Posts by William Penwell

The girl has gone into hiding with her family in Ontario to avoid blood transfusions that a B.C. court ordered should be given if medically necessary.

Jeremy Berland, B.C.'s director of child welfare, will apply to the courts to authorize the "safety net" of transfusions if needed in her cancer treatment.

Berland is scheduled to appear in Ontario Superior Court tomorrow to force the girl to have the treatment, including blood transfusions, if required.

"Our primary and principle concern has got to be for the child's health and safety," Berland said yesterday.

"Life and safety are at stake here and we need to make sure that she is going to be safe," said Theresa Lumsdon, spokeswoman for the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development. "We're definitely worried."

Heath-care officials, the court, and police don't know where the teen is staying.

"We are using all of the resources available to us to make sure that we know where she is, and that she is safe," said Berland. "We have asked for the assistance of the Toronto police."

Police and health-care officials are searching for the girl in the Toronto area.

Berland said he couldn't comment on reports she is in hiding with fellow Jehovah's Witnesses in the Toronto area.

Family lawyer Shane Brady said the girl and her 43-year-old dad and 41-year-old mom will be in court tomorrow.

The girl's name and her hometown cannot be revealed due to a court-ordered publication ban.

The teen was taken to Ontario by her parents after an April 11 B.C. Supreme Court ruling said she couldn't refuse treatment despite her religious beliefs.

The girl and her parents argued the transfusions would be a "violation of the Biblical command to abstain from blood."

The B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development was granted custody of the girl last week.

"We obtained an ex parte order in B.C. Supreme Court last week placing her in our custody," said Berland.

B.C. officials are not necessarily going to insist that the teen return to B.C.

"What we want to do is to make sure that she gets the health care that she needs," he said. "And we want to make sure that happens in a way that is consistent with the best medical practice for the kind of illness that she has."

The girl's hemoglobin fell to "well below" levels where a blood transfusion is usually given, said Boyd.

Boyd said provincial laws allow courts to protect the rights of children in need of medical care.

"All children are entitled to be protected from abuse and harm . . . the ultimate threat of harm would be death," said Boyd. "Ultimately, her religious beliefs don't override her right to life and death."

The girl, who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour on her right leg, has already undergone several rounds of chemotherapy.

The girl and her family were at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children but were urged to return to B.C. to continue the prescribed care. The teen was last seen with her parents on Friday.

A spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses in B.C. supports the girl's decision not to have transfusions.

"Every individual should have the right to decide what they do with their own personal health and circumstances revolving around their health," said Raymond Busby, an elder in Burnaby's Capital Hill Jehovah's Witnesses congregation.

"The Bible has clear standards that we are not to take blood as Christians. And so we adhere to that standard."

[email protected] © The Vancouver Province 2005 http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=92caa185-eb2d-409a-82bc-e3993c9fd207

16

Tony Blair ......Hero or Villain??

by ScoobySnax in

with the election coming up, do you think our tone deserves another crack of the whip?

a 3rd term?.

how is he viewed abroad by other posters here?.

William Penwell

He is Georgie boys, lap dog.

Speake Tony speake. Sit Tony sit. Good puppy dog Tony....

Will

32

Is yours a PURPOSE DRIVEN life?

by Terry in

jw
friends

are you coasting along day by day taking it as it comes?.

are you planning for emergencies and setting aside for the unexpected?

sacrificing here and there to have something later?.

William Penwell

I read the book and it was same s*** as the Jdubs push. It was given to me by a "Christian" friend of mine and being an open minded person I read it. The theme of the book was fear and guilt, do as I say or you will go to hell etc. I was not to impressed with it. Will

32

Is yours a PURPOSE DRIVEN life?

by Terry in

jw
friends

are you coasting along day by day taking it as it comes?.

are you planning for emergencies and setting aside for the unexpected?

sacrificing here and there to have something later?.

William Penwell

Enjoy each day to the fullest as it comes as a gift. This is as good as it gets, there is no heaven or hell, so make the best of it. Strive to be a better person than you were yesterday without restricting the freedoms of others. The rest is all fairytales propagated by religion to control the masses.

Will

50

What stupid things did you confess to the elders?

by sweet tee in

i forced my husband to confess to the elders that we were having os!

damn that was stupid ... he was great at it .

i also made him tell the brothers that he changed a number on our temporary license tag (don't laugh!

William Penwell

I didn't confess to the elders but my ex did. She told them all our nasty sexual postions, blow by blow accounts about our depraved lust. They told her not to do it and that was the end of our marraige. I think the old boys used to get their jollies out of what my my ex would tell them.

Will

30

Would you share a winning lottery ticket???..help please

by morty in

jw
friends

ok, so here is the situation...... yesterday, i had bought a scratch ticket and i won 20.00 bucks on it...i was heading back to the store to cash it in but, not all of it...i wanted $17.00 in cash and in addition i wanted another ticket..as i was heading out the door, my brother asked to come with me to grab a few things at the store as well...this was not a problem....he got into the van and we headed off to the store...once we arrived to the store, i was still smoking my cigarette so i asked my brother to cash in my ticket for me and grab me another ticket and my $17.00 bucks while i wait in the car.

he said "sure, no problem"...at the same time, he asked me for a loan of $10.00 bucks.

i gave him the money with no questions asked.

William Penwell

No you are not being selfish. You were not obligated to give him anything. $50.00 is more than generous. I had a similar thing happen to me years ago where I thought I had won big money on a contest. When it comes to money the true colors of a person really come through. The old saying someone told me long ago is there is 2 things you don't trust another man with and that is money and woman. Over the years I have become a firm believer in this philosophy. Many men/woman would stab you in the back for a few bucks. Will

35

Dating/relationships and ex-dubbyness

by devinsmom in

.

ok, so i allways thought that dating someone who used to be a witless would be cool , since you would both kinda know what the other had been through in his/her life.

so my question is: how many of you date/have dated ex-witnesses, why or why not and does the relationship benifit from it...and just your ideas about it in general.. .

William Penwell

I think that dating an ex Jdub could be OK as long as both people have come to terms with and accepted their past as something to learn and grow from with no bitterness or bend up angry. Some ex dubs are still living in the past and have so much angry and hatred that it is not a good way to enter into a relationship on these bases.

Will

52

New Pope!

by nicolaou in

josef ratzinger

William Penwell

Other Faiths - Anglicanism and Protestantism are not proper churches. Only the CatholicChurch is the one and only true and supreme Church. Other religions are deficient"

Will

52

New Pope!

by nicolaou in

josef ratzinger

William Penwell

Born 1927 !!!!! Couldn't they find anyone older? Geez the guy is almost 80, he will only be in there a few years, kick the pucket and have to do this all over again. What do those ones that picked him have for brains? I am sure there was someone just as quailified that is a lot younger. Reminds me of the WT GB. Will