Posts by czarofmischief

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More Florida Pics!

by Englishman in

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i'm not posting group pics much because there's been quite a few already and the ones that i have also include some who want to remain anonymous.. so, here we go!

this is getting ready for the "off", saying goodbye to grandson charlie: .

once we arrived in orlando, we visited "seaworld" where we came across some fearsome creatures.

This is why I'm Disappointed....

by Nickey in

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it's a public board.

i was still a jw.

i came here looking for answers to my questions and doubts.

Freedom hurts. Things get said, statements get made, verbally or otherwise - the nonverbal declaration of eternal contempt voiced by urinating on a Kingdom Hall can speak volumes about a person's viewpoint.

It might not be the most effective tactic for getting people out of the Borg... but we aren't an army, and we don't have a unified statement to make, nor any reason to organize. Ultimately, everybody is free. Always and everywhere, everyone is free to do what they choose.

The whole point of getting out of the Borg is to be free to piss on a Kingdom Hall if you want. To not be scared of Armageddon. To prove that God is not some trigger happy maniac with a lightning gun.

Lastly, WE DON'T OWE THE DUBS ANYTHING! Why should we put ourselves out, bend over backwards, pretend to be who we aren't, in order to try to "win them over?" If they want freedom, all they have to do is reach out and take it, accepting the painful consequences of such freedom. If they are so frightened by what they see on this board that they run trembling back into their warm cultic cocoon, then how will they EVER handle being out in the world? This board has some characters on it, but most of the people here are MUCH nicer than some of the cretins I've run across since I've been out (and while I was still in, for that matter). If you tell them you were offended by something they said, most of them apologize for offending you, or try to rephrase what they said. That's pretty much the essence of civilized conversation, and all you can ask of somebody. To ask them to hold back for fear of "stumbling" someone who is new, well, I say, screw the newbie and let them learn the hard way. It's the fastest.

I say, let freedom ring. Pee on the Kingdom Hall if you want. Shocking, maybe, but better than the awestruck "God built this drywall tinderbox" dubstyle of conformity that demands silence instead of honesty. If they have honest questions, they can find the answers here. I see no reason to sugarcoat the products of freedom, the brutal opinions and complete ability to state one's mind without fear.

CZAR

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From heavy-handed morality to no morality

by logansrun in

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it is an almost knee-jerk reaction for someone coming out of a high-control group like the jws to automatically throw all caution to the wind and act in a self-destructive manner.

(unless one goes from one hc group to another, that is).

i'm all too curious...for those that have been out a while, did you go through this anomie?

czarofmischief

I busted loose, and did a lot of what people might call "reckless". I guess I still haven't settled down, because I really like having fun and partying and stuff - drugs and booze and stuff.

Although the czarina keeps a rather firm rein on my crazier impulses - I have bipolar disorder which makes the whole situation highly individual. Sometimes I need a drink in order to reduce the serotonin in my brain so I can sleep or have a normal conversation, and sometimes I can't touch the stuff without puking or attempting suicide - I dunno, maybe I'm not somebody who should be included in a survey like this. I might skew the numbers towards the reckless because of my illness and not because of my religo-philosophical background.

ALTHOUGH I must say that I have more fun celebrating the holidays than I do or did with drugs and booze. It's a tastier pleasure, just so, I don't know, BLASPHEMOUS to be carving a jack-o-lantern. I'm buying xmas decorations this week and I feel so mischievous, I think I'll decorate the tree with WT propaganda.

CZAR

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Dubya's new speech writer

by Swickley in

sunday 2 november 2003. years ago, i was asked to write a speech for president nixon.

i didn't do that, but i wish president bush would ask me to write a speech for him now.

here's what i'd write if he asked me to - which is unlikely: .

czarofmischief

If I were Andy Rooney, I'd bitch and moan and whine too, because I'd wasted my life doing hack journalism for a defeated ideology.

CZAR

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The saber falls into the wrong hands!

by czarofmischief in

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yep, it's my 1,000th post.

i guess that makes me a jedi upon my next post.

i had a speech prepared... but oh well.... i'd just like to thank my parents for giving me this computer, crazy mocha coffee company for letting me borrow their network card for months at a stretch, upmc for giving me a job with night shift access to the internet, and my wife for keeping me alive for almost two years now.. thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you.

czarofmischief

yep, it's my 1,000th post. I guess that makes me a Jedi upon my NEXT post. I had a speech prepared... but oh well...

I'd just like to thank my parents for giving me this computer, Crazy Mocha Coffee company for letting me borrow their network card for months at a stretch, UPMC for giving me a job with night shift access to the Internet, and my wife for keeping me alive for almost two years now.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you. Although most of my friends on this board have vanished with the course of time, things being what they are, please know that I enjoy all of your posts except for the ones that start, "Well, I'm going back to the Kingdom Hall" or "Simon is deleting me!" or "Bush sucks!" (ah, screw you hippies! )

Having grown spiritually, I'd like to petition the company for more flirtatious and sexually charged threads. I need more opportunities to show off my "talents" for inappropriate humor.

Hard to believe, I've been ignored for 1000 posts now. Praise the Lord!

CZAR

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Online judgementalism

by logansrun in

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in my year and a half as a member of a couple ex-jw forums i have seen what i perceive to be a massive error on both my part and the part of others.

the mistake is this: judgeing someone simply from their on-line personality and statements.

i see it time and time again.

czarofmischief

Snap judgements suck. And universals are never true.

CZAR

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I had to DF my brother a few days ago!

by cyberguy in

i had to df my brother a few days ago!

i just wanted to visit him and my family late december.

anyway, he said, "we don?t want you here!

czarofmischief

Suicide should be the LAST thing you ever do!

Just a little levity. Hey, you have to speak the truth, brother, especially to your flesh and blood - I had a conversation with my own mom like this earlier in the month. I think they aren't talking to me anymore.

Oh well. Nobody said that saying what you really think would be easy, nor does the First Amendment protect us from the social consequences of speaking out.

Good luck! Hugs (in a manly, non-homophobically threatening way, with backslapping and handshake barrier)

CZAR

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