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But if she exits the exchange - for whatever reason - and she continues to receive separate texts, one after the other, with still more questions that are perceived as critical of her religious beliefs, that's where I begin to see how it could be construed by her as harassment.

What does this mean? How did she exit the exchange? If I send you a long text from 10 miles away.. and your responses don't occur in within 30 seconds... does that mean you have exited the exchange? Do i need to remind you that this was it a face to face conversation in which she turned her back and fled screaming in the opposite direction from me. It's text messages! I very often text people and don't get a reply till the next day and often even days later. Does that mean my recipients 'exited the exchange'?

No. It means they were maybe busy.. or working.. or eating, or sleeping.. or knocking on doors, or busy sending that same jw.org mass mailer message to the other 100 people in their phone book and dealing with the responses.. not to mention her message said to forward her text on to everyone else that I knew as well.

Steve.. my initial post may appear to be long and drawn out but this whole exchange took less than a few minutes.

If anything, it's you that's harassing me in right now in this post. Where's my lawyer? I think I need to text him.

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Morris in Italy

by Achille in

morris in italy, january 5, 2014. http://forum.infotdgeova.it/viewtopic.php?p=281371#p281371.

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“In my opinion” TV is never to be on during meal time.

What if your learning from a cooking program?

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World's Greatest Music: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, voted # 1

by compound complex in

jw
friends

now playing at kdfc.com.

interesting that dvorak's symphony no.

9 was voted to the number two spot .

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Whatever the mis-understanding it gave us an insight to your deep music experience and appreciation. It is amazing that there were JW's who still managed to keep their identity together and actually flourish.

I was able to flourish because I was not raised in the organisation at all.. far from it. I came from a very free and creative background. I also took well over a 2 decade break from the organisation and to fill the gap and void that appeared I completely immersed myself in music. I was practicing my instrument often up to 16 hours a day for a straight 14 years. On leaving the first time I had an absolute explosion of personal creativity.

On leaving for the second and final time I am now having another. It's very clear to me that being locked in a tight confining box like that the society creates for you all creative energy and expression is choked to death.

I myself have been fortunate to personally met some of the worlds greatest musicians including: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, BB.King , Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Betty Carter, Dave Brubeck (and his whole family), Mike Stern, Art Blakey (dozens of times) Nina Simone, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, George Benson, Jacques Loussier (beautiful piano player,and an incredible human being), Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard , Pace De Lucia (worlds best flamenco guitarist), Juan Martin (same), Paco Pena (ditto), Zakhir Hussien (worlds No.1 tabla player unbelievable human being!) Joe Pass, Julian Joseph, Several of Bob Marley's children (various concerts), Fela Kuti and all his 27 wives, Jimmy Page and John Bonham from Led Zepplin, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Pantera (whole band), Prince (he's only about 4ft tall, lol) , Chris De Burg, Bjork, Fishbone, Jools Holland, Jamiroquoi, and many ohers I can not remember.

Growing up surrounded by these people and their astounding music your entire life does something to you. It alters you for ever.

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Bizarre exchange with witness after being away for a year..

by Dis-Member in

i few moments ago i received a strange text message.

it read:.

russian government is opening a case on banning our jw.org website in russia.

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I did not state you were harrassing her; I said it could be construed as harrassment.

Pardon? Someone who used to be a friend texts me.. and I text them back and ask a few questions on the subject they spoke to me about.. and I can be accused of harrasment!!?

I think we live on different planets mate.

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Here's what the org can do with it's billions..

by Dis-Member in

why don't they leave the magazines at home, go all out on they streets and do this for a change.. jesus would be very pleased.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g65z8p1ynhw.

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Why don't they leave the magazines at home, go all out on they streets and do this for a change.. Jesus would be very pleased..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65z8p1YNhw

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Bizarre exchange with witness after being away for a year..

by Dis-Member in

i few moments ago i received a strange text message.

it read:.

russian government is opening a case on banning our jw.org website in russia.

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It's here..

http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/europe/russia/attempt-to-ban-website/

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Bizarre exchange with witness after being away for a year..

by Dis-Member in

i few moments ago i received a strange text message.

it read:.

russian government is opening a case on banning our jw.org website in russia.

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The manner in which one question followed another via consecutive texts, despite her non-replies, could be construed as harrassment.

She was from a totaly different congregation and had no idea that I'd not been to a meeting in a year.

My phone too is rather simple and basic so instead of sending a paragraph as you can with say an Iphone mine has limited characters per message so I had to send a small group of messages, but they were in rapid succession for form a paragrah at her end. No harassment there.

It what part of the world is asking mutiple questions harassment? We all did it ourselves when we knocked oin doors.. I always had a million questions for house holders. It's not harassment, it's called having a conversation.

The were not new points really either. It was all related to the single subject.. praying for bothers and the website.

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Bizarre exchange with witness after being away for a year..

by Dis-Member in

i few moments ago i received a strange text message.

it read:.

russian government is opening a case on banning our jw.org website in russia.

Dis-Member

I felt sick only because it gave me a reminder of how twisted and mental some of these people can be and why I left. Not because I am afraid or fear anything from them.

They can do me no harm.

I did not quite persue her.. I type really fast when I text an fired off a flurry of questions. None of which are disfellowhipping actions. I have asked far more challenging things to Overseers CO'S and elders and was met with the same cold silence. Nothing else.