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James Thomas Rook Jr.

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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from admin in Australia: Incest victim turned lawyer speaks out on reporting violence and sexual abuse   
    Perhaps it is time to learn that song "Daisy, daisy" ........
     
    My mind is going. I can feel it..mp4
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from JW Insider in 1970s Computers   
    I used to work on a computer every day that had a stainless steel hard drive as big as a car steering wheel, and NO monitor.
    The output was on  a wide bodied dot matrix printer with holes on both sides, with paper on a continuous roll below the table.
    In 1971 it cost $26,000, and was as big as a desk.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to admin in Hey JTR   
    I think you misunderstood his new rule.
    In this case you should have posted this on JTR's WALL..... 
    SMH.... people.....
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Space Merchant in Bethel and Alcohol   
    That makes the point for me, that there is an inherit malignancy in the McAfee software.  
    It has been many years, but I think I remember uninstalling it with CCLEANER's "tools" option.
     CCLEANER is a magnificent piece of free ... TOTALLY FREE ... software, that I have been using since 1997 or so, with perfect results, every time.   It removes all clutter from my computer, including debugging and cleaning up the "registry".
    I use it about every two weeks to keep my computers healthy.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Srecko Sostar in Use (application) of Mathew 18:15-17   
    Of course that problem is sensible in every way and angle.
    For example: I get drunken (to what level drunk?), once or in few occasion. And others witnessed to that. And because it is easier, they comment that in their group and rumors start. Let say, one of them decide to report my behavior to elders because he is "righteous one" and his conscience not allowed any more to see me in congregation having public talk, with knowledge i love to drink. After that elders decide to speak with me. 
    Now you have this position. Elders and few of others know about your "problem". How you look like in their eyes? Let say how only 2 elders know that and few witness of my drinking, and perhaps few more because people love to talk. Well, one part of congregation already know something about me. And they take some position about me in that sense. 
    If whole congregation get to know about me and my drinking, what is difference? Number, only that. 
    What is important, is not the number of those who know or not know about my drinking. Important is, what congregants would, will thinking and feeling for me after introducing, knowing me in this way. Real "division" inside congregation would come not because of public knowledge what i have done, but because of "division" inside people hearts and minds, who will be able or not be able to endure, bear with - not me - but with themselves, with own hearts and perceptions about life and all inside them and around them. "Spiritual Paradise" would collapsed.  An unrealistic, distorted picture of "reality" would have to come to an end. 
    Love your imperfect neighbor, even love your enemy, love your fallen brother is at stake - not artificial unity of congregation!   
    :))
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from admin in What does PZEV mean on a Subaru?   
    If you had not asked the question ... I would not have looked up the answer !!
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to admin in What does PZEV mean on a Subaru?   
    Thank you @James Thomas Rook Jr. for the obvious answer...
    I am trying to create a Quora like Q & A area for sharing of info.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Do the Forum Rules here have to be in Harmony with US Constitution?   
    THIS IS NOT TRUE!
    The U.S. Constitution prohibits the GOVERNMENT, from top to bottom, Federal, State, and Local GOVERNMENTS from prohibiting free speech.
    Not individual people. 
    Or companies.
    If I run a company, as an example, or a blog site or whatever this is ... I can restrict, forbid, edit, censor, or punish (if possible) people for any ... for any reason .... or no reason at all ..... even if I am just having a "bad hair day", and FEEL like a little uppityness.
    I could even punish you here, if I did not like something you said on facebook, twitter, or on a street corner, and Brunhilda Clinton didn't like it.
    If I could manage it.
    However, people do not like tyranny, petty or otherwise, and will vote with heir wallets, or their feet, and if you REALLY tick them off, with firearms.
    By the way, just as an aside ... did you know that the average Citizen in the United States has more powers to arrest and detain someone than a police officer?
    That is because the police officer has limited "sovereign immunity" to making an honest mistake a reasonable person might make ... and a private citizen has none whatsoever, and can be sued, or charged with abduction or kidnapping.   (If you as a "civillian" force someone to even stay in one spot against their will, it's abduction or kidnapping.)
    A LOT of wannabe Private Investigators who did not understand how that works ended up in prison, and/or lost everything they owned in lawsuits.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from admin in Do the Forum Rules here have to be in Harmony with US Constitution?   
    THIS IS NOT TRUE!
    The U.S. Constitution prohibits the GOVERNMENT, from top to bottom, Federal, State, and Local GOVERNMENTS from prohibiting free speech.
    Not individual people. 
    Or companies.
    If I run a company, as an example, or a blog site or whatever this is ... I can restrict, forbid, edit, censor, or punish (if possible) people for any ... for any reason .... or no reason at all ..... even if I am just having a "bad hair day", and FEEL like a little uppityness.
    I could even punish you here, if I did not like something you said on facebook, twitter, or on a street corner, and Brunhilda Clinton didn't like it.
    If I could manage it.
    However, people do not like tyranny, petty or otherwise, and will vote with heir wallets, or their feet, and if you REALLY tick them off, with firearms.
    By the way, just as an aside ... did you know that the average Citizen in the United States has more powers to arrest and detain someone than a police officer?
    That is because the police officer has limited "sovereign immunity" to making an honest mistake a reasonable person might make ... and a private citizen has none whatsoever, and can be sued, or charged with abduction or kidnapping.   (If you as a "civillian" force someone to even stay in one spot against their will, it's abduction or kidnapping.)
    A LOT of wannabe Private Investigators who did not understand how that works ended up in prison, and/or lost everything they owned in lawsuits.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to admin in What makes Starbucks Egg bites so delicious?   
    (I love the bacon ones)

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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Use (application) of Mathew 18:15-17   
    Yes ...
    It's quite clear to anyone not agenda driven to do otherwise.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Queen Esther in How were people with Down Syndrome treated in the Middle Ages?   
    Here is a great deal of information of a serious nature:
    https://www.quora.com/How-were-people-with-Down-Syndrome-treated-in-the-Middle-Ages
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Srecko Sostar in Use (application) of Mathew 18:15-17   
    In the religious explanation of what is sin and how to deal with the person who makes the wrong things, the application of Jesus' words within the JW Church says that "minor" sins should be solved between the parties involved, but "greater" sins need to be reported to the elders at the assembly/congregation. This is the official WTJWORG doctrine.
    The first dilemma that we are immediately noticed in the theological approach to these biblical paragraphs is seen in the unfounded separation of a certain human act into a small aka minor sin versus great aka big sin. WTJWORG had made a list of sins that were put in to two category by its nature; minor sins and gross sins. And of course there is third element in this issue of sins, and that is when something is questionable to such extension, that at very moment no one of Bible Scholars inside WTJWORG doesn't know the right answer, and as solution such issue is putted into so called "gray zone". 
    If we agree in idea how Jesus Teaching/s is/are Sufficient for all "dilemmas" we might have in life than we can see from this Bible verses as follow:
    15 “If your brother or sister[b] sins,[c] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[d] 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. - NIV
    15  “Moreover, if your brother commits a sin, go and reveal his fault* between you and him alone.n If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.o 16  But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two more, so that on the testimony* of two or three witnesses every matter* may be established.*p 17  If he does not listen* to them, speak to the congregation. If he does not listen* even to the congregation, let him be to you just as a man of the nationsq and as a tax collector.r - NWT
    1) Jesus not have a list of sins, either not making categorization of sins into minor, middle, gross, and so on. 
    2) All sins have to be resolved firstly between involved parties (in our days this have to be viewed from other angles in cases of child molestation, for example)
    3) Because there is no list of sins: What is viewed as sin in your eyes perhaps is not also a sin in the eyes of your neighbor. So, this first approach to other person may help to established some mutual foundation on someones act. 
    4) Speaking about unresolved problem in a wider circle of people can be helpful if involved persons are in capacity to be involved in discussion. Word "witnesses" here refers of people who are able to testify about all what was said between you and him/her, you two who have problem. These are not witnesses of "wrongdoing".   
    5) Making issue public is third step here. Public. Congregation is that public, not 1,2 or 3 elders. In front all congregation. 
    6) If things are not resolved and you as plaintiff, claimant are not sattisfaied, or if whole congregation is against "sinner", how such person have to be treated? As man of nation and tax collector. How Jesus treated men of nation and tax collectors? Answer is clear to me. Is it to you?  
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Bethel and Alcohol   
    That makes the point for me, that there is an inherit malignancy in the McAfee software.  
    It has been many years, but I think I remember uninstalling it with CCLEANER's "tools" option.
     CCLEANER is a magnificent piece of free ... TOTALLY FREE ... software, that I have been using since 1997 or so, with perfect results, every time.   It removes all clutter from my computer, including debugging and cleaning up the "registry".
    I use it about every two weeks to keep my computers healthy.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to TrueTomHarley in If the Body of Christ is united and, in your estimation, it is only the eight that have gone renegade, disfellowship them already and be done with it!   
    I don’t quite know why, but I am somehow reminded of Amos Moses, who’s daddy would use him for alligator bait:
    Now everyone blamed his old man
    For making him mean as a snake
    When Amos Moses was a boy
    His daddy would use him for alligator bait
    Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp
    Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Foreigner in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Alastor Wiggins, the world champion one legged tap dancer who had his wooden leg completely eaten off by woodpeckers?
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from TrueTomHarley in If the Body of Christ is united and, in your estimation, it is only the eight that have gone renegade, disfellowship them already and be done with it!   
    I got that nick name because my Mom would tie a pork chop around my neck, to get the puppy to play with me.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from JOHN BUTLER in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Alastor Wiggins, the world champion one legged tap dancer who had his wooden leg completely eaten off by woodpeckers?
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Space Merchant in Bethel and Alcohol   
    Years ago, when there were many fewer choices, I used to use McAfee Anti-Virus software, but noticed that every time I updated, I got a VIRUS!
    I think , and I am serious about this, that McAfee creates viruses, or the program gives many false positives. Or both.
    I use Freemake Video Downloader  several times a week, and have never had any problem.
    .... since I uninstalled McAfee about 10 years ago.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Anna in Bethel and Alcohol   
    Years ago, when there were many fewer choices, I used to use McAfee Anti-Virus software, but noticed that every time I updated, I got a VIRUS!
    I think , and I am serious about this, that McAfee creates viruses, or the program gives many false positives. Or both.
    I use Freemake Video Downloader  several times a week, and have never had any problem.
    .... since I uninstalled McAfee about 10 years ago.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to TrueTomHarley in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    The point is that that in 17 minutes I can read 20 times as much, without having to endure an unpleasant personality.
    No. I think it has something to do with his being that way.
    Taunting me, when I mentioned that I read plenty of non-JW material, he asked: “Which of the three major atheist books do you find the most compelling?”
    I replied: “Which of Dickens’ novels do you find the most compelling? Which of the Greek tragedies do you find the most compelling?”
    The shallow idiot. And I should watch him for 17 minutes when he is too lazy to put his information into written form, the way every intelligent person on the planet has done since the beginning of history? That’s why he is crying so about being denied the “right” to steal Bethel’s content so as to put it into his own framed context—he’s too dull to describe it himself as any credible chronicler must do.
    I have you to do that, and following the thread with some less biased people who CAN suffer through it, I can pretty well piece things together.
    Call it “forensic research.” Scientists do it all the time and we are called dodos if we do not eat up every word.
    ( I don’t think I have done the virus thing. I may have, but I normally walk right into those things and then spend two weeks at Best Buy while they operate.)
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Bethel and Alcohol   
    Years ago, when there were many fewer choices, I used to use McAfee Anti-Virus software, but noticed that every time I updated, I got a VIRUS!
    I think , and I am serious about this, that McAfee creates viruses, or the program gives many false positives. Or both.
    I use Freemake Video Downloader  several times a week, and have never had any problem.
    .... since I uninstalled McAfee about 10 years ago.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Queen Esther in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    The Memorial wine is a plain red wine, without any additives, or fortifications.   Fermented red grape juice ONLY.
    This has been mentioned at every Memorial I have ever been to,  for the past 58 years.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from JOHN BUTLER in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    ... Doya think it might have something to do with your attention span being about a minute and a half?
    You have freely admitted not reading MANY things all the way through, not viewing videos all the way through, etc. ... or not viewing something because you thought it might be infected with a virus .... many times.
    I think I see a pattern here.
    YIKES!
    Perhaps you can schedule it for some day when you are not washing your socks!
     
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