Simon

Joined

• started 1,144 topics
• posted 29,837 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Simon

• 
  14

  Does anyone else get “triggered” when somebody uses the word “triggered”?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what’s the world coming to?

  (i guess this makes me officially an older while male now ).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  I agree with Anony Mous - the claim of being "triggered" is nowadays predominantly used by people who treat it as a convenient prop to silence views they don't agree with. Nothing todo with genuine trauma at all.

  The people misusing it deserved to be triggered mercilessly until they are a wailing puddle on the floor. Hopefully, with it filmed for its comedy gold value.

  Those who have suffered real actual trauma should not be unduly subjected to unnecessary reminders of it, but also owe themselves and others some personal responsibility not to expose themselves to where such reminders may appear or be too keen to see them where they are not intended.
• 
  10

  Watchtower's NEW Legal Learning Studio

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/qn4z2uzsabm.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  The Glenn How law firm is located at the Canada branche of jw.org

  Remember: Coffee is for Closers, and your ABCs - Always Be Closing!

  Oh wait, wrong "Glen"s ...
  
• 
  11530

  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  Who they hurt, destroy or offend on the journey to their goal is meaningless to them.

  Yeah, it's like thieves and scammers - normal people couldn't live with the guilt of taking something from someone, but if you feel nothing for others, no empathy or compassion ... you just don't care.

  You must know, if you're taking money off people, that some of those people may be digging deep and giving something that they could really use on other things but totally believe the tale you've spun.

  How can you do that? Take it, spend it on vacations and hookers, abandoning your kids, cheating on your wife, and then turn round and denounce people who question or are shocked by it? Not only that, but to tell the people who stop giving you money that they are stupid and have been conned?

  It's so unreal. He has to have no conscience. No empathy or sympathy for others. Real psychopath or sociopath stuff.
• 
  117

  Lloyd’s new book

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

  i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  Forevermore, June 18th will be 'Tell Simon what you think of him day'

  Ha ha, I haven't noticed that ever really being a problem for people, I obviously don't threaten enough litigation.

  Having a thick hide (and thick skull) comes with the territory if you do anything public and meaningful online - you can't take every criticism so personally that you obsess over it and need to hunt people down because of it.

  The flip side is that you should not hand your critics ammunition on a plate - don't do things that make you a laughing stock and subject for ridicule.

  And if you take money off people, I think you owe a degree of accountability and transparency for what you do with that money, especially if it goes beyond covering a specific cost. If you live your life publicly, for profit, expect one consequence of that to be less privacy and more attention for what you do.

  Ultimately, if you're a decent person and paying your own way in life, it's pretty clear if someone is inventing something about you. I'm never going to be caught in any hooker scandal and not just because I'm too much of a germaphobe, loathe going out, and hate spending money ... I love my wife and family way more than I could ever want some momentary jollies to justify doing that to them.
• 
  11530

  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  US courts don't recognize foreign judgements that don't uphold the same freedom of speech.

  Heck, even the UK doesn't qualify ... a shit-hole of corruption like Croatia is going to be laughed at.

  The laws Lloyd thinks he can use are really only ever applied by the politicians in that country to silence journalists (Croatia ranks high in use of SLAPP cases). They are not going to let some foreign libel tourist start milking their cow.

  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/4102

  That's the US, but most other countries are similar - apart from things that there are specific international agreements and treaties over (like war crimes) it comes down to jurisdiction. Croatian law applies in Croatia (who knew?!).

  If this were not the case, I'm pretty sure everyone would have been sued for not respecting Islam or other such BS. Even the dumbest laws in the shittiest countries only reach so far, usually to their border and not beyond.
• 
  117

  Lloyd’s new book

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

  i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  Listen I think privately Paul probably sees the conflict of interest, but I know he's a genuinely nice guy and so is probably concerned about a pile -on and mental health. However I've come to see that sometimes being only kind, does not always benefit human beings in ALL situations.

  I don't think it's ever healthy to treat people, especially those with some authority, as beyond criticism.

  It's part of the reason we have this issue in the exJW community.

  Prominent voices should never be beyond being questioned or criticized.
  
• 
  117

  Lloyd’s new book

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

  i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  Don't forget, before he was kicked out he was accused of only going to the meetings in order to use local members for his translation business.

  Many JW related business outright rely on "affinity fraud" or take advantage of the good will of local KH members, so his company profitability may have relied on not paying the going rate and getting cheap labor. Once he was shown the door, that source of cheap labor would be removed.

  What job can he do in Croatia? He can't translate, he clearly can't speak the language (lazy cunt) and he has no skills or experience beyond JW related matters. Even his YouTube channel relies on knowledge of JWism, same for his books (he's really not a great writer, and lacks expertise in other fields).

  About the only thing he can do is wait tables for English speaking tourists. Maybe why he's located where he has?
• 
  112

  Are You Concerned About Inflation?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

  that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

  they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  What's happened is that profit has been privatized and losses socialized. A few elites get ultra wealthy while the majority, who don't have their connections, get poorer. The rich live off the debt they force the rest into.

  The "market" doesn't even work to price things as the heavy finger of government is on one side of the scale ... heck, they've practically sat on it.
• 
  117

  Lloyd’s new book

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

  i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  But this has not aged well.

  Yeah, like milk left out in Miami

  not on this forum, as far as I'm aware ...

  I'm not aware of any comment being made, anywhere.

  From the OP:

  Lloyd is earning far less from his JW activism than he could working full time in his business as a translator.

  Think about this. How would he know? It signifies either a complete guess or intimate knowledge of his finances (and so a close relationship).
  
• 
  112

  Are You Concerned About Inflation?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

  that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

  they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Simon

  Now we have to pay for the decades of easy money and irresponsible spending.

  Exactly. Thanks to the Cantillon effect those closest to the money printers got money very cheap, or for free, and were able to buy assets. The rest of us get the bill, and our savings stolen.

  Do you think a hike to 10/15/20% is possible? No. If the interest rate were raised to 10%, the US couldn't service its debt (by taking out new debt).

  They can't deal with it. Not only would they crash everything, they wouldn't be able to afford their own debt. It also puts a future out of reach of many young people who will be unable to buy a home even if rates are 10% without a massive market crash of prices. The trouble is, politicians aren't going to take the pain - they don't want to answer to the boomers who got rich by indebting the future generations.

  The only solution is a default, a war, or both.

  Japan is trying to prop up its currency by printing and buying its own bonds. The whole thing is breaking.