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List Your Favorite Foreign (non-American) Films Here!

by Funchback in

i hope this thread receives a lot of responses.

not because i am egotistical.

heck, really, i like any sort of film.

Funchback

Hey, lawrence.

'Seven Samurai' is the film from 1954, about the hired Samurai? http://imdb.com/title/tt0047478/

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so, i will be down and out for awhile after a little surgery this week and i am trying to get a few books to keep myself amused and i am looking for suggestions on something you may have read recently and enjoyed.

i prefer non-fiction, but will consider reading anything highly recommended, as long as it contains at least a spark of truth.

well, i will recommend a book to you alla few days ago, i finished reading into the wild by jon krakauera biographical story about a young man who, after graduating college, got rid of all of his belongings and hitch-hiked across the country in search of jack london-esque adventures.

Funchback

Letter's From a Nut by Ted L. Nancy (a/k/a Jerry Seinfeld).

Is it juvenille? Yes. Is it hysterically funny? Absolutely. Letter's sent to hotels, corporations, businesses (large and small). Here's a link to review what others have said about this book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0380973545/ref=dp_proddesc_0/104-9591624-1659109?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=507846

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List Your Favorite Foreign (non-American) Films Here!

by Funchback in

i hope this thread receives a lot of responses.

not because i am egotistical.

heck, really, i like any sort of film.

Funchback

I hope this thread receives a lot of responses. Not because I am egotistical. Rather, because I love foreign films.

Heck, really, I like any sort of film.

But, I'll get it started:

City of God (Brazilian) - Cidade de Deus (2002).

Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: "Rocket", a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also to smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But "Rocket" soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As "Rocket" is not the real protagonist of the film--only the narrator--he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through "Rocket's" perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence.

Based on a true story, this movie is graphicly violent and filled with profanity, along with brief nudity.

After the movie ends, continue to watch the credits. You will see real photos of the people whom the characters were based on, and, you will even see an interview of the real "Knockout Ned".

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State Intervention when parent and doc disagree on treatment

by purplesofa in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/

interesting the percentage of yes and no.

i actually thought there would be more for yes.. purps .appqod060905 { width:460px;background-color:#eeeeee;font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 140%;color:000000;} .hedqod060905 { font-weight: bold;text-transform:uppercase;background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff; } .deckqod060905 { font-weight: bold;color:#666;padding:4px 0px 4px 0px; } .boxqod060905 { font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 140%;color:000000;;border:1px #cccccc solid; ;font-size: 100%; } .subhedqod060905 { font-size: 14px; font-weight:bold; } .headlineqod060905 { font-weight: bold;;}should the state intervene when a parent and doctor disagree over a child's treatment?

Funchback

purps-

Thanks for this. Sorry that I missed this before, and I'm sorry that I posted a new thread about the update to this. If I had known, I would have simply posted it here (which is what I'll do now).

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/14/92398/1.ashx (update of the story).

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What's the fuss about CLEARPLAY? Latest in TV/DVD censorship

by Funchback in

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http://www.clearplay.com/

hollywood hates it.

many parents like it.

Funchback

SixofNine-

I pretty much feel the same as you. Like you said, they are adults.

What do JWs do when they find themselves in "reality...or..."real life"? What if they are riding a bus, or subway, or they are at a sporting event, and people are engaged in "candid" conversation? Are they going to cup their own ears with their own hands so that they don't have to hear the language?

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What's the fuss about CLEARPLAY? Latest in TV/DVD censorship

by Funchback in

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friends

http://www.clearplay.com/

hollywood hates it.

many parents like it.

Funchback

Sith...

Your response was so funny!

Speaking of Avatars, there was a ~~cat~~...er...guy that used to post here who used a similar avatar as you.

His name was Fredhall.

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Texas Girl - No Blood - Church of God

by Funchback in

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-11-texas-girl-cancer_x.htm?csp=24&rm_exclude=juno

if there is already a thread about this, then i apologize.

parents drop objection to radiation help corpus christi, texas (ap) a 13-year-old cancer patient will get the radiation treatment her parents had opposed after new medical tests showed she is no longer in remission.

Funchback

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-11-texas-girl-cancer_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

If there is already a thread about this, then I apologize.

Parents drop objection to radiation help CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A 13-year-old cancer patient will get the radiation treatment her parents had opposed after new medical tests showed she is no longer in remission.


		Katie Wernecke, center, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. Her parents insisted that chemotherapy had killed the cancer.
		Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP

Katie Wernecke's parents decided to drop their objection to the treatment after the tests were disclosed during a juvenile court hearing Friday. Katie, who turned 13 on Saturday, will remain in state custody as her therapy gets under way.

Michele and Edward Wernecke lost custody of Katie last week after doctors said lack of treatment could be life-threatening. The parents had insisted that the four rounds of chemotherapy Katie received then had killed the cancer and that more radiation would only harm a healthy girl.

The new testing result "changes everything," said attorney Daniel Horne, who represents Michele and Edward Wernecke.

Katie was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in January, when her parents brought her to the hospital for pneumonia treatment. Hodgkin's is a type of cancer involving the lymph nodes.

"The Werneckes have never said that they would deny medical treatment to their daughter if she was ill and getting worse," Horne told state juvenile court Judge Carl Lewis.

Lewis called off a custody hearing scheduled for next week unless the Werneckes could present compelling evidence that Katie was still in remission. Horne said the treatments were set for next week.

The judge said that the parents would be allowed to attend the treatments but that doctors would make the decisions.

"Early evidence indicates that given opportunity to abscond with the child, they did. And no way would I give them opportunity to do that again now," the judge said.

Last week, authorities issued an Amber Alert to gain temporary custody of Katie after receiving a tip about possible neglect. She was found with her mother at a family ranch, about 80 miles west of Corpus Christi near Freer, on Saturday.

Charges against Michele Wernecke, who was free on $50,000 bond, were dropped Friday. The family's other children, three boys, were reunited with the parents Friday following a CPS inspection of the home.

The couple, members of the Church of God, have said they oppose blood transfusions unless they were from Katie's mother. But Horne has said religion wasn't at issue in the fight over cancer treatment.

Rather, they believe doctors weren't upfront about Katie's care and did not answer all their questions about the side effects of the radiation, Horne said.

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What's the fuss about CLEARPLAY? Latest in TV/DVD censorship

by Funchback in

jw
friends

http://www.clearplay.com/

hollywood hates it.

many parents like it.

Funchback

Personally, I believe that if it's the film is that peppered with language (take, for example, The Blues Brothers), then the Producer/Director/Writer didn't intend for that movie to be watched by those who are offended by obscenities.

Just don't watch or rent the film if the language offends you (that is my humble opinion).

Besides, movies such as The Blues Brothers and Blazing Saddles are simply not as funny without the obscenities.

Really, when you think about it, isn't the Bible X-Rated?

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Has anyone ever tried to get refunded for any contributions they gave?

by swirlgirl in

odd question i know, but i just wondered.

i remember all the specially marked donations i gave "for kingdom halls in impoverished countries", sure would like to have that all back, ha!

has anyone ever written to the society or at least thought about it regarding this?

Funchback

I've wondered this very thing, swirlgirl.

The whole thing is a sham. Once, in my former congregation, we had terrible floods. One family lost almost everything (house, clothes, shoes). They were a husband, wife, and four young children. Guess how they were "assisted"? Not from the surplus that sat in the account month after month (as read from the platform). Instead, they had a couple of the elders collect money from anyone who wished to help out. Screw that! I took that family to DSW (a discount shoe store) and bought the entire family new shoes.

Sadly, this put me over my credit limit, thus, I had to pay fees.

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New and need a question answered before I post any other questions

by soundbox_guy in

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okay, first off, let me get this straight...you guys are all witnesses, some all active, some do things all the way right, some don't do things all the way right?

some are by the book but not preachy, and some are witnesses that are rogue and do things their own way?

i just want to know before i post any doubts or concerns or anything because even though i know we're supposed to stay away from places like this on the internet, i don't want what i say somehow getting back to my congregation somehow and next thing you know 4 elders come busting through the door waving "no blood" cards and shouting "freeze, jehovah's witnesses!

Funchback

Yup!

The elders (and many other JWs, as well as the WTS) try to make it seem like every pleasure that you feel, every doubt that you have, every non-JW-stamp-of-approval thing that you do, you should feel guilty about.

I hope you don't have anything against hot black, hot spanish, hot asian, or hot brasilian women.

PS...Welcome to the Forum.