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  Ban on baby strollers at DC's

  by razorMind in

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  ...is that at all the district conventions?.

  did that rule come from the society or from a safety law on the books(fire hazard)?.

  if i take a baby stroller to the dc will i get kicked out?

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  Xander

  the distract the performers and are of little value.. wait that was flashbulbs at the drama.

  ROFLMAO

  AFAIK, the strollers thing is a health & safety requirement of the stadium. I suppose they'd announce that at ball games, too, except nobody is stupid enough to bring a stroller along to a stadium when going to see a ball game. Says something about JWs, I suppose....

  Which brings up an interesting question....

  Do our friends at Homeland Security search the members going into and out of district conventions? I'm thinking 'no', but I wonder why not? Attendance is just as high as various ball games held at the same facilities....?
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  Resurrection of husbands, wives.

  by dothemath in

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  at the district convention.......we had a very touching experience of an elder who lost his wife fairly recently.

  his comments gave the distinct impression he was going to be reunited with her in the new system............"jehovah is opening his hand and satisfying the desires of every living soul".......is the scripture he focused on.. that's certainly understandable.......i'm sure any of us in the same situation would feel similiarly.......but.......there was certainly no mention of the fact that those resurrected would be "as angels in heaven"(matt.

  22: 30), and would no longer be given in marriage.. this is a topic i think the society is steering clear of........you have to go back quite a few years to see it commented on in detail.

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  I'm sure any of us in the same situation would feel similiarly.......but.......there was certainly no mention of the fact that those resurrected would be "as angels in heaven"(Matt. 22: 30), and would no longer be given in marriage.

  Indeed, and while competitive sports are prohibited to please the sisters, brothers are allowed to imagine what it would be like to play football again with a 'perfect body'.

  And while violence and war is discouraged to placate the mothers, brothers who play computer games (and pen-and-paper wargames) are allowed to think they will be allowed in the new system.

  And while they make it clear all forms of pollution will cease in the new system to please the JW-hippies, everyone else is allowed to believe (somehow) computers and electricity will be tenable in the new system (exactly *what* do they think computers are made from? Recycled newspapers?!)

  And while they teach "the lion will lie down with the lamb" and "the snake will eat dirt" to please the vegetarians, they allow others to dream of how a 'perfect' steak would taste.

  et al.

  Since 'the new system' and the 'resurrection' are the ONLY carrots they have to dangle in front of the flock to keep them motivated to go on, they more or less allow it to be 'all things to all people'. (And, of course, out of the other side of their mouth promptly blast the rest of Christendom for "Tickling people's ears by telling them what they want to hear" )
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  Post pics of.....your desk!

  by Xander in

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  yup, we all know you have one.

  it's what you are sitting at right now reading this thread.

  desk your computer sits on.

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  Yeah, mine too.

  *My* desk is always spotless, as I'm a pseudo-neat freek. That pic of her desk is as a result of my weekly cleaning of it, though (you'd think, given ALL the nicely labelled files I made for her, that things would get...I dunno...*filed* once in a while....)
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  Tell us about your avitar.

  by carefully faded in

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  i loved the recent topic asking what each of our screen names means.

  great question as i have always wondered about quite a few of our screen names.

  as i was reading the responses, i looked at holey cheeses - king of the juice's avitar and thought about how i have been wondering for the past three years, what the hell that is a picture of.

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  By CHEVYSNTATS :

  <-------- is my 14 year old cross-dressing son

  *scratches head*

  I find that...challenging...to believe.

  Mine is boring. That's me. In FABULOUS black and white!!!
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  Post pics of.....your desk!

  by Xander in

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  yup, we all know you have one.

  it's what you are sitting at right now reading this thread.

  desk your computer sits on.

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  *Finally*, FINALLY, we got the blinds delivered for the office, so I can take a pic facing the other direction without it looking like crap.

  Anyway, pic from the other direction (showing wife's desk):
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  Spiderman....funny like. And with legos!

  by Xander in

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  http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/spiderman2.html

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  Xander

  http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/spiderman2.html
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  John Kerry on Larry King Live

  by Mulan in

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  last night john kerry and his wife, teresa heinz kerry, were on larry king live.

  heinz kerry: yes, absolutely.

  kerry: absolutely.. .

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  Xander

  The bush camp are such idiots for calling him a flip-flopper for being able to separate his personal beliefs and the personal rights of citizens.

  Quoted for truth.
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  The funniest funnies you'll ever see - no, seriously

  by Xander in

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  2. humour

  from: http://www.dleepow.us/emergency.html.

  (note: we did not create this material and its author is unknown to us.

  all we know is that we so approve!).

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  Xander

  From: http://www.dleepow.us/emergency.html

  (Note: we did not create this material and its author is unknown to us. All we know is that we so approve!)

  The US government has a new website, http://www.ready.gov/. It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII.
  
  The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything!
  Here are a few interpretations:

  
  If you have set yourself on fire, do not run.

  If you spot terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle. If you are Vin Diesel, yell really loud.

  If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it against the wall with your shoulder.

  If you are sprayed with an unknown substance, stand and think about it instead of seeing a doctor.

  Use your flashlight to lift the walls right off of you!

  The proper way to eliminate smallpox is to wash with soap, water and at least one(1) armless hand.

  Michael Jackson is a terrorist. If you spot this smooth criminal with dead, dead eyes, run the [edit] away.

  Hurricanes, animal corpses and the biohazard symbol have a lot in common. Think about it.

  Be on the lookout for terrorists with pinkeye and leprosy. Also, they tend to rub their hands together manically.

  
  If a door is closed, karate chop it open.

  
  If your building collapses, give yourself a blowjob while waiting to be rescued.

  
  Try to absorb as much of the radiation as possible with your groin region. After 5 minutes and 12 seconds, however, you may become sterile.

  
  After exposure to radiation it is important to consider that you may have mutated to gigantic dimensions: watch your head.

  
  If you've become a radiation mutant with a deformed hand, remember to close the window. No one wants to see that shit.

  
  If you hear the Backstreet Boys, Michael Bolton or Yanni on the radio, cower in the corner or run like hell.

  
  If your lungs and stomach start talking, stand with your arms akimbo until they stop.

  
  If you are trapped under falling debris, conserve oxygen by not farting.

  
  If you lose a contact lens during a chemical attack, do not stop to look for it.

  Do not drive a station wagon if a power pole is protruding from the hood.

  A one-inch thick piece of plywood should be sufficient protection against radiation.

  
  Always remember to carry food with you during a terrorist attack. At least you'll be able to enjoy a nice coke and apple before you die.
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  Did you wear your badge outside the convention, so as to "give a witness?"

  by truthseeker in

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  this year at the dc, we were expressly told to wear our badges at all times, even when going to a restaurant or some place else, so we could "give a witness.".

  did any of you hear follow through with this arrangement?

  did you have one of those "fantastic" experiences, when someone commented on your badge?.

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  Always wore it. Ruined a lot of otherwise okay suits that way. Not like I wore suits anywhere other than in service and to the halls, but, ya know...it's the principle of the thing!

  BTW, AFAIK, they *always* said to always wear them.
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  Interesting article on the state of humanity and charity....

  by Xander in

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  from atot (again, i've been spending too much time there), in a debate about the relative merit of human life (or lack thereof), comes this interesting article quoted:the singer solution to world poverty.

  the new york times magazine.

  september 5, 1999. a contentious ethicist explains why your taste for foie gras is starving children.

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  Xander

  First of all, he advocates killing defective babies, but when his mother developed alzhiemers, thus becoming a nonperson in his philosophy, he refused to have her euthenised, stating that that was different.

  Wow, talk about knee-jerk.

  Tell me, did you even READ the article you linked? Or, just reading comprehension problems?

  He does not *advocate* killing defective babies, he only ever addressed whether something is 'morally acceptable' or not. From the article you linked:

  it should be noted that Singer has never argued that a nonperson who is not suffering has to be euthanized- only that it would be morally acceptable to euthanize

  In any case, what the hell is wrong with eugenics? Obviously, not the way the Nazis did it (pick a race as superior, gas everyone else)....but then, they bastardized and twisted a lot of otherwise good ideas to justify their barbarianism. The idea that selective breeding can improve the species doesn't seem a flawed one on its own.