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  Film Franchises

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, i'm quite into films, and horror is my favourite genre.. i don't own many franchises in full or almost in full.. but when i first started collecting dvds, i did tend to buy every film in a particular franchise if i enjoyed the first film or two.. i bought alien (1979) and aliens (1986) second-hand for 99 pence each (less than a dollar each!

  ) and they're fantastic.. so, i went back to the second-hand shop and bought alien 3 (1992), alien resurrection (1997) and prometheus (2012) ... erm, yes.

  alien 3 (theatrical cut) was pretty good; resurrection was so bad it's funny and despite the gorgeous shots and good acting by michael fassbender, prometheus wasn't my thing.

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  Aliens is one of my favorite movies of all times. And yes, Resurrection was ridiculous.
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  Jealous Hipster Cyclist Husband riding to Sunday DA all sweaty and all Tony Tight Pantsed out to match my sweet pimped out Dutchie!

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  be courageous, and blessed is he that cometh in the name of jah.

  she didn't want us to go in the ugly vintage station wagon together so she carpooled with her friends, so i'm going dressed as one of the wurzels on a raleigh rally.

  oo-arr oo-arr.. the org is robbing us of time together, so i have a right to crash the parties she goes to.. if anyone has any judgments, at least i came carbon neutral..

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  I need a cryptologist to get the humor in this one.
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  If only JDubs were truthful with their Bible students

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. beliefs

  jdubs are the masters of deception.

  what would you do if you were studying with the jdubs and they told you that when you get the truth, become a jdub, and join the borg that every single person in the world is bad association?

  in fact, you will have to be careful because even some in the congregation can also be bad association and you have to be careful around them if they have too much facial hair or if the sisters' skirts are a little too short or if the brother pants are a little too tight.. and you will find such delight in not dwelling upon the life that you have now which is unimportant because this system of things is going to be destroyed so there is no need to get a good education or to worry about your problems.. you just need to focus on the paradise earth that is just around the corner..

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  If only JDubs were truthful with their Bible students
  

  Excellent observation. If you ever care to venture to inquire why, all you have to do is research the dynamics of high demand, controlling groups. Deception and controlling people are the core reasons why they exist n the first place.
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  Why Are Schools Targets Of So Much Gun Violence?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  why are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students?

  is there something seriously wrong with society?

  does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking?

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  Why are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students? Is there something seriously wrong with society? Does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking? Are parents to blame when their child goes on a rampage?

  The recent rise in these shootings tells us something, what is it?

  I don't think that I could ever come up with an accurate answer as to why the violence in schools. I do believe that there are serious issues with society in general.

  What worries me most is that people are in denial. They refuse to relate their attitudes, believes and values, with their actions, the way they relate to others and the consequences of all of it.

  The recent rise in these shootings tells us something, what is it?
  

  To me the message is not clear. Other than there's something fundamentally wrong with the way we live today, that is.

  @Simon:

  Because people want to be on TV.
  

  Because the media talk about it endlessly.

  Because people copy what they see on TV.

  Because many of them need a slap.

  I agree to some point with what you state. I do believe that many people want the attention, and some things, especially among the youth, can become "a thing". However, I think that some things go deeper than that.

  I have a friend who is a psychologist, and he's tells me that there's a rather exponential increase in depression among children and adolescents. His opinion is that he feels like the way parents raise them makes them feel abandoned and dismissed. Too many parents are letting electronic devices take care of their children, and those parents who work have minimum wage strangers taking care of them and raising them.

  Aside from a "slap", they need to feel present in their lives as family. Just my thoughts.
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  What’s your favorite "News" website?

  by Wonderment in

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  news in general are supposed to be unbiased.

  but given how commercial and political interests get their tentacles around them, finding a fully unbiased news website is not so easy.. here in america some would rather trust bbc or reuters than they do cnn or fox news.

  any favorites?.

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  News in general are supposed to be unbiased. But given how commercial and political interests get their tentacles around them, finding a fully unbiased news website is not so easy.

  Here in America some would rather trust BBC or Reuters than they do CNN or Fox news. What’s your take? Any favorites?

  I see most-to-all news venues in America having a lot of bias. However, what I think it's the problem is not how news are delivered. Americans are very complacent about listening only to what they like hearing about. They only see bias and "fake news" when they hear something that challenge their believes.

  I don't fully trust any source of news, especially in American media. I am very good at noticing bias, even when it is towards things that I like, believe and stand for.
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  Leaving My Religion

  by compound complex in

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  a cool sense of tranquility calms my troubled spirit.. i emerge slowly from deeply entrenched nightmares and proceed into gentle reverie, into quiet wakefulness.

  youthful ideals, embodied in vaporous form on the street below, are a black reminiscence.

  they are certain to return as a want, an untold want, having neither name nor substance but providing a niggling dig that skewers my soul.

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  Very nice.
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  What exactly is an Apostafest?

  by Whynot in

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  2. friends

  i read a few threads on apostafests but i don't really understand what they are or what happens.

  are they family friendly?

  is it a party or support group meet-up?.

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  Are they family friendly? Is it a party or support group meet-up?
  

  for some reason this post made me smile. Apostates are not an organization, and they don't have a given set of rules that they follow in their gatherings. If you ask me, and apostafest is a social get together organized by former JWs. That's as far as I dare going. I don't think that there are two apostafestes that are identical. At least thet two I've been to are completely different in terms of the event, the people, and the level of family friendliness.
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  Witness No More - any thoughts?

  by dozy in

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  for those who don't know , there is an ex-jw "activist" in the north of england called mark who demonstrates outside kingdom halls , focusing on the child abuse issue and similar topics.

  he regularly updates his visits on his youtube channel , which has gained something of a cult following .

  occasionally ( albeit less frequently , as he is now well known ) he gets into the kh & shouts and disrupts the meeting.

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  Do people have any opinions on the efficacy of this kind of activism and what increasingly is the monetisation of ex-JW activities , which seem to have created something of an industry all of its own .
  

  As far as I know, there isn't much research or studies about if/what activism strategies work or doesn't work efficiently. As the long-term, experienced activist that I am, however, I can speak based on my own experience and the ones that I have followed.

  First, there are many people who are more into disorderly conduct and attention seeking than activism. Sometimes activism gets a bad rap because of the many so-called activists that are full of nonsense and all they want is attention or create chaos.

  To me, my personal rule of activism is very simple: what do I want to accomplish with it? Activism is about bringing positive change, for the benefit of some kind of oppressed class. By "benefit" I can mean awareness, education, actions, reform, or any kind of change.

  Activism is not just showing up somewhere and creating some kind of chaos or looking for negative ways of getting attention. There is planning, logistics, and most importantly, strategy as to what is the right way, the right message, and the right people to bother.

  When it comes to the level of aggressiveness, it is something that should not be taken lightly. When it comes to a collective, I also look at the real, personal reasons for others to get involved. Many times I find a rather large number of people who just want to march, yell and get attention, and sometimes can't even articulate what they are fighting for.

  When it comes to consistency and sustainability, that's where you really see the efficacy and level of commitment of the activist(s). Real activism is not about just the "demonstration". There is a lot of follow up, dialog to start, negotiating to do, campaigns to start, that is, if there is real commitment to change, which is what real activism is about.

  So, to answer your inquiry, in my educated opinion, what needs to be followed is how was that planned, where do the activist(s) come from in terms of why are they doing that, how did they decided that what they are doing is the best strategy, but most importantly is what happens after. What do they aim to do? What do they want the JWs or the WT to do or know? Even if it's just making the point that the WT is covering up for sexual abuse of children, and they want people to know, that's a great thing. But then what?

  The answers to those questions can give you a clue of the kind of real or fake activism that it can be, as well as how effective it is/can be (or even if being effective is what those people are really aiming for).
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  GDPR Day

  by Phoebe in

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  2. friends

  so, it's may 25th - gdpr day.

  has anyone had a last minute visit from the elders?.

  i've been out shopping and i have come home to find a note pushed through the door saying two elders and one elder's wife had called by.. why would two elders + wife come to see me?

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  Why would two elders + wife come to see me?
  

  That's their idea of them making you feel at ease.
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  How to stop school violence

  by Jayk in

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  ban school:).

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  What a distasteful subject for a joke.