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  Internal server error

  by peacefulpete in

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  i've had this happen a number of times.

  i know an archived thread regarding luke 22:exists as i was recently reading it, but now is no longer available.

  it does not come up when using any combination of words that i know to be in the thread.

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  Simon

  Looks like a redirect issue, change .net to .com:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/175637/food-thought-on-ransom-sacrifice
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  He's so confident and yet so completely wrong when it comes to the law ...

  A quick word on copyright. Copyright laws applies to original work that is sold on for profit ...

  That isn't close to being right. How can someone get so many things wrong in such a short sentence?

  Neither an exchange of money, or making as profit, has any bearing on copyright. If you create something, it's yours and you have the copyright on it the moment you created it (unless someone paid you to create it, in which case it belongs to them). If someone copies it without permission, it doesn't matter if they only cover their costs or if they don't charge anything at all, it's still copyright violation and the penalties can be severe - it's not "what you took" in terms of the $ you made, it's the loss to the other person and their costs.

  What a monumentally stupid fucktard he is.

  
  
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  Internal server error

  by peacefulpete in

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  i've had this happen a number of times.

  i know an archived thread regarding luke 22:exists as i was recently reading it, but now is no longer available.

  it does not come up when using any combination of words that i know to be in the thread.

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  Simon

  You'd need to message me a link. I'm not spending my time searching on vague descriptions.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  Surely, he has an agreement with the copywrite holder, I mean he couldn't be that stupid, can he?

  Didn't you hear? He has a different outlook on how copyright works to the rest of the world.

  I presume his logic for books also applies to music: "me wantey, me takey".
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  The Last of Us

  by Simon in

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  looking forward to the first episode of this new computer-game to tv-show adaptation that airs this sunday.. it has pedro pascal from got and the madalorian plus bella ramsey, also from got, who played the bad-ass lady mormont.. lots of it was filmed near us, some right round the corner (there's quite a few productions film around here, we get ice-cream near where they filmed scenes from interstellar).. this show is a post-apocalyptic zombie series and early reviews are that it's awesome, so i'm hoping for good things, especially since walking dead jumped the shark a few seasons ago and we gave up on it.. anyone else planning to watch?.

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  Pretty great first episode and the trailers for future episodes look action packed. Both the main characters were convincing in their roles and straight away you care about them, and are rooting for them - something that so many shows seem to miss or get wrong nowadays.

  It's always weird seeing places on screen that you know - we've eaten several times in the old-fashioned looking diner that they run through near the beginning (with the red stools & booths). We spotted a few other places too, it's incredible the way they transform things and I guess the appeal of filming here is that the sparse population makes cordoning off an area for filming much easier and there is everything from big-city to small-town to mountains / forests and prairies, all within a few minutes drive.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  I do not believe in the left/right paradigm, as it is yet another cult-like ideology that is designed to divide

  It's a deliberately misleading framing, by those that push for big-government control.

  The real political spectrum goes from those that want absolute government control of your life to those who want personal freedom. Big government to small government. Not left to right. The extreme left and the extreme right are the same thing, round the circle till they meet, away from the reasonable compromise of the center, where people want both government services and protection, but also personal freedoms and protection from the government in case they over-reach.

  Governments always abuse their power and big government is invariable socialism which takes abuse to a whole other level. The media (socialist) like to portray the Nazis (the national SOCIALIST party) as right wing when they were very, very much left wing - fighting the communists (a competing faction) for control of who got to be the big government and kill the people that didn't support and kneel down to them.

  Socialism killed hundreds of millions, and now it's promoted by opportunists, and the feeble-minded. His little poll may well have just been "Will you acknowledge my virtue signalling and give me points?". That's all he's doing. It's not to find opinions, it's for people to identify their allegiance to the ideology.

  The far right as people mistakenly understand it is no threat to democracy or civilization, but socialist cancer definitely is eating away at everything and people need to be educated about it. Of course, that is why the first thing they do is seize control of the media.

  Evans epitomizes the attitudes of resentment and retaliation that the likes of him would use to commit atrocities if they ever get their hands on the reigns of power, with the controls removed.
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  The Last of Us

  by Simon in

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  2. entertainment

  looking forward to the first episode of this new computer-game to tv-show adaptation that airs this sunday.. it has pedro pascal from got and the madalorian plus bella ramsey, also from got, who played the bad-ass lady mormont.. lots of it was filmed near us, some right round the corner (there's quite a few productions film around here, we get ice-cream near where they filmed scenes from interstellar).. this show is a post-apocalyptic zombie series and early reviews are that it's awesome, so i'm hoping for good things, especially since walking dead jumped the shark a few seasons ago and we gave up on it.. anyone else planning to watch?.

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  Looking forward to the first episode of this new computer-game to TV-show adaptation that airs this Sunday.

  It has Pedro Pascal from GoT and The Madalorian plus Bella Ramsey, also from GoT, who played the bad-ass lady Mormont.

  Lots of it was filmed near us, some right round the corner (there's quite a few productions film around here, we get ice-cream near where they filmed scenes from Interstellar).

  This show is a post-apocalyptic zombie series and early reviews are that it's awesome, so I'm hoping for good things, especially since Walking Dead jumped the shark a few seasons ago and we gave up on it.

  Anyone else planning to watch?
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  he would also have to prove there was intent to damage

  Not only that, he would also have to prove that actual damages were caused ... that weren't due to his own livestream.

  No one else has any control over his patreons. If we did he'd have none whatsoever.

  He probably wishes his patreons were devoid of their own free will to donate or not, but the vast majority of normal people find behavior like his repugnant, which is why he's haemorrhaged support.

  He doesn't actually have a business that provides any real service. It's all based on soliciting donations and making content and it's easy to show he's not been doing that.

  i.e. all the damage he's suffered has been self inflicted.

  He should sue himself. He might finally be a success at something.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  I think he fully understands it will go nowhere this is just all PR

  Did anyone notice that he forgot that he claimed he had a PR team? (didn't he?)
  
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  Are the statistics out yet?

  by slimboyfat in

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  isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?

  or have they stopped publishing it?

  did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?

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  Simon

  The sad things is that the people who do this then drag their own kids into the position they were in. Everyone ends up being there out of a sense of duty to everyone else. It's why I think the idea of being "PIMO" (Physically In, Mentally Out) is seriously flawed, misguided and unhealthy for all concerned.

  Leaving, being the ones to make the break and take that hit, is a gift to your children and possibly to your parents too ... because maybe they are only going because you are.