Posts by VeniceIT

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Is it worth it to sue the Society?

by Pathofthorns in

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a few weeks back i helped my brother move out of a shared apartment to a rented room in a rooming house.

there's no question that the years of having been a jw took their emotional, physical and mental toll on him and now as a former witness, life is not easy for him.. he understood when i refused to help him move the boxes and boxes of wt literature, the "apostate" cassettes/vhs tapes and other literature.

i asked him why he had to keep these things that had hurt him so much and he replied that "it was for the lawsuits".. i wondered in the back of my mind how many others obsessed over suing the wt society.

VeniceIT

Great comments in this thread. I think it all depends on the person and the charges. If the charges are of abuse, blood or something else that poses a threat to the lives of JW's then I think that if the person is strong enough it's very admirable they go through all the work to try and get something done.

There are some lawsuits though of a more frivolous nature, that wouldn't hold up in court at all, and that would be a shame to see people clinging to that hope.

My hope is for everyone to heal, and move on with their lives, and be happy. If that means pursuing a lawsuit, then go for it. If your healing would better be served by leaving it all behind, then do that. Each person is so different, and so are their situations. I personally couldn 't tell you what I would do if I was in a situation. I just hope I would have the strength to be me through it all!!!!

Ven

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Goodbye Hair.

by CoolBreeze in

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friends

i haven't posted in a long time, but i did say i'd pop in every once in a while if i had something of significance to say.

well i thought this was significant enough to share.. a few weeks ago in a moment of altruism i had my hair tested for the "locks of love" program, which is a hair donation program for chemotherapy patients who have lost their hair.

today i received a letter stating that my hair meets all the requirements for donation.

VeniceIT

SHAVE IT SHAVE IT SHAVE IT!!!!!!!

heheh and yes post pics. Good on you CB, you'll make some kids day, or more then one I guess they prob won't give a kid a long wig...hmmm..very thoughtful.

Ven

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Goodbye.....

by Princess in

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friends

we are leaving saturday for a week long apostaparty on orcas island in the san juans.

anyone needing info on the apostafest on august 2 in the seattle area should pm me.

i will be able to check messages once or twice at the library there.

VeniceIT

WHOOHOOOO I can't wait it'll be great to break away from all the painting here!!!

PARTY PARTY PARTY!!! YAY can you say Dungeous Crab w/ melted butter, french bread, and wine ohh baby!!!!

Ven

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Would you be willing to admit it if you've been a hypocrite?

by onacruse in

for the last 20 years of my association with the jws, i was, more or less, a hypocrite.

they taught things i didn't believe, but i went to the meetings and, by my presence there and by my "non-answers" i in essence supported something that i didn't believe.. it's a hard thing to say "i was a hypocrite.".

i was.. craig

VeniceIT

I would never admit to it, but I think everyone else should!!!

Ven

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Goodbye Oregon

by searcher in

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friends

i leave in a few hours for the green bay fest, woot woot.. i have had a fantastic time, seeing the lovely country and meeting the people, thanks to craig and kate (onacruse and bikerchic), for welcoming me into thier home, and working so hard to show me around and introduce me to folks.. all the people i met here are so nice, i enjoyed tremendously talking with them, what a great bunch!.

so, its off to the fest and party time, oh boy, will i survive?

hehehe

VeniceIT

Hey Searcher it was great getting to meet you too, and I'm glad you enjoyed seeing part of the beautiful northwest, it really is the perfect time of year up here.

Hope no one umm talks to you too long in Greenbay ahahha !!!!

Ven

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Portland/Vancouver Fest! Pics soon to follow :)

by onacruse in

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friends

well, we had a grand old time yesterday dakota red kindly offered his home for our mini-fest, and what started off as a little party for searcher (our uk guest of honor) became somewhat more than that .

in alphabetical order, our group included: bikerchic, blueyes, bruce and dorian baker, buster and wifey, carmel, dakota red, goshawk, lost diamond, onacruse, princess and steve (and steve's mom and a family friend), searcher, seven006, songmistress, and veniceit.. carmel brought some delicious salmon for the barbie, and we even got searcher to have a taste.

we overlooked the fact that brits prefer to eat fish in the form of fish and chips searcher and songmistress--when we brought out the cake, everything was fine until somebody started to sing happy birthday...the words just sorta stuck in our throats, and we looked around at each other like a bunch of dubbies lolololol.

VeniceIT

OMG hehehhe and I don't even like beer, eheheheh just imagine if they'd been serving long islands hahahahhahahahhaha

Rachel much better with the hair, ummm kaite apparently that was before we showed up.

Dave, it'll take a lot more then a misplaced halo to make you a saint ;) hehehe

OMG hahaha too funny love the tiny head craig ahahhahahha

Ven

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Portland/Vancouver Fest! Pics soon to follow :)

by onacruse in

jw
friends

well, we had a grand old time yesterday dakota red kindly offered his home for our mini-fest, and what started off as a little party for searcher (our uk guest of honor) became somewhat more than that .

in alphabetical order, our group included: bikerchic, blueyes, bruce and dorian baker, buster and wifey, carmel, dakota red, goshawk, lost diamond, onacruse, princess and steve (and steve's mom and a family friend), searcher, seven006, songmistress, and veniceit.. carmel brought some delicious salmon for the barbie, and we even got searcher to have a taste.

we overlooked the fact that brits prefer to eat fish in the form of fish and chips searcher and songmistress--when we brought out the cake, everything was fine until somebody started to sing happy birthday...the words just sorta stuck in our throats, and we looked around at each other like a bunch of dubbies lolololol.

VeniceIT

Craig remember I know where you live!!!

Ven

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Portland/Vancouver Fest! Pics soon to follow :)

by onacruse in

jw
friends

well, we had a grand old time yesterday dakota red kindly offered his home for our mini-fest, and what started off as a little party for searcher (our uk guest of honor) became somewhat more than that .

in alphabetical order, our group included: bikerchic, blueyes, bruce and dorian baker, buster and wifey, carmel, dakota red, goshawk, lost diamond, onacruse, princess and steve (and steve's mom and a family friend), searcher, seven006, songmistress, and veniceit.. carmel brought some delicious salmon for the barbie, and we even got searcher to have a taste.

we overlooked the fact that brits prefer to eat fish in the form of fish and chips searcher and songmistress--when we brought out the cake, everything was fine until somebody started to sing happy birthday...the words just sorta stuck in our throats, and we looked around at each other like a bunch of dubbies lolololol.

VeniceIT

heheheh apparently that picture was taken before we showed up

Ven

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Portland/Vancouver Fest! Pics soon to follow :)

by onacruse in

jw
friends

well, we had a grand old time yesterday dakota red kindly offered his home for our mini-fest, and what started off as a little party for searcher (our uk guest of honor) became somewhat more than that .

in alphabetical order, our group included: bikerchic, blueyes, bruce and dorian baker, buster and wifey, carmel, dakota red, goshawk, lost diamond, onacruse, princess and steve (and steve's mom and a family friend), searcher, seven006, songmistress, and veniceit.. carmel brought some delicious salmon for the barbie, and we even got searcher to have a taste.

we overlooked the fact that brits prefer to eat fish in the form of fish and chips searcher and songmistress--when we brought out the cake, everything was fine until somebody started to sing happy birthday...the words just sorta stuck in our throats, and we looked around at each other like a bunch of dubbies lolololol.

VeniceIT

hmmmm theres an echo in here......

Ven

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Portland/Vancouver Fest! Pics soon to follow :)

by onacruse in

jw
friends

well, we had a grand old time yesterday dakota red kindly offered his home for our mini-fest, and what started off as a little party for searcher (our uk guest of honor) became somewhat more than that .

in alphabetical order, our group included: bikerchic, blueyes, bruce and dorian baker, buster and wifey, carmel, dakota red, goshawk, lost diamond, onacruse, princess and steve (and steve's mom and a family friend), searcher, seven006, songmistress, and veniceit.. carmel brought some delicious salmon for the barbie, and we even got searcher to have a taste.

we overlooked the fact that brits prefer to eat fish in the form of fish and chips searcher and songmistress--when we brought out the cake, everything was fine until somebody started to sing happy birthday...the words just sorta stuck in our throats, and we looked around at each other like a bunch of dubbies lolololol.

VeniceIT

Hey LD,

Watch your back gal ;) don't trust him for a second!!!!!

*still waiting for pics* hmmmmmmmmmmmmm are they that bad?

Ven