mirror image of hers.. wasa makes a very good point in saying that women are jerked around by the hormones in their blood every month.

  and lots of us know at least one woman whose pms reaches truly epic proportions.

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  But guys are guys for a variety of reasons, just as women are women. Our gender affects our behaviour. We are sentient creatures, so it shouldn't, for horny men or pre-menstural women, be carte-blanche for being a shit.

  I agree heartily with that statement, Abaddon. Good post.

  And where did I say that women should receive "a man's sympathy and compassion"? I didn't. Those are your words. I'm saying such a positive attitude should be extended to all by all.

  I much prefer receiving comment upon what I DID say, not what you say I said. With all due respect, Tina, it seems you have a rather large chip on your shoulder.

  And Tina, with all due respect, and not meaning to start anything, before I ever read the above words by Francoise, the exact same thought was running through my mind. I didn't get the same meaning from Francoise's post that you did, I believe. I didn't feel that he was being patronizing to women.

  I think Bill Clinton finally put to rest any question about men's hormones affecting job performance.

  Wasa, that was an excellent observation!

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  Do You Remember...

  by Undecided in

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  i just got home from a dinner sponsored by the senior citizens counsel, an organization funded by the taxes of our city and county.

  they have many programs to benefit the senior people in our area.

  i hate to admit it but i qualify.

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  Roamingfeline

  I well remember the feeling of "They're all gonna die soon". I'm so glad it wasn't true, because I never dropped my "worldly" friends when I went into the Org. I kept both. But I was always marked for it. Now I'm so glad I did keep 'em!

  And the ones I've met here in Australia are very dear. I'll really miss 'em while we're in the USA next year.

  RCat