Polish EX-JW Activism compilation video

by WTS Archive 35 Replies latest jw experiences

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  Simon

  Good job, that's the way to do it. What people often miss is that protesting isn't often meant for the people / group being protested, you are unlikely to convince them, but rather it's for the other onlookers. That's why it's important to behave properly and be seen as the sensible, law abiding and respectful, balanced people - trying to perform the service of warning others about some bad situation or behavior.

  Again, that is how you do activism. Many just use that word as an excuse to be a dick.
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  punkofnice

  WTS. Great video. Spokko!

  czy ty jesteś Polakiem?

  Mam dwie polskie wnuczki
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  steve2

  The Polish are/where coming to Britain where there now 50 Polish congegations....

  Yet even in Britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating, especially compared with growth in the past. The growth of peak publishers in Britain from 1986 to 2016 (Source JW organization Yearbooks):

  1986: 1996: 2006: 2016:

  107,767 132,516 129,482 138,261

  From 1996 to 2016, JWs in Britain grew by 5,745, yet in the single decade, 1986 to 1996, they grew by 12,174.

  This despite massive immigration from European countries such as Romania and Poland, among others.
  
  
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  darkspilver

  steve2: Yet even in Britain, growth of publishers has stalled.

  Britain has seen 13 consecutive years of increase in average publishers reporting.
  
  Over the last 13 years Britain has seen the ratio of publishers-to-population go from 1-in-456 to 1-in-471.
  
  "lies, damned lies, and statistics"
  
  
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  Saename

  darkspliver - Britain has seen 13 consecutive years of increase in average publishers reporting.

  Over the last 13 years Britain has seen the ratio of publishers-to-population go from 1-in-456 to 1-in-471.
  

  When you say there was an increase in average publishers reporting, do you mean that more publishers report, or that publishers report more hours? Most likely the latter since the second statement actually demonstrates a decrease in the number of publishers in Britain, assuming that the first mentioned ratio was reported before the second mentioned ratio.

  Edit: The second statement actually could also demonstrate that there are simply more people in Britain... so as you said, "lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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  John Free

  Nope I think it indicates dub growth in the uk isn’t keeping up with population growth.

  Poland’s population decreased by 0.14% year on year, while its Jdub population decreased by 2%. People are streaming to the troof...

  Great work by the way brilliant activism. It’s quite clear that polish apostates rock!
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  WTS Archive

  czy ty jesteś Polakiem?

  Yes, I am polish :).
  

  The Polish are/where coming to Britain where there now 50 Polish congegations....

  That's true, but the mass emigration to UK and other countries already happened several years ago, and for the last few years, at least from my observations not many new people went to UK. Also keep in mind that in the same time we had a big influx of immigrants from Ukraine, so that should pretty much cancel itself out. But we still noted highest decreases ever.
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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Good job! Nice to see some well done picketing of the WT corporation. Maybe in the US this type of picketing might start up?
  
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  ScenicViewer

  ...hopefully this video shows that it can be done in a peaceful, dignified manner.

  Mission accomplished. That was a pleasure to watch.

  From the video:

  ...aggression and abuse will lead to nothing; only a peaceful spirit and solid arguments can help.

  The woman in the video speaking the above words, and the man next to her, were dignified, calm, and appealing, as were all the participants. What a great example of how this kind of work should be done.
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  steve2

  Darkspilver asserted the following:
  

  Britain has seen 13 consecutive years of increase in average publishers reporting.

  Step 1: Look on any "Quick Facts" screen on JW org and emphasis is given to peak publishers when they wish to highlight growth.

  Step 2: Follow peak publishers year by year (which is in greater detail than decade by decade) and you will find no such consecutive increase you may find with average publisher numbers.

  Step 3: Look at the numerical increase from the 1986-1996 decade and compare it to the 2006-2016 decade and answer this question: Is a greater overall number of peak publishers in the 2006-2016 decade bringing in relatively fewer publishers than in the 1986-1996 decade?

  Curiously, darkspilver also provided data that perhaps inadvertently supports my post:

  Over the last 13 years Britain has seen the ratio of publishers-to-population go from 1-in-456 to 1-in-471.

  In fact it is worse than that if you go back to 1996 when there was 1 JW to every 432 Britons whilst last year there was 1 JW to every 471 Britons. So each JW in Britain now has 39 extra people to contact with the message.

  Putting snide quotes aside about "lies, damned lies and statistics" would darkspilver care to comment?