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  Elon Musk causing an uproar on Twitter

  by Tallon in

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  elon musk has called one of the thai cave rescue divers a 'paedo' on twitter.. this could prove to be a very costly post should the diver sue him for defamation.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter.

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  Steve2 is getting confused with Peter Thiel, who bought NZ citizenship. Another charming billionaire.
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  Guardian interview with Apostasy director

  by cobweb in

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  this is a really long article about the film apostasy and interview with the director about his story and how he came to make the film.

  apostasy director: ‘it was liberating to leave the jehovah’s witnesses’.

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview?cmp=share_androidapp_copy_to_clipboard.

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  Anyway...back to the interview and movie. It is good interview and I am not sure that I want to see the movie. I have seen the trailer and it is just too real for me. It made my stomach lurch when I watched it. I left so long ago and watching this movie would put me right back into the environment that I rejected. I don't want to go there.

  I’m seeing it next weekend, taking some friends to give them a taste of what the JW world is like but confess I’m feeling apprehensive about how it will leave me feeling.
  
  
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

  but its current or just post current times.

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  I imagine that if you were watching it in Turkey you would find it particularly chilling.
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  Ministry experiences

  by Freedom rocks in

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  hi does anyone have any bad ministry experiences to share or really funny ones?.

  some of mine were:.

  - having water sprayed on us with a hose.

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  Having a householder gently push me over the edge of a balcony and hold a sword against my throat in the roughest part of the city. He wasn't threatening me he was illustrating how he would deal with an intruder. I recall being completely calm about it although my partner was freaked out. I was 18 and thought I was invincible.

  Group of kids cornered us in a snowball fight one night in a housing scheme, it was hilarious.
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  Are YOU Shunned By JW Family or Friends?

  by minimus in

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  some who are not disfellowshipped are still shunned i also know there’ are disfellowshipped ones that family still associate with..

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  scotsman

  I'm not dfed but i'm shunned by everyone who knew me until I was 30, including my family.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

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  scotsman

  @ jp1692

  Have you read Oryx & Craik? Another great Atwood dystopia, although I've not read the rest of the Madaddam trilogy as it gave me repeated Armageddon dreams (hadn't long exited). I've just read Hag-Seed which is completely different and reminded me of that other great Canadian author Robertson Davies.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  MeanMrMustard

  Right, but the series? Has it been bastardized?

  No. the first series is the same as the novel, the second series is new writing. It's an imagined north east USA becoming a militarised theocratic Christian state. Viewers are free to draw comparisons with wherever they like.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

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  scotsman

  The novel was published in 1985, it’s not about Trump.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  Disclaimer - I'm only on episode 8 of series 2.

  First series was brilliant, as good as the novel with sufficient tweaks to make it contemporary. Second series is still visually arresting and totally bleak but the plot not quite as robust or believable even though Atwood is still involved.
  

  But the acting across both is fantastic, Elizabeth Moss ability to convey such complexity with her face is astounding.

  There's no JW hanged in the TV version.
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  Favourite female heroes in film ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  ... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.

  she's a complete mary sue.

  but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.

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  Particularly impressed that anyone can find anything good in soft focus Sommersby. Should I reawatch it Morpheus? “You are not my husband” is an oft quoted piece of ham in our house.