could not resist using the funny word "flabbergasted". See definition: To be surprised or astonished. The British comedian Frankie Howerd used to say in mock astonishment: ?I?m flabbergasted?never has my flabber been so gasted!?. That?s about as good an explanation for the origin of this word as you?re likely to get. It turns up first in print in 1772, in an article on new words in the Annual Register. The writer couples two fashionable terms: ?Now we are flabbergasted and bored from morning to night?. (Bored?being wearied by something tedious?had appeared only a few years earlier.) Presumably some unsung genius had put together flabber and aghast to make one word. The source of the first part is obscure. It might be linked to flabby, suggesting that somebody is so astonished that they shake like a jelly. It can?t be connected with flapper, in the sense of a person who fusses or panics, as some have suggested, as that sense only emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. But flabbergasted could have been an existing dialect word, as one early nineteenth-century writer claimed to have found it in Suffolk dialect and another?in the form flabrigast? in Perthshire. Further than this, nobody can go with any certainty.
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Cultural Aspects of Spanking--Countries Other than US
by blondie inculturally, i wonder how spanking plays out.. canada.
mexico.
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Cultural Aspects of Spanking--Countries Other than US
by blondie inculturally, i wonder how spanking plays out.. canada.
mexico.
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In fact, a brother said in a public talk that spanking was against the Bible. That the rod was merely symbolising parental authority and that spanking was against that spirit.... When relating this to some American brothers I met while vacationing, they were almost stumbled.. They did not figure out children could be disciplined without this method. They were also flabbergasted when they heard that the Society had "compromised" by allowing all references to corporal punishment to be removed in the translated literature.
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Cultural Aspects of Spanking--Countries Other than US
by blondie inculturally, i wonder how spanking plays out.. canada.
mexico.
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InquiryMan
Scandinavia: outlawed. Very politically incorrect. Rare among JW as well as in society in general as far as I know it. At least, it is not commonly accepted or endorsed.
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National Average = Quotas
by zack inthe national average for publishers reporting feild service time in the untited states is just under 10 hours a month.
this has become the de facto standard for every member of the congregation.
if one fails to produce at the rate of others, he is "weak", his service is "divided", he puts the things of "this life" in "first place.".
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InquiryMan
In a Scandinavian country, the average hours in the holiday season (when the JWs have more free time than ever) is some 6,5 the lowest during the whole year.
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New Abuse Case in Denmark
by InquiryMan indenmark: jehovahs witness forced six-year old to oral sex a 55 year old danish man has been imprisoned, charged for abusing a six year old boy.
the abuse took place in the kingdom hall of jehovahs witnesses in copenhagen.
{there are several kh in copenhagen, my remark} the 55-year old has on several times since new year made the six year old boy satysfy himself sexually, reports the ekstrabladet newspaper.
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DENMARK: Jehovahs witness forced six-year old to oral sex A 55 year old Danish man has been imprisoned, charged for abusing a six year old boy. The abuse took place in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs witnesses in Copenhagen. {There are several KH in Copenhagen, my remark} The 55-year old has on several times since new year made the six year old boy satysfy himself sexually, reports the Ekstrabladet newspaper. The abuse took place in a congregation hall situated in a remote road in the southern part of Copenhagen. On Friday last week, the 55 year old man was imprisoned, intially for twelve days. The imprisonment hearing was secret, and it is not known if the 55 year old accepted imprisonment. Copenhagen police has confirmed the imprisonment, but refrains from further comments on the case. The imprisoned man is officially charged for having sexual relations with a minor child. The abuse shall have taken place on several occasions, starting from New Year until now. It was the parents of the boy who went to the police with the allegations. The parents are also members of the congregation.
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New Abuse Case in Denmark
by InquiryMan indenmark: jehovahs witness forced six-year old to oral sex a 55 year old danish man has been imprisoned, charged for abusing a six year old boy.
the abuse took place in the kingdom hall of jehovahs witnesses in copenhagen.
{there are several kh in copenhagen, my remark} the 55-year old has on several times since new year made the six year old boy satysfy himself sexually, reports the ekstrabladet newspaper.
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InquiryMan
DENMARK: Jehovahs witness forced six-year old to oral sex A 55 year old Danish man has been imprisoned, charged for abusing a six year old boy. The abuse took place in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs witnesses in Copenhagen. {There are several KH in Copenhagen, my remark} The 55-year old has on several times since new year made the six year old boy satysfy himself sexually, reports the Ekstrabladet newspaper. The abuse took place in a congregation hall situated in a remote road in the southern part of Copenhagen. On Friday last week, the 55 year old man was imprisoned, intially for twelve days. The imprisonment hearing was secret, and it is not known if the 55 year old accepted imprisonment. Copenhagen police has confirmed the imprisonment, but refrains from further comments on the case. The imprisoned man is officially charged for having sexual relations with a minor child. The abuse shall have taken place on several occasions, starting from New Year until now. It was the parents of the boy who went to the police with the allegations. The parents are also members of the congregation.
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Do JW's stay up late on NEW YEAR'S?
by Donkey Lipz in.
my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.
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Once a prominent elder was interviewed on radio. He was asked if JW celebrated New Year?s Eve/fire works etc. He just answered that he never stayed up later than 10 pm. (He is a dry academic, not having children). (Once, a glimpse from a book study situated in his home was aired on TV. It came across as very formal, he even using surnames in adressing the friends attending)
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Do JW's stay up late on NEW YEAR'S?
by Donkey Lipz in.
my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.
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InquiryMan
Strange how American Dubdom seems to be more severe than its European counterpart. (Either very strict, or some bending the rules to the extreme). When we were in, most witnesses had a gathering on New Year?s Eve, including elders. Not partying per se, but family get togethers with nice food (often turkey, as many non-witnesses also eat at that night), Most watched the fire works as well. Sometimes when New Year?s Eve fell on a meeting night, meetings where often re-scheduled to take place in the afternoon, to accomodate (officially) witnesses having spouses not in the "truth". (This applied also for Christmas-eve).
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Reverse scenario
by InquiryMan inin a small town in norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to social service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a df member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters.
in this case, it was the police that failed, not the jw.
(i am not an jw apologist just for bringing this forth).
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InquiryMan
It seems from the initial news reports on the case, that the perpetrator admitted his guilt during "shepherding visit" and that the elders then went to the police in order to report him. They initially inclinced to be interrogated by the police, but later agreed to testify. This information is based on the newspaper reports.
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Reverse scenario
by InquiryMan inin a small town in norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to social service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a df member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters.
in this case, it was the police that failed, not the jw.
(i am not an jw apologist just for bringing this forth).
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InquiryMan
I provide some links starting from the initial coverage of the case: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4629713.html http://www.dalane-tidende.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=522&Itemid=46 http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4635237.html http://www.nordhordland.no/Innenriks/article1551507.ece http://www.siste.no/Innenriks/article1551507.ece http://www.stavangeravisen.com/art.asp?art=22682 http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4681197.html http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=274468 http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/innenriks/article377110.ece http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/04/20/429367.html (The verdict has been given coverage both in local as well as nationwide media)