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  American Legal Eagles Where Are You?

  by Englishman in

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  theres been lots of posts recently concerning the american justice system.

  to be fair, most of us europeans dont really understand it very well, and we have been giving you yanks a bit of a hard time lately, so i think that it would be great if we could all have some enlightenment on how it works.. for example, in the uk there is one law that applies to every citizen no matter who they are.

  in the us, different states seem have different laws.

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  Skimmer

  Hello Englishman:

  I remember the Woodward case quite well. The press here in the United States had much to say about the incident and trial, and there was more than a little criticism of the parents' seeming lack of involvement with raising their children. In particular, there were a lot of hard feelings towards the child's mother for persuing money that the family didn't really need and spending more time on her career than caring about her offspring. A lot of people had a hard time believing that Woodward would do anything, intentionally or not, to harm a child. A few thought that there was some cover-up of wrongdoing by someone other than Woodward.

  Since an establishment of intent is required for a murder conviction, I can understand why the judge acted to reduce the charge. A side issue is the release of Woodward immediately after the trial; she had served nine months and some thought that this wasn't long enough.

  Personally, I think the judge acted properly in a hard case.

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  On occasion, although not very often, a judge will downgrade or discard a jury verdict of guilty. Also, it is not uncommon for a judge, usually via appeal, to reduce monetary awards established by jury verdict.

  I cannot recall any instance of a judge discarding a verdict of not guilty. This may not be allowed.
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  Re : Did you help build a KH ????

  by ladonna in

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  i don't know about the rest of you but i was one of the stupid ones lugging bricks around and cleaning them up for the jw's shortly before i left.. how many others here have done the same???.

  how many of us have at one time been construction workers for the borg???.

  esther...you set my brain working on this one with your thread .

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  Hello TR:

  Why are you getting upset with poor ol' Yadirf? After all, his comments are probably little different from what any other brain-atrophied JW would say after a few drinks. Think about it: his knowledge of medicine is at about the same level as the WTBTS, his patronizing attitude towards women is all too common in the WTBTS, and he is a shining example of the effects of WTBTS indoctrination of how to treat opposers.

  Besides, I feel sorry for him. Who else would use his lover's footprint as his picture?

  Regarding profanity, I have found that the less I employ it, the more effective its usage. So I try to limit myself to one use per year online. I will use my 2001 allotment here by telling all about the mental picture that forms in my mind whenever I hear the phrase "Spiritual food from the faithful and discreet slave": it translates to "Clotted yellow pus from the Cunt of Brooklyn".
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  Why Mainstreaming Will Win and Reform Won't

  by metatron in

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  sometimes change takes place over many years, in such a subtle.

  and quiet way that those involved may not even discern that a. trend is forming.

  as with social security and retirement issues,.

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  Perhaps there is an ulterior motive for allowing voting.

  I recall an article about the WTBTS and voting in the _New York Times_ from back in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor of New York City. The WTBTS was trying to get some local real estate expansion or conversion approved by the city and faced significant opposition from the Brooklyn small property owners who faced ever increasing axes as the WTBTS removed more and more real estate assets from the tax roles. Mayor Koch said that he sympathized with the WTBTS to some extent, but as he remarked "but they don't vote", he sided with the protesting property taxpayers.

  I don't recall the details, but I think that the WTBTS eventually won on the issue by using a real estate investing company, secretly run by JWs, as a front and so bypassed the local opposition.

  Of course, you will never read about this in any WTBTS literature.
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  FREE BEER !!

  by Prisca in

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  if you want to try some aussie beer for free, go to this site and they will crate out 2 bottles of australian beer anywhere in the world!.

  the things you find when you're surfing the net!!

  here: http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/silly-stuff/fosters/main.html

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  Hello AlanF:

  No, I'm in New Hampshire. It's a long truck haul to to get the Coors all the way out here.
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  FREE BEER !!

  by Prisca in

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  if you want to try some aussie beer for free, go to this site and they will crate out 2 bottles of australian beer anywhere in the world!.

  the things you find when you're surfing the net!!

  here: http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/silly-stuff/fosters/main.html

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  Q: Why do the Brits drink warm beer?

  A: Because Lucas (Prince of Darkness) make the refrigerators.
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  3 meetings per week NOT FIVE!!!

  by sawthelight in

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  am i the only person ever to fall under the influence of the borg who can count?.

  no offence all but jws meet three times per week.not five!

  i consider the familiar statement about 5 meetings per week to be a good indication of just how indoctrinated a person is.

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  When did the meetings shrink from an hour to forty five minutes? Do they still have to sing those inane songs at each boundary?

  When the meetings were shortened did they give an explanation?

  Probable reasons (not publicly given by the WTBTS, I'm sure):

  1) An attempt to improve attendance statistics

  2) Recognition that the current crop of JWs doesn't have the attention span of those of years ago

  3) Movement towards simpler topics

  4) [Most probable] Attempts to schedule more congregations per Kingdom Hall as a cost savings measure
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  FREE BEER !!

  by Prisca in

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  if you want to try some aussie beer for free, go to this site and they will crate out 2 bottles of australian beer anywhere in the world!.

  the things you find when you're surfing the net!!

  here: http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/silly-stuff/fosters/main.html

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  Foster's is pretty good by my taste. They have an extensive advertising campaign in the United States and that's likely part of the reason for the premium price.

  Coor's is good for those who prefer a more pale beer. My favorite is Budweiser; it is brewed locally and the company has paid a great deal towards keeping its water source (a local river) clean for themselves and for everyone else.
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  The future of the watchtower...

  by TheApostleAK in

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  multiple choice:.

  what is the future of the watchtower??.

  1. reform.

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  2006: Membership peak

  2011: Significant mutation, probable drop of 607BC/1914AD doctrine

  2029: If mutated towards mainstream, then completely mainstream; if mutated towards more stringent hard line, then extinct
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  What WILL they do?!!!!!

  by Copernicus in

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  my wife and i have been discussing the probability of the upcoming dateline program and the impact it will have on the org.

  its obvious to us now that the retirement of the gb some time ago (all of their pr bs aside) was predicated by their awareness that this situation was developing, or something similar to it.

  seems logical, yes?

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  I don't think that the _Dateline_ episode is going to have as much of an impact as some might think. As usual for my posts, a list of points:

  1) The WTBTS has had a long time to prepare for something like this, and we can be sure that the preparation has had a very high priority.

  2) The program is aired (I suppose) mostly in the United States where there already has been a lot of exposure to WTBTS wrongdoing (i.e., Internet exposure).

  3) It appears that virtually all of the growth in the United States is from Spanish speaking people; if the _Dateline_ program is not rebroadcast in Spanish, then many current and potential victims will not be directly informed.

  4) If the program brings up the maters of Greenlees and Chitty (or a few similar cases), the WTBTS can counter with "that was a long time ago", "they were only a couple of individuals", "we did not know beforehand" (plausible deniability), and the like.

  We shall see.
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  Any one checked todays Text?

  by Alternative in

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  4:1 - in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.. well done all of you demons got you didn't they?

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  The web link proves I'm right. My God, unlike the one the WTBTS worships, has followers who are unafraid of Smurfs, Ouija boards, and Count Chockula breakfast cereal.

  And speaking of web links, here's another one:

  http://www.ewtn.com/EWTN/Experts/conference.htm

  The above is a Catholic bulletin board where any and all reasonable questions about the faith can be asked. The search function also works, and you might try looking up "Jehovah".