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  Are YOU Shunned By JW Family or Friends?

  by minimus in

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  some who are not disfellowshipped are still shunned i also know there’ are disfellowshipped ones that family still associate with..

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  scotsman

  I'm not dfed but i'm shunned by everyone who knew me until I was 30, including my family.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

  1. jw
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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

  but its current or just post current times.

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  @ jp1692

  Have you read Oryx & Craik? Another great Atwood dystopia, although I've not read the rest of the Madaddam trilogy as it gave me repeated Armageddon dreams (hadn't long exited). I've just read Hag-Seed which is completely different and reminded me of that other great Canadian author Robertson Davies.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Right, but the series? Has it been bastardized?

  No. the first series is the same as the novel, the second series is new writing. It's an imagined north east USA becoming a militarised theocratic Christian state. Viewers are free to draw comparisons with wherever they like.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

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  scotsman

  The novel was published in 1985, it’s not about Trump.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

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  2. experiences

  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

  but its current or just post current times.

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  scotsman

  Disclaimer - I'm only on episode 8 of series 2.

  First series was brilliant, as good as the novel with sufficient tweaks to make it contemporary. Second series is still visually arresting and totally bleak but the plot not quite as robust or believable even though Atwood is still involved.
  

  But the acting across both is fantastic, Elizabeth Moss ability to convey such complexity with her face is astounding.

  There's no JW hanged in the TV version.
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  Favourite female heroes in film ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.

  she's a complete mary sue.

  but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.

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  scotsman

  Particularly impressed that anyone can find anything good in soft focus Sommersby. Should I reawatch it Morpheus? “You are not my husband” is an oft quoted piece of ham in our house.
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  Favourite female heroes in film ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.

  she's a complete mary sue.

  but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.

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  Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), Heathers

  Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve) Potiche

  Mildred Pierce (Joan Crawford), Mildred Pierce

  Elizabeth (Kate Blanchett), Elizabeth

  Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), Fatal Attraction

  Imperator Furiosa, (Charlize Theron), Mad Max : Fury Road

  Divine, Pink Flamingos

  Qui Jou (Gong Li), The Story of Qui Jou

  Varla (Tura Satana), Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

  Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner) Frantic
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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

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  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  I’m in Vienna just now and spent this afternoon in the American Bar (by Adolf Loos, it’s perfection) with an elderly Viennese historian. They see the shift, along with neighbouring countries, as a repeat of the 20th century mistakes. I read some things out from this thread and she laughed at how ignorant it sounded.
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  Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Bake Cake for Gay Couple

  by Simon in

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  seems like such an obviously correct decision to overturn the previous overreach - it should never have been necessary to go to the supreme court but happened because the rights of the religious were being ignored.. as the fundamental level, no one should be able to compel you to work for them or to provide services that go against your beliefs, and certainly not have the government be able to force you to comply.. if this was allowed there would be so many unreconcilable situations that would clog up courts over nonsense.. i also have little patience for these activists that intentionally look to be offended.

  it really doesn't do their cause any good to go round looking to make trouble for people.

  it's also misguided because it ends up strengthening religious rights over effectively stupid issues.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html.

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  scotsman

  Ah, the slippery slope.
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  Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Bake Cake for Gay Couple

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  seems like such an obviously correct decision to overturn the previous overreach - it should never have been necessary to go to the supreme court but happened because the rights of the religious were being ignored.. as the fundamental level, no one should be able to compel you to work for them or to provide services that go against your beliefs, and certainly not have the government be able to force you to comply.. if this was allowed there would be so many unreconcilable situations that would clog up courts over nonsense.. i also have little patience for these activists that intentionally look to be offended.

  it really doesn't do their cause any good to go round looking to make trouble for people.

  it's also misguided because it ends up strengthening religious rights over effectively stupid issues.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html.

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  scotsman

  Neither NFL players nor Westboro are selling a commercial service.