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

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  Oh and the last time I was here Man City were the noisy neighbours

  Yeah, underdogs no more. Money brings success - who knew!

  But somehow they'll always be City, capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ...
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Actually not true. When I was working in the rehab facility we had a class on suicide prevention. The counselor running the course said that suicidal people frequently talk about it first.

  Yeah, I phrased that poorly. I was meaning in the context of making YouTube videos, but specifically that I don't think he's suicidal by a long stretch, that was a performance that he'd rehearsed, which is why he paused when the camera went off so people could witness it.

  But thanks for the correction and insights.

  prostitution isn't some career choice. The rehab outfit had a film of interviews with sex workers in Thailand. One young woman (I have no idea how old she was -- she looked about twelve) described the vicious circle she lived in: she needed to turn tricks to get money to pay for drugs so she could turn more tricks to get more drugs... Heart breaking. I'm glad I never gave him money to support that kind of abuse.

  Totally - its heart wrenching when you see the stats of how many predominantly women and young girls are trafficked and forced into prostitution and the individual accounts are harrowing. I can't believe we live in a world where trafficking people like that isn't a death sentence.

  I'm sure there are some that chose it, but even then I think it's because something else in their life failed - so they chose an "easy" option, but there's a reason people talk about escaping from it, and try to help others to do the same.

  Fundamentally, people who visit prostitutes likely don't put the effort they should into determining whether they truly are doing it 100% of the own volition. They likely lack the resources to do so even if they wanted to. Which means they may very well be raping someone, even in western countries but especially in some where sex tourism is a bigger problem.

  What's the difference, after all, between Harvey Weinstein taking advantage of someone who wants a part in a movie and someone taking advantage of a girl who needs money or drugs, other than it is far easier for the former to walk away ...

  If someone says "yes" because they have no other option, then it's not really consent.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  He seemed on the edge of doing so while making this latest video and admitted to having wrestled with thoughts to that effect throughout the ordeal.

  I didn't see that. He seemed to relish the number of people watching his livestream. He likes attention.

  People who are genuinely considering suicide don't tell people they are suicidal. He appeared to be using "mental health" as an excuse and to elicit sympathy.

  All of the thing happening are due to his own choices, and he didn't express regret for any of them.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  if this was A Governing Body member caught in Thailand buying hookers, would Lloydy Boy respect Ant Mo?

  Exactly, it's hypocritical because if you set yourself up an an activist exposing other people's bad behavior and lies, then you'd better not have any major skeletons in your own cupboard.

  And these are not "I once got a parking ticket or stole a sweet from Woolworths pick-n-mix" kind of things, these are serious moral failings, possibly crimes. He's been a complete and utter shit to his wife and not once did he apologize or express any genuine regret in that video - it was all justification and anger for being caught.

  On the one hand, he wants to claim that whoever exposed his behavior has committed the biggest crime since JFK was shot, and then on the other he tries to make out that there is nothing at all wrong with what he's been doing - but you can't have it both ways. He's completely amoral - I don't think he really has a clue of right or wrong, whatever he wants to do is "right" for him, and he'll use anything to excuse it. The "I was brought up a JW" is beyond lame as justification. All he's sorry for is that his wife found out and it's been exposed.

  Throw in that he wants people to donate to fund all this behavior, claiming the donations are to enable his "activism" against the WTS, but he sees nothing wrong with then spending that money on hookers instead - it's just dishonest. If he didn't need the money for activism, why ask for it? He's taken that money under false pretences.

  He even has the cheek to evoke the notion that people should donate because he's "a husband and a father and the work is a major distraction". Presumably, suggesting that he's missing time with them for his work, not going abroad to screw young women.

  So yes, criticism of how he's treated his wife and kids is valid, because he's fund-raising off the back of them.
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  Ukraine - Nato - US crisis

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  don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

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  I'm sure Biden will evacuate all his families' money in plenty of time.

  There's no way Europe is going to war with Russia. They depend on Russia for their heating / energy, so will do as they are told.

  They made themselves Russia's bitches, so now they will do what Russia says or the taps will be turned of and they'll freeze to death.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Simon, if you haven’t already, ban this sick motherfucker. We don’t need that level of trash here.

  Oh, he was shown the door many, many years ago. He was clearly unreasonable and full-of-himself back then, it was almost comedic trying to reason with him. That was after all his AAWA debacle. Enjoy:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/250611/advocates-awareness-watchtower-abuses-aawa-warning

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/265684/did-cedars-manipulate-lee-into-having-thread-closed

  That video was like watching the Prince Andrew interview. You start wondering "Can you even hear what you're saying? How do you imagine that helps you?!?
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Sad, for his family at first.

  And then, finding out it was all a business model, my perception is that he shipwrecked all of us, the so called apostates and thinkers.

  This is not good for us and the best surprise for jw.org.

  Absolutely. I don't know her, but my heart goes out to the poor woman and what he's done to her. If you don't love someone, you should leave, so they can spend their life with someone who will. You certainly don't go regularly cavorting with prostitutes and risking giving them who knows what STDs from your lying shitty behavior.

  It was clear from day 1 that everything Lloyd did was about benefitting Lloyd and promoting himself. I think he saw an opportunity to make a living off of exJWs. I don't know what other skills he has to earn a living, I believe his wife did the work for his translation business.

  His ego has left a trail of wrecked projects and bad feeling with everything he's touched. He's now another one of those poster-boys for the WTS to feature "look what happens to you when you leave the truth!".
  
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  I love the fact that he is doing a live stream to make more whore money

  That's what it's all about. That's his main concern.

  Look at what he just did to his wife and kids, to try to preserve his hooker-funding scheme.
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  Looks like this is some sort of damage control to protect what will be left of his patronage.

  Incredibly, people are still throwing money at him. Unbelievable really.

  It really is a cult of personality, and the best suckers are those who've already been suckered before.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Personally, if he was actually concerned about the effect this has on his wife and children, he should have:

  Admitted his behavior, apologized for his behavior, and then just fucked off.

  All he's done is further sacrifice his wife and children for his own ego, a chance to try and excuse himself and to keep his money-making scheme going. Heck, at one point I think he even reads out the names and ages of his kids - WTF is wrong with him?!?

  Remember: if you want privacy, you don't find it down the lens of a camera on a livestream, so forgive me for not believing that's your motivation when you're going past the 90-minute mark.

  If he genuinely believes that there is nothing at all wrong with his behavior, then why is he so upset that it's been made public?

  The reality is that it's not normal, and it's not what any man who respects women in general, and especially their wife, does. How dare he try to make out that "we're all like that", because we're not.

  We all have free-choice in our lives, and if we make choices that show poor moral judgement and complete lack of basic care and consideration for our partner and family, then that's on us.