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Eminem and censorship

by Uni girl in

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when my son came home from the meeting, he told me that they were told not to listen to eminem because (in his words) he's bad.. i can not stomach the kind of censorship that is put upon people...aren't these things a personal choice or at least a parents choice.

by censoring everything they make a child go behind their parents back and close the line of communcation which could result in some real harm.

i listened to eminem with my son and whilst some of the things are very offensive it was quite clear to me that although he was talking in the first person, he was actually expressing what he thought societal problems were,(no one think bob marley actually son the sheriff do they??).

newguy

SFJim,

Gee, how do you feel about the censorship of gay people on television, say showing two men on primetime tongue-kissing? there are some people in this country who think little kids shouldn't see THAT.

there are some people who think what happened to Mathhew Sheppard was a good start. they have as much right to say that as gays do to march in parades.

well, if you don't want thugs attacking you, I sincerely suggest carrying a handgun. They wouldn't get a chance to make the same mistake twice.

smile
newguy

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Eminem and censorship

by Uni girl in

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when my son came home from the meeting, he told me that they were told not to listen to eminem because (in his words) he's bad.. i can not stomach the kind of censorship that is put upon people...aren't these things a personal choice or at least a parents choice.

by censoring everything they make a child go behind their parents back and close the line of communcation which could result in some real harm.

i listened to eminem with my son and whilst some of the things are very offensive it was quite clear to me that although he was talking in the first person, he was actually expressing what he thought societal problems were,(no one think bob marley actually son the sheriff do they??).

newguy

SFJim:

There is nothing wrong with Eminem. And saying his lyrics are Nazi propoganda that should be banned is wrong. Look at it this way: if the 1st ammendment will protect even someone like Eminem (or Larry Flint), how much more so will it protect us?

Besides, people are free to buy and NOT buy what they want in a capitalist society. If 19 million people buy his records and radio stations get ratings playing his music, then more power to him. Don't begrudge him his success. I listened to his songs on Napster and actually went out a bought the CDs becuase I liked his music so much.

As Eminem says in one of his songs: "Their just words in a mike."
So Grow up SFJim and welcome to Capitalism!

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How hard is it to kill a Fortune 500 company?

by newguy in

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it seems to be the dream of many here to put the wt corperation out of business.

well, i hate to throw a bucket of cold water called reality on your dreams, but it is not likely to happen anytime soon.. the wt society has annual reveune of about $2.5 billion.

that figure was from recent disclosures they had to file as a not-for-profit company.

newguy

expatbrit:

Yes, and Corning was doing quite well until the telecom bubble burst. (and still isn't doing too bad -- it's rate of growth has only stagnated, but its revenues still grow at a good clip)

But, that example isn't terribly relevent is it? The company was not totally destroyed now was it.

Ginny: I didn't bother to run a spell checker on my posts. I am a victim of whole language in grammer school. If you don't want to believe I have a degree that's fine, but I bet the records department at my school would disagree with you and that's all that really matters in the end. Reality.

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How hard is it to kill a Fortune 500 company?

by newguy in

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it seems to be the dream of many here to put the wt corperation out of business.

well, i hate to throw a bucket of cold water called reality on your dreams, but it is not likely to happen anytime soon.. the wt society has annual reveune of about $2.5 billion.

that figure was from recent disclosures they had to file as a not-for-profit company.

newguy

Hi,

I would really love if Simon Green himself could reply to this. As the creator of this forum, I wonder if he thinks he can take down the Tower with this forum.

I hope Simon has the courage to answer this and isn't afraid of someone who doesn't bow down to his greatness and just blow them away when they happen to disagree with him like the might WT he derides does.

cheers,
newguy

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can you stop the preaching work

by stephenw20 in

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in light of the recent media on the pdophiles with in the organization and the wtbts stand on how these shoulld be dealt with , especailly in states where there is no law regarding reporting this to authorities.,............does any one here feel the neighborhood, town council or neighborhood watch in their town might have interest in know ing , child molestors are walking thier side walks.. .

knowing that summer is coming and lots of outdoor activities along with children being out of school, the community i am sure would like to know who is knocking on their door.. after all, how many pedophiles get an opportunity to get into the community and actually see homes where kids live , see the surrounding s of the house, all in such an innocent trusted manner....put your self at that door answering it with this person at the door.......if you knew this.

can we go door to door after the witnesses are there to say.....by the way the folks who were just here, are part of an organization that shields pedophiles, and doesnt come clean with even its own members as to whothe said offender is .........perhaps a petition against the house to house could be signed......and then offered to local officals.

newguy

hi stephenw20,

it would be unconstitutional for that law to apply to religions. The US supreme court has ruled in favor of the WT going door to door. At best, witnesses only have to notify the police if they will be in the area as a courtesy.

It's something called the 1st Ammendment and I encourage you to study it, you Erin Brockobitch wanna-be.

before you waste more time, check what the US Supreme Court has said on the subject. And if you're not familiar with the legal system, the US Supreme Court rulings trumps any local ordinace.

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How hard is it to kill a Fortune 500 company?

by newguy in

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it seems to be the dream of many here to put the wt corperation out of business.

well, i hate to throw a bucket of cold water called reality on your dreams, but it is not likely to happen anytime soon.. the wt society has annual reveune of about $2.5 billion.

that figure was from recent disclosures they had to file as a not-for-profit company.

newguy

hello all,

It seems to be the dream of many here to put the WT corperation out of business. Well, I hate to throw a bucket of cold water called reality on your dreams, but it is not likely to happen anytime soon.

The WT society has annual reveune of about $2.5 Billion. That figure was from recent disclosures they had to file as a not-for-profit company.(well after the worldwide donation arrangement started). Now, if that was treated as normal for-profit corperatation, they would be 536th largest company in the US in terms of annual revenue alone.

But, since they don't pay any taxes on any of that, and have much lower expenses then normal companies, they probably are in better financial shape and could easily be considered a Fortune 500 or even Fortune 400 company. I wonder if Russell ever thought his creation would become one of the 500 largest companies in the US!

Now, I would like a serious answer to this request. Can anyone in this forum cite an example where a Fortune 500 company went completely out of business due to a grass roots effort. I can think of examples where companies of similar size to the WT where attacked by much larger companies (Apple getting run into the ground by Microsoft), but even these attacks were not completely sucessful. At best you force a restructuring, but the money pot is still safe when the day is done. And that is all that really matters.

And, you may use lawsuits in your example. However, that would work for the WT because it is damn near impossible to sue a religion in the US. (Ecclesiastical privilige lets you get away with, even child molestation if you play your legal cards right -- look at the Catholic churuch.) Disfellowshipping and blood are non-legal issues that no court in the US will not touch with a 10 ft pole.

I eagerly anticipate your responses. I would like the name of the company and I'll even take examples concerning any company with at least $1 billion of revenue when it went out of business.

I honestly don't expect many constructive responses, since none of you can think of any examples because there are NONE!

newguy