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  The Flaklands belong to Uruguay!

  by Splash in

  1. social
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  (oops!

  should read 'falklands' of course!).

  who's going to be the next ones to claim them?.

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  Wow! I have missed quite a bit. I love that the argument of generations long since past that many would prefer to forget, somehow yields relevence to current conflicts.

  I honestly believe it is simpler than that. The islands are a hop skip and a jump from Argentina. They really seem to belong to Argentina from a reasonable standpoint. The residents however wish to remain British and that cannot be ignored. The dubious claims of various nations on the islands throughout the years aside, a compromise would be fairly simple. Like most things in Argentinas history, when things are bad, you whip up the national fervor in an attempt to distract. It is exactly what happened in 1982, where both Argentinians and British both died.

  So now, witht he current (and constant) economic issues creating a grumbling majority, the nationalism is whipped up about the islands in order to distract.

  Britain could easily defuse this and do the "right thing", by drawing up a treaty of sorts that allows a shared revenue and cost sharing of the mineral and oil exploration. Argentina could give full support, the islands would remain British, Argentinians could freely visit and use it as a territory, and they could carve out special excemptions.

  If the Argentinian President refuses any sort of compromise, than too bad. The international support would rest squarely with Great Britain (except for Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela), and they could keep the status quo.

  It simply cannot be overlooked that reasonably, the islands are related tot he Argentinian mainland. Its not like California would allow the Santa Cruz islands to be part of Mexico if there were enough Mexicans living on them for them to want to be part of mexico.
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  So...why is taking blood essentially viewed as unforgivable by the WT?

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  been hearing about this 'grey's anatomy' episode, and while i didn't see it, it brought up a question i wanted to throw out there, albeit a long-winded one, as is my usual nature.. the fact that people would rather die than take blood, as if...if they take it, they're doomed for sure to not make the new system--it doesn't make sense to me.

  people both in the organization and the bible stories are forgiven for heinous crimes, murder, adultery, child sacrifice, everything up to and including denying jesus altogether.

  (let's not forget child molestation and rape, apparently...) so why does it seem like this one act is presented to jws as one that's never to be forgiven?.

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  Blood is a big one for me. The few people I have had the conversation with basically say, "so the word abstain means nothing to you?"

  So that is the simple mind you must embrace to make sense of why people feel so strongly about it. Going into what "abstain" actually meant in context of the dietary measures they were referring to, means very little. They focus on abstain. So the attention has to be drawn to wether since that is the word with weight, if taking fractions, organs, donating blood for testing and what have you, is actually "abstaining" from blood.

  In a true sense of the word, none of us can abstain from it......we all have it!

  In fairness, the episode doesn't really accuarately portrey JW's stance. It basically states they feel only prayer is needed. It was a little silly. Anything that brings attention to the ridiculousness of it is fine with me. Patient dies in the episode so that is good too.
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  Music you never noticed was ...

  by nibbled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have friends in very cool jobs.

  my world interacts quite often with music stars, and i have interesting conversations.

  for instance, i was talking with the members of animal kingdom, and asked the lead singer about the lyrics i picked up while listening them perform for the group a few minutes earlier... i felt stupid because i hadn't realized the name of the song, and only had caught a few lyrics... he wrote of mephistopheles.

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  Mumford and sons already wona grammy, and are probably on their way to two. They are pretty huge. Their semi-faithish lyrics aren't that big of a deal. Most people still believe in God active in some way shape or form in the universe. So I don't see an issue.

  In addition to that, they are kind of an extention of older folk from the region. I would say it is hard to have folk music without some kind of faith in it.

  Now Creed...........there is just no reason for them whatsoever.

  May I suggest a little known R and B singer named Cody Chesnut.
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  The Flaklands belong to Uruguay!

  by Splash in

  1. social
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  (oops!

  should read 'falklands' of course!).

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  problemaddict

  Hey Charliklo,

  You probably realize not all of that British produced timeline is without dispute. Please understand my poition is not that the UK should pack up and leave. But as with most things, it isn't that black and white.

  Since we live in the 21st century and colonies are frowned upon as a vestige of a former time when those that could traverse the globe dominated every piece of land they saw, I think it would be the honorable thing to do to seek compromise and work in a mutually beneficial way.

  I could move a bunch of Mexicans to Catalina island off the coast of California and they could then say they wanted to be governed by Mexico and that Catalina was in fact at one time Mexicos. So what? You think that would fly?

  The UK could realize that a long time ago they claimed some islands that weren't really theres in hind sight. Then they could say but the inhabitants wich to keep the status quo. So why don't we create a partnership in exploration of the mineral rights and all that jazz, in order to preserve peace and settle it once and for all. If Argentina gets in a huff and demands the islands be theres (which is entirely possible), then forget it. They can say they tried. :)
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  The Guardian hints strongly at why cults like Watchtower get off so lightly with the UK press...

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article explained a great deal.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2013/jan/14/cant-read-scientology-book-uk.

  now i know a main reason why it is so difficult to get uk newspapers to pick up a good jw-related story.. it's not just because jws are a tiny religion.

  after all, scientology is arguably even smaller than jws, and they get more media exposure than we do.. it seems the extreme libel laws may be predominantly to blame for the watchtower's successful evasion of newpaper and television reports in the uk.. .

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  Hard to beat the cost of free lawyers. Fighting things in court is rarely about right and wrong, it is about how much money are you willing to spend on atttorneys. Everyone knows it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

  Free speech can be killed in the name of religious freedom. Its kind of hilarious.
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  The Flaklands belong to Uruguay!

  by Splash in

  1. social
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  (oops!

  should read 'falklands' of course!).

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  problemaddict

  Chariklo,

  Thank you for that. While I understand what you are saying, most long standing conflicts such as this have multiple stories and angles at which to view them. The British has had an administation since the 1830's you are correct. Argentina claims that the Spainish held it prior to the british, and that they received it when they became independant. There is confusion as to wether the Portugese, English, French, or Spanish "found" it first in the 16 century. The spanish and english both arrived and left, claiming it as they went (as as was the custom of annexing land at the time).

  Since we live in a more civilized time, and it makes sense that the island 300 miles off the coast of Argentina should belong to it, I would say it would be the right thing to work with Argentina on a mutually beneficial arrangement if they are willing. The nationalism of Argentina may not allow them to do this, and the UK does not HAVE TO do a damn thing because the resident want to be British. They have access to GB, europe, and a social safety net. If they became Argentina, they would have none of that. So no duh that they want to be British. :)

  It belongs to the UK. End of story. But they can do the "right thing" and share the resources in a way beneficial for all, without releasing their claim to the land.

  Recognizing annexing land claims on the other side of the world made centuries past is kind of beyond the 21st century. This is why the UK needs to find a solution if Argentina is agreeable. It is entirely possible the Spanish landed first. Their plaque still stands, as does the english one I believe.
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  Why did you pick the name you have now

  by label licker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.

  one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.

  when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.

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  It was either problemaddict.......or........fauxly mackeral.
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  Where To By Crisis of Conscience

  by binadub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe this information has surfaced here before, but if so it is worth repeating periodically:.

  a couple weeks ago i was shocked after doing a google search for crisis of conscience when it brought up amazon with four distributors selling the book in soft-cover for collector prices between $169.95 us to over $650, with only 4 copies available.

  hard cover was not available new, and used copies were being sold for over $50-75.

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  Hey guys. Still haven't read this, and I would like to. Amazon sellig them for 600 dollars, 95 used. Not going to happen.

  How do we feel about fair use links on this info at this stage of the game?
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  Change the Channel!

  by perfect1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  on another thread band on the run mentioned the jw habit of changing the channel on tv abruptly whenever something spiritually reprehensible might pop up.. recently, when i was visiting a family member, they changed the channel from sumo wrestling so that we would not see such obscene nudity.. of course, as soon as i left the room the channel would switch back.

  id come in and it would switch again.

  this made for a semi entertaining game of seeing how close i could get before the channel changed.

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  Well I don't know, if my kid is with me in the room, and a ridiculous horror movie preview that figures watchers of "The New Girl" are somehow its target audience, I turn it pretty quick. I just don't want the images and scarey stuff in the little guys head.
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  A comet coming to end the world? Useful information?

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thoughts?

  a woman named amanda started hearing a voiced telling them that a comet was going to destroy the earth.

  they bought a house in the north carolina mountains to prepare, thinking the voice belongs to the dead former owner of the house.

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  The comments on the article are hilariously scarey. Its liek the fact it is on National Geo somehow makes it seem to some people its OK to be insane and proud.

  Scott and Amanda, my husband and I have watched the show for some time now but, this is the first time I have felt compelled to contact anyone we have seen on the show. We would like to be in contact with you regarding your prepping. We are of the same approximate age and have skills that we believe would be both useful and complimentary to your own. Our email is [email protected]. We would look forward to communicating with you.

  Steve and Amanda, thank you for chance to learn of your great experience. I am myself from NC and wish I could return there someday. I believe there is so much more to life then that which we see with our physical eyes. I have had paranormal experiences myself and truly believe that Greta is your spirit guide. You are blessed to have her with you to guide you. My family and I are preppers here in Texas and hope when the time does come that we will be in a position to help as many people in our community as possible. Keep up the good work that you have begun and if you ever want to hear from a friendly prepper I'm here. [email protected]

  Wow! Goosebumps up my spine- I also got my first directive to prep from a dream, & it sounds like how the Bobbina found their home. I've got connections to many people who have also had dreams or visions, all about the same place. It's in a different (private info) location, & want to continue making connections for a network of allies.