I was in therapy many years ago and explaining the negative impact of growing up as a JW. The therapist kept asking if I held my parents responsible. I kept saying, No, they didn't know any better because they both were brought into it quite young. It wasn't their fault. He leaned forward and stopped me and said, "But they were the ones who raised you in it." I finally understood that it was OK to be angry and OK to hold them responsible and OK to wish my upbringing had been different. It allowed me to deal with it and move on.
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Who or what are you most angry at, when it comes to your situation in relation to JW Org?
by BreathoftheIndianNose ini've been receiving very bitter messages from jws i know, mostly my mother, but also others that know how to contact me electronically.
sometimes i find myself mad at her, though not displaying it.
but i know it's really not her or my fathers fault.
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The World Lost Another of The Brothers Gibb Today
by watson inso sad to lose anther of the bee gees.
robin lost his battle with cancer today.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehz5rjfnh4.
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I think many of you will return to the religion one day
by free2beme ini don't mean this as an insult, more of a life experience thing.
i saw a lot of people leave in my years there and a lot were angry with the religion and the people, and some even protested the kingdom halls and wrote things in the newspapers.
a lot though, came back in time, as it was just the comfort zone they felt at ease in.
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I've been out for 40 years.....I think I'm good.
Why would anyone want to return to a dying religion? It doesn't even have any longer the appeal that it did in its hey-day - the 50s.
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Would you support "Open Carry" legislation in your state?
by Glander inmany states have such laws.
it is being considered in many others.
if legal, would you openly carry a firearm?.
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I wonder what are the odds of a) being confronted by a life-threatening weaponator and b) simultaneosly having a weapon on or near your person, and c) effectively using that weapon to disable your attacker?
Secondarily, I wonder what are the odds of a) having a gun in your house for "protection", b) having that gun loaded, and c) having that gun found by either a curious child/grandchild or a temporarily enraged adult and, d) harming/killing a loved one?
I will check on the statistics.
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Horrid Time for Me
by Band on the Run inmy pain has been in remission.
i have a morphine pump.
pain broke through toward the end of the medication.
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BOTR -
I don't always agree with you on everything - but mostly I do - and I am so sorry to know that you are suffering physically. I know the other kind of pain - it is manageable - but physical pain is where the rubber really meets the road. Please know that you and your contributions are valued here. I hope you are able to persevere.
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Would you support "Open Carry" legislation in your state?
by Glander inmany states have such laws.
it is being considered in many others.
if legal, would you openly carry a firearm?.
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Astounded at the BTS' quote from "Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners" and looking for something a little less biased, there is this from Wiki:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Attributed to Mark Twain.Much study has been done of the comparative experience and policies of Canada with its southern neighbour the United States, and this is a topic of intense discussion within Canada.
Historically, the violent crime rate in Canada is lower than that of the U.S. and this continues to be the case. For example, in 2000 the United States' rate for robberies was 65 percent higher, its rate for aggravated assault was more than double and its murder rate was triple that of Canada. However, the rate of some property crime types is lower in the U.S. than in Canada. For example, in 2006, the rates of vehicle theft were 22% higher in Canada than in the US. [ 12 ] Since violent crimes are a smaller fraction of all crimes, the difference between the two countries is less than the homicide rate might make it seem, and the overall rates are generally close (see Crime in the United States). [citation needed]
Furthermore, in recent years, the gap in violent crime rates between the United States and Canada has narrowed due to a precipitous drop in the violent crime rate in the U.S. For example, while the aggravated assault rate declined for most of 1990s in the U.S. and was 324 per 100,000 in 2000, the aggravated assault rate in Canada remained relatively steady throughout and was 143 per 100,000 in 2000. In other areas, the U.S. had a faster decline. For instance, whereas the murder rate in Canada declined by 36% between 1991 and 2004, the U.S. murder rate declined by 44%. [ 13 ] Both Saskatoon and Regina consistently have Violent Crime rates that would place them among the 10 most violent cities in the US, and often individually exceed larger US centres in terms of Total numbers for Aggravated Assaults and Robbery. [citation needed]
The homicide rate in Canada peaked in 1975 at 3.03 per 100,000 and has dropped since then; it reached lower peaks in 1985 (2.72) and 1991 (2.69). It reached a post 1970 low of 1.73 in 2003. The average murder rate between 1970 and 1976 was 2.52, between 1977 and 1983 it was 2.67, between 1984 and 1990 it was 2.41, between 1991 and 1997 it was 2.23 and between 1998 to 2004 it was 1.82. [ 14 ] The attempted homicide rate has fallen at a faster rate than the homicide rate. [ 15 ]
By comparison, the homicide rate in the U.S. reached 10.1 per 100,000 in 1974, peaked in 1980 at 10.7 and reached a lower peak in 1991 (10.5). The average murder rate between 1970 and 1976 was 9.4, between 1977 and 1983 it was 9.6, between 1984 and 1990 it was 9, between 1991 and 1997 it was 9.2 and between 1998 and 2004 it was 6.3. In 2004 the murder rate in the U.S. dipped below 6 per 100,000, for the first time since 1966, and as of 2010 stood at 4.8 per 100,000 [ 13 ]
Approximately 70 percent of the total murders in the U.S. are committed with firearms, versus about 30 percent in Canada. [ 16
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BizzyBee
Max Weber the sociologist?
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Student Loan Interest Rates the new Hot Potato
by designs inthe democrats want to fund the rate subsidy by taxing wealthy individuals on their ss, eliminating the ceiling and the gop want to fund it by money set aside for the national health care preventative health care portion.. .
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BizzyBee
National Health Care Preventative Health Care provides for, among other things: women not being penalized with higher insurance premiums than men's, contraception, mammograms, pap smears, new baby care and well-child visits, etc.
"The myth is there is a Republican war on women. There's not a Republican war on women."
~Michelle Bachmann
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Dan Savage talks about the bible and Christian students flee
by Terry in<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ao0k9qdsovs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
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zap2it.comdan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the biblehuffington post - 42 minutes agodan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the bible... walked out of dan's speech the moment he began talking about the parts of the ...
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BizzyBee
Elementary, my dear Watson.
(I've always wanted to say that.)
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Dan Savage talks about the bible and Christian students flee
by Terry in<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ao0k9qdsovs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
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zap2it.comdan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the biblehuffington post - 42 minutes agodan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the bible... walked out of dan's speech the moment he began talking about the parts of the ...
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BizzyBee
And thank you, hemp.
