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Robbie Burns fan

by rubberducky in

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during the flame wars of the past few days ive kept my head down in a safe place (lurking again).

but i feel impelled to share with you all some lines written a long time ago by robbie burns but so appropriate to our present state of affairs:.

oh wad some power the giftie gie us.

During the ‘Flame Wars’ of the past few days I’ve kept my head down in a safe place (lurking again). But I feel impelled to share with you all some lines written a long time ago by Robbie Burns but so appropriate to our present state of affairs:

“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion.”

I hesitate to give the title of the poem as some might take it too personal – but here it is anyway: “To A Louse”.

I had a real concern that various ‘arsonists’ were intent on burning down the Forest where many of we smaller creatures have found shelter and comfort. I am truly thankful that things have quieted down. Is it because fire season is nearly over or because ‘Ranger’ Simon is back on the job? Please, be careful with the ‘fire’ that words can ignite.

My quack of the day.

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"Whoever fights Monsters..."

by rubberducky in

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whoever fights monsters.... there is a quote that has been alluded to at times in the threads about pedophilia and blood and the wt societys attempts at spin doctoring and revisionism.

i felt it would be useful to read the whole quote as contained in bartlett.

it is from nietzsches human, all to human:.

rubberducky

“Whoever fights monsters...”

There is a quote that has been alluded to at times in the threads about pedophilia and blood and the WT Society’s attempts at spin doctoring and revisionism. I felt it would be useful to read the whole quote as contained in Bartlett. It is from Nietzsche’s “Human, All To Human”:

“Whoever fights Monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a Monster. And when you look long into an Abyss, the Abyss also looks into you.”

Anyone who abuses a child is a Monster. And any one who covers-up and protects such a Monster is one by association. Those who ‘spin doctor’ the death of children into an event of faith and obedience are Monsters of the first order also.

Anger against such Monsters is, to use Nietzsche’s title, ‘human, all to human’. Such anger, as has been pointed out in some recent threads, can be very positive – helping to spur people to take action. Yet uncontrolled anger can metamorphose into hate. And hate is a very corrosive emotion that can damage the ‘Hater’ as much as the ‘Hatee’.

IMHO this is the Abyss that Nietzsche is warning against, allowing hatred of the Monster to overwhelm us.

Interestingly, a footnote to the above quote in ‘Bartlett’ referred to a Walt Kelly 1970 Pogo cartoon (a favorite of mine) that had this caption:

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

I hope that none of us are drawn into that Abyss and become our own enemy.

My ‘Quack’ for the day.

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TO ALL BODIES 0F ELDERS - July 1, 1989

by Kent in

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just a reminder to those who never did read this: .

ps: hello watchtower legal dep!

i guess you love this:.

rubberducky

Thank you Kent, for posting this info. As I read through it, I am reminded of Paul's words about the 'Superior Authorities' at Romans 13:1-4. I hear an underlying fear of prosecution (not persecution) that echoes in a lot of the writings to 'Bodies of Elders'.

The import of these particular docuements seems to be an attempt to prevent individuals from appealing to the 'Superior Authorities' as "God's minister, an avenger to express wrath upon the one practicing what is bad." vs 4

I wonder if this is not 'docuementary evidence' of what vs 2 speaks of, that those who take a stand against this 'arrangement of God' "will receive judgement to themselves."

I pray that it will be sooner rather than later.

My first 'quack' after 2 months of lurking.