Posts by EndofMysteries

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jw.org says "be your own person"

by hoser in

on jw.org.

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.

it says be your own person at 0:53. .

EndofMysteries

Be your own person.

After we tell you what you can or can not wear.

What facial hair styles you may or may not have.

What you may or may not celebrate.

What hotels and food options you may or may not do at conventions.

What kind of music and the volume of the music you may have at your own wedding.

Who you may or may not invite at your own wedding.

Not allowed to pursue a rewarding career.

Should not put your health first.

Should not put your family first.

Should not pursue hobbies.

Should not have too much fun or entertainment.

Not allowed to make friends with outsiders.

Not allowed to celebrate your own or others birthdays.

We determine what clothing and styles you may wear.

Not allowed to vote or participate in society.

You must spend all your free time in service.

Must study all of our repetitive literature on how you must obey us each.

Go to all our meetings teaching how obeying us is vital to your salvation.

You must shun anybody who doesn't agree to worship us and listen to our every word.

After all of these addendums, "be your own person"

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Was justice served fairly in the Micheal Brown tragedy, whats your opinion ?

by Finkelstein in

the michael brown tragedy has garnered a lot of attention in the media recently highlighted.

by the recent county court decision to not indict the lone officer who did the shooting which caused the death of micheal brown.. .. now after more information of the event has been released openly to the public, we can evaluate upon are self.

in are own opinion toward was the law handed out in this particular event proportionately fair or to a professional standard ?.

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apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The role models of the gentle giant inciting a riot. I think his stepfather should be charged with inciting a riot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sffn8aHCu_8

Such a model citizen, that video of MB attacking the store clerk was certainly faked and he really was a gentle giant like his step dad.

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Anyone been to a psychic? Id love to ask about JWs future.

by jemba in

jw
friends

ive been to an eerily accurate psychic who got so many things right.

i dont believe in god but i definitely believe in a spirit world.

if you have been to a psychic who has been accurate have you ever asked about the future of jws?

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kaik - Is that serious? Did they just say those things out of the blue? Like my father is alive, my mom isn't dating, etc, so if I was you, would she have asked questions to then get to that or did she just say them? (I imagine them being like....."mmmmm something big recently happened in your life. you reply yes. They say..."mmm a death".) Was it like a process of elimination or were those things said without confirming/asking questions?

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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Yea I heard about the 12 year old. He was at a park, with an airsoft gun that had the orange thing removed and it looked real enough for somebody to call the police and it would be interesting to know what exactly happened that resulted in him being killed. But a real looking gun and a teen at a park, did the police have any dialogue with him or did they see somebody pointing a gun at somebody after being called there and shot thinking he was about to shoot somebody. With all these school shootings and young people getting guns, and many parents or people defending kids having guns, this sort of thing happens, doesn't mean the police are at fault.

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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talesin - So poverty alone is the issue? How does poverty equate to the disproportionate among of fatherless black children? Over 70% while for other races under 40%? The poorer somebody is, the more economical to live with family, etc. In poor Mexico they don't have those kinds of statistics. Now if it is poverty alone, how can that be fixed? I know for a FACT many black youth are discouraged from higher education and bettering themselves because it's being 'too white'. But the ones who do are doing good. Also because of the high criminal records, if somebody has an extensive police record by age 16, let alone any record, their opportunities greatly decrease. Is it racism that somebody with a criminal history and school dropout can't get a decent job?

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

EndofMysteries

Ahh interesting. The first one makes more sense now. I'm white but I'll say whether white or black, I am bad with faces if everyone has similar haircuts or features. A bunch of same size and build and hair style red headed guys would be as easy to confuse as black guys until longer exposure and notice the distinct features.

The 2nd case does seem unnerving and from your point of view based on those events, I would concur it seemed unwarranted. Unless they don't know the difference between a cherokee and explorer lol.

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A day in the life of a Cop...my story. The truth.

by Witness 007 in

i work for a mental health unit with 2 police officers we deal with people who have drug and mental health issues.

at times over the last 10 years we have "taken down" some large drug affected men, mainly "ice" these days which is epidemic here, and let me tell you even with three of us it is a huge struggle.

sometimes back up is needed or mace spray which is aweful stuff!

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I agree. And for those who are talking about lethal and non lethal. I was surprised a few years ago when the state fair had the police with one of their training videos and lazer guns. They let us try it out. But they are trained for if they have to shoot, it's shoot to kill, NOT shoot to wound.

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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pacopoolio - Interesting story about your experience with police. What led up to those things though? Did you question or not listen or anything? Did they say get out of the car and you asked why vs just doing it, etc?

Anyway in the area I live in, the past few years almost each year a police officer has been killed on duty. Even on basic traffic stops too. Each time an officer pulls somebody over or approaches for any reason, their is a chance that that person will be armed and will attempt to kill them. Some officers may be power hungry aholes, but sometimes the aggression can be because any resistance increases their chances that this stranger may be dangerous.

The crime statistics are not the stop and search misdemeanors, etc, the FBI posts crime statstics annually and broken down by race, gender, etc, for all crimes from theft, robbing, to drunkedness, etc. Blacks are over 50% for all theft/robbery crimes. They are far below average for drunk crimes, whites are top for that. Asians are the lowest in everything.

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Was justice served fairly in the Micheal Brown tragedy, whats your opinion ?

by Finkelstein in

the michael brown tragedy has garnered a lot of attention in the media recently highlighted.

by the recent county court decision to not indict the lone officer who did the shooting which caused the death of micheal brown.. .. now after more information of the event has been released openly to the public, we can evaluate upon are self.

in are own opinion toward was the law handed out in this particular event proportionately fair or to a professional standard ?.

EndofMysteries

There are pictures showing the officer's bruises from being attacked. The jury got all the evidence and facts. According to laws of this country justice was served. If story as officer describes was not a lie, then I side on him. No doubt that Michael attacked him, the only doubt is if in the end he put hands up to stop. As soon as he attacked the officer, he signed his own death warrant. If the first bullet in the car killed him there would have been no contest to anything.

Now THIS CASE below......the big black man who died after a chokehold, I think people should have been charged. Not sure what happened to them but they handled this situation really badly. First he was very upset, he was trying to be respectful even though not cooperating on being arrested, the guy shouldn't have chocked him, his very overweight and should of let him breathe and got off right away, and seems didn't even try cpr or anything when he was dying. And he wasn't a drug dealer or anything, just selling cigarettes illegally or untaxed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ka4oKu1jo

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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

by Simon in

after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

EndofMysteries

Here is what I think is the real issue, based off of these facts.....

1. Michael Brown's father AND SUPPORTERS mention an assassination of Michael Brown's character and attack on his character.

2. 50% of black males have criminal records and black males commit over 50% of all burg/theft crimes.

Now my thoughts. How exactly was Michael Brown's character assassinated? Did anybody make him steal from the store, and strong arm the store clerk? Did anybody make him attack and punch the police officer? So were they supposed to be quiet about that so they could claim he was just a good boy who never did nothing?

OR

Are those things normal and expected of everybody and every good boy does those things but mentioning it publically is wrong? Since all the supporters are taking revealing those facts as an attack on his character, that tells me that to them it's perfectly acceptable to steal, rob, attack somebody who tells you what to do even police (get out of the road), etc.

So that 50% + of the population of the black community feel that they have a right to steal, rob, and do whatever they want. If a black cop killed him there would have been no problem, but how dare a 'white' cop interfere and when he ends up dead, he is off.

They are rioting for their right to steal and rob whenver they want, and is shown by the looting and burning going on. And many of them don't care about michael brown, they just see a chance to rob and steal amidst the protests for an easier way to not get caught.

Now the other 30/40% law abiders are just being silent on the issue because if they chime in then these criminal protestors will attack them too and they'll be called traitors to their people, etc.

Then the news, Obama, and the stupid used car saleman sharpton, and james riling everyone up too to get more money.