Posts by RAZORMIND55

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We're all Americans....Reparations?

by Country Girl in

reparations.

this country was barely populated when slaves were brought from africa.

are you going to hunt down every descendant of slaves, many of whom took on the names of their owners families and have thousands upon thousands of descendants?

RAZORMIND55

If you are black, and you can trace your history through the ages, do you think that you need reparations to make it good and rightt?

Unfortunately, it's the rare, and I do mean extremely rare, African-American who can "trace their history through the ages." You must really be blind if you think otherwise.

we never settled this several years ago.

Darling, do you really think this will ever be settled?

Personally, all of you whites can keep your goddamned "reparations". I made it through this world with my own two hardworking hands and my brains, and that's how I aim to keep on making it. I don't want shit from any white so-called "American", ever. Some days I don't think I'd care if I never saw another white person again.

Country Girl, you certainly seem to be pretty het up about this whole reparations thing. Did you get embroiled into a discussion with someone on this topic IRL recently?

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Listen to phonecall made to WT regarding "Brother Prince"...

by rare treat in

jw
friends

hello everyone.

here is a video of a phonecall made this morning to the wt regarding "br.

prince" and his "worldly" performance at the superbowl yesterday.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdldlvl4ktw.

RAZORMIND55

I mean, really...if Prince thinks singing "All along the Watchtower" is a wink and a nod to other JWs, how clueless can he be about how the old farts in charge would view this? When I was a JW, to have associated the 2 would have been to sling muck on Jehovah's name. That was evil worldly crap! And now you have JW kids who think Prince is cool, also thinking it's cool to sing worldly songs with the word "Watchtower" in them? And wearing makeup? tisk, tisk...
Bethel had to have learned with the Michael Jackson mess (back when Thriller came out - we were 'in' then) that having a JW whose fame is *current* is a loose cannon. At first it makes being a JW look cool and might get your foot in the door with more people, but when the star is, for instance, performing things that a good JW isn't even supposed to *listen* to, then studies will figure out it's all BS and quit (along with a bunch of questioning JWs). To keep their 'clean org' fantasy going they have to publicly disown him. It's fine when you were famous 20 years ago and it can be made to look like you've seen the light and changed your evil ways. It's hardly possible when you're a current star or you're trying to get your career going again.
I feel sorry for the average poor pioneer who's dealing with this right now...trying to get his or her head around why s/he, who is desperately struggling to put food on the table and a roof over their heads, has to look at every job opportunity under a freaking microscope, looking for any possible reason to reject the paycheck they so desperately need...and here we have Brother Prince singing at the Superbowl? Pity the poor part-time cleaning person who turned down the opportunity to clean the stadium after the game, because the money would have been tainted somehow...
Prince is a musician who is dedicated to his music. He's not going to turn down the opportunity to get his music in the limelight again. His skewed experience as a JW is not going to hold up to the harsh light of day and the scrutiny that will come from both average members and Bethel. He can't hide his basic personality or his love of music...and up til now my guess is he hasn't learned he needed to. The house of cards is going to collapse.....

HA! I mentioned all of this a long, long time ago....but of course I got shot down. "He has a right to celebrate his religion even if it's somewhat skewed" and all that jazz. You are, of course, right on the money and I totally agree with you...but I remember getting a completely different reaction when I touched on this subject this eons ago. Reason #5,979 why I rarely visit this forum anymore.

I'm still waiting with bated breath to see how this whole "Prince as a JW" thing pans out in the end. And I still want to know if he wears stilettos and makeup to the Book Study.

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Whilst

by becca1 in

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friends

i know this is silly, but i love it when people on here say "whilst".

we never, ever say that in the us.

whenever i see that word in a post it makes me smile.

RAZORMIND55

I thought is was the same as "while".

Yes, I know that "whilst" is synonymous with "while".

Why my great-grandmother used the word in her context, I do not know.

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Whilst

by becca1 in

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friends

i know this is silly, but i love it when people on here say "whilst".

we never, ever say that in the us.

whenever i see that word in a post it makes me smile.

RAZORMIND55

I am from the U.S. My great-grandma used to use "whilst."

For example, when she said, "T'aint whilst to leave yet!" she meant, "It ain't time for you to leave yet!"

She'd also say, "T'aint whilst to bile!", which meant, "It isn't (well, ain't) time for it to boil yet!"

This is in rural North Carolina, by the way.

She's about the only person I know who used it in regular conversation. Sometimes I use it when I'm writing.

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KM Insert "How Do I View Blood Fractions..." Complete Scan and PDF

by V in

download pdf here (all four pages).

page 1 of insert: http://i11.tinypic.com/2s67s6g.jpg.

page 2 of insert: http://i12.tinypic.com/2dtnpr9.jpg.

RAZORMIND55

To whomever directed me to the correct way to print these scans (too lazy to scroll through the posts)

THANKS A BUNCH! IT WORKED!

Also, I thought that using one's own blood was "a matter of Christian conscience" at one time in the past, and that "some Christians choose this option." Now they do not? Am I just imagining this? I'm almost positive that I saw that somewhere in the past.

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Discrimination

by sandy in

have you ever experienced it?

if so please let say why you know or feel you were discrimated against.

was is gender, age, race, sexual preference, religion?.

RAZORMIND55

In answer to the topic question,

"YES" to racial discrimination (I am Black and I live in the US, in the South, need I say more?)

"YES" to gender discrimination (I am female)

"YES" to age discrimination (I am very small and supposedly look very young for my age, 36 yo)

"YES" to African American color discrimination as well (i.e., "light-skinned/dark-skinned" issue)

Most White people seem genuinely shocked that I speak regular English, have manners, that I have a husband, and that I am an considerably intelligent person. Throw in a lot of "unusual" tastes and interests, and sometimes I feel like I'm viewed as a freak, or an alien at most. A lot of White people only feel comfortable with trying to use "Black" slang, and high-fiving and trying to be a "homie", and talking about the latest rap/hip-hop songs/movies to a Black person. Most do not know how to address me or act towards me. Um, how about just as a regular person?!? Hey, that'd probably work!

The Turkish hair salon owners near my house have a habit of chatting up the White customers, asking about their health, laughing, talking about the weather--while I got only the barest, most perfunctory service. I no longer frequent their business because there have been several instances where they have rushed to wait on White customers who just walked in the door, while I (and other Black customers) had been waiting (and waiting, and waiting....) My mom let my sister and I take a craft class when we were 11-12, we were the only minority kids in the entire class, and the White teacher could barely hide her contempt for us, the freckly bitch. That was pretty miserable.

I had a White boss (a pharmacist) who would show her White customers all the OTC options on the shelves when they had medical questions, but to the Black ones she would always snap, "Well, I can show you what we have, but it's the cheapest--all the other items will probably be too expensive for you."

The Chinese waitresses at the restaurant we used to visit frequently left us stranded at our table for eternity, empty glasses and plates, while they laughed and joked with and basically ass-kissed the White customers. My husband still goes there, but I REFUSE to pay somebody to treat me like shit. And if I go into one more hair-supply shop and have the Asian cashier ask me if my hair is real...I swear to God.

A lot of people don't like when I use "big words." Some have said that "I don't always have to be so smart." Not "smart" as in flippant, but "smart" as in brainy. I never hear men being told something like this. I have to really assert myself sometimes to keep from being talked down to by people who think I'm a lot younger than I am.

Stuff like this doesn't happen every day by any means, but these are all incidences that I have had happen to me.

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JW teenage pregnancies...............did you know of any ?

by vitty in

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friends

i was in the borg for 20 of my adult years and i must say that in all that time i only knew of one sister who got pregnant before she was married.

she was given a public reproof and was never treated badly.. considering a lot of the teenagers did most things they shouldnt have and many did get reproved for immorality, i am surprised that many didnt get pregnant.

especially as they would of likely not have been taking contraception.. was this common in you kh or area?.

RAZORMIND55

HAH!!! In the 2-3 surrounding congregations in my area, my former cong included, girls were getting knocked up left and right. Hell, they basically don't even have young people in those congs anymore, all of them have been DF'd or DA'd after having a kid(s) out of wedlock. A lot of them, though, stay "out" for a few years, long enough to actually have a normal dating life (and to marry a "worldly" guy), then go back "in" whilst their new hubbies either convert or make sporadic visits to the KH and/or Memorial.

One girl, though, got pregnant and claimed she was raped. I hear that he lost a college scholarship because of this incident. About a year later, she had another baby by the same boy.

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What faithful JW's do you pity the most?

by OnTheWayOut in

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friends

many of us have family in the borg, we are anxious to get them out, .

we might be very angry with the borg.. but who among the jw do you really just pity?

is it elders, pioneers, retired folks w/o decent retirement?.

RAZORMIND55

the children are the worst off. By the time they have a choice, their most important developmental years, and often education opportunities, are gone.

YUP!!!

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A Video Shunning Xperience....

by AK - Jeff in

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friends

my g-daughter and i were in the video store this morning.

[she was out of school with a cough and fever - they won't let her back for 24 hours].. as we prepared to check out in comes sister rita righteous.

actually i jest here - rita has been df'd three times as a fornicatrix, married out of the 'truth' to a drug dealer, has raised three children who never accepted the religion, and has never, in my 35 years of her acquaintance been 'spiritually minded' or 'active in the service'.. anyway - i am freshly announced as 'no longer one of jehovah's witnesses', and apparently she has heard.

RAZORMIND55

fornicatrix

I love it

har dee har har

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KM Insert "How Do I View Blood Fractions..." Complete Scan and PDF

by V in

download pdf here (all four pages).

page 1 of insert: http://i11.tinypic.com/2s67s6g.jpg.

page 2 of insert: http://i12.tinypic.com/2dtnpr9.jpg.

RAZORMIND55

Every time I try to print these pages, the image prints out so large that it runs off the page. Can someone advise? I really want to show this to some people.