Posts by Tylinbrando

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

This is the house that Simon built. AAWA is the house that Cedars built.

Cedars just picked up his toys and went home me thinks.

Wonder if thats ever happened here with any other recognizable ExJWs? Hmmmm.

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The Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) [WARNING]

by Simon in

uncensored discussions and information for anyone interested in the advocates for awareness of watchtower abuses or 'aawa' http://aawa.co/ (previously known as "the association of anti-watchtower activists http://jwactivists.org/) and how it's handled and responded to privacy issues and put people at risk:.

aawa is here!!

(the association of anti-watchtower activists)an invitation to a new effort- aawawhy when i logged onto aawa did it go to facebook ?in regards to aawaaawa - every generation needs a new revolution - thomas jeffersonnotice how the introduction of the aawa has brought out the loonies lately?will aawa become another cult?

Tylinbrando

I think friends add friends to groups and admins invite people to groups. It's just two types of nomenclature for the same result, I believe.

Under the same member list tab I described above the Administrators are identified and you can see when they "add" someone and when they "invite" someone. Still, if they are the same, why the differentiation?

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

It's only a FB group, for crying out loud. It's not like anyone wants to see the volunteer list shredded.

Good point MadS.

With a reboot volunteers would jump right back in. Then "security clearances" could be in place (as they are now) from the outset. No "added to group"allowed.

But even if these measures were instituted, the bridge would still not be built.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

No slim I dont want to call them liars nor do I want to call AAWA liars. Thus the reason I posted what you quoted.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

Plus it wasn't always secret ...

And there is the delima. Was it or wasn't it and who can prove it with evidence and not hearsay? He said she said does not cut it.

Aren't the members that ask to join being screened and cleared?

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

As it's easy to understand, it wasn't needed that his brother was a member

But only members can see other members in a "secret" group.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Tylinbrando

AAWA has released a statement (I believe it was Cedar's article?) that stated from it's inception the group has always been secret. Being secret means nothing is placed on your newsfeed about the group. That being the case the questions beg to be answered.

Is AAWA flat out telling a lie about the "secret" status timeframe?

Or, as has been discussed repeatedly, was another "open" Facebook group using AAWA's graphics set up by an AAWA fan responsible?

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The Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) [WARNING]

by Simon in

uncensored discussions and information for anyone interested in the advocates for awareness of watchtower abuses or 'aawa' http://aawa.co/ (previously known as "the association of anti-watchtower activists http://jwactivists.org/) and how it's handled and responded to privacy issues and put people at risk:.

aawa is here!!

(the association of anti-watchtower activists)an invitation to a new effort- aawawhy when i logged onto aawa did it go to facebook ?in regards to aawaaawa - every generation needs a new revolution - thomas jeffersonnotice how the introduction of the aawa has brought out the loonies lately?will aawa become another cult?

Tylinbrando

jgnat, when I look through the Facebook groups I am a part of and go to the tab that displays all members I see that three phrases or possibilities are included under everyone's name:

Joe

Joined the group......

Joe

Was invited by ---------- on this date

Joe

Was added by ----------- on this date

Are invites and adds one in the same? I do not think so. I believe when an invite is sent their is a choice to accept or decline. When "added" there is not a choice.

It is a Facebook flaw in my opinion.

Dagney said:

"Invite" is FB's term for add.

If that is so then why is there a differentiation under each members name for "invited" and "added"?

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AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

by NoRegrets in

here's the thing,.

the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

period.

Tylinbrando

Lost, I said:

"Lost, you are a sensationalist still struggling with doomsday indoctrination. Ad Hominem and straw man argumentation will not help to further your own agenda which is clear by your posting style. If the spirit of complaint is all you want to bring to the table and repeat attempts to deconstruct AAWA with your personal contempt, this discussion will go absolutely nowhere and will possibly result in lockdown such as the other AAWA threads.

Bring solutions please. AAWA is going to be around for a long time. Let's help to make it better."

Later, I apologized for what you took as an attack on you personally even when I feel your preceding attack on me was much more scathing. You apologized as well and I thought we were done. That doesn't mean we have to see eye to eye on the issues.

Do You know me outside of this forum? I am beginning to feel like you may have a crush on me. ;)

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AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

by NoRegrets in

here's the thing,.

the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

period.

Tylinbrando

Lost I never attacked you personally and I offered my apologies in the event you felt I was. Again I am sorry you feel that way. I do have a right to state my position and observations just like everyone else. I enjoy Simon's take on the issues and if it seems to you I am vascilating it is because I understand many of the points of concern and would also like to see them addressed. I will remain a supporter of AAWA and JWN and will listen openly to people who present their information in the way Simon has done.

Cedars has been attacked repeatedly on all of these threads in a "nasty" way by many. My stating that does not mean I am calling you out personally Lost.

Finally, and despite your claim, I will not take any credit for compelling these debates any further than it would happen of its own volition.