Well, I apologize in their behalf.
If you feel strongly about it, and they return, simply tell them that you wish to be put on the “Do Not Call List.”
Must run now, and I don’t think I’ll have time to return to the thread.
Thank you and I will try that. Hopefully I don’t have to worry about it any more. I haven’t since I lived in this house.
There’s always the hose.
Seriously! Think how satisfying it would be.
Just PM me your address and we’ll fix that…
I’m betting they pissed off more than 37 thousand people, so it was almost certainly a net loss.
Well the expression on their faces the one time when I calmly came out, said hello and goodbye and jumped in my Camaro and rode off was pretty priceless. Apparently that was one trick they were not use to.
budget schmudget, I want my brownies! And they best not be low-fat or so help me gods…
Oh they could use low-fat, sugar free brownies as an illustration point!
“See this brownie? It looks tasty doesn’t it? It smells tasty too. Go ahead…take a bite…tastes like shit doesn’t it? That brownie is you my friend. And that taste is the taste of epic fail that is your life. But we can change that. We can make your life into a yummy, gooey brownie.”
Sorry I wasn’t clear, but I meant to say that I was one of those Mormon (and American) missionaries bothering you in Argentina. But don’t worry, I’m not offended. I was only 19, so yes, I wasn’t too bright. And I probably woke you up on a Saturday morning. Sorry! Don’t worry, you didn’t miss much.
that would make me angry. POPEJEWISH SMASH! besides, I’d only covert if I could be a yummy, goeey brownie with nuts
In 1984 my dad was dead for 8 minutes. He received a number of blood transfusions. In 1988 he had complications from his death. He received more blood transfusions. The neighbours knew about it - they were a kind, generous bunch who brought over food, care packages, well wishes, and a little brass bell that my dad was supposed to ring when my mother, my brother or I were supposed to bring him something.
That is, all the neighbours except for the Jehovah’s Witness woman who lived next door. Instead she brought over a large amount of literature detailing how receiving a blood transfusion was a sin, and my father had put his immortal soul in danger (or some other nonsense). The items were disposed of. My mother told her not to bring that garbage to the house again. She ignored her and brought her hateful literature again. And again. Finally, my father who was somewhat on the mend by now, threatened to shoot her with his gun. (He didn’t actually own a gun at the time, but she left us alone anyway).
I have no idea if this woman’s behaviour is indicative of the entire religion, or if she is just a big, fat cunt; however, to this day when I’m walking my dog I make sure he shits on the lawn of the JW temple down the street and don’t clean it up. I realize this makes me an immature, petty cow. But it’s really, really satisfying.
Nuts…? NUTS? THAT my friend is blasphemy! Nuts do not belong anywhere near ooey gooey brownies! The only thing that belong in brownies are chocolate chips! And icing on top!
You are condemned to an eternity in hell for rejecting nuts. And putting icing on top of brownies? Apostate! Get thee behind me, Brownie Killer.
I think we can take from alice’s post (and others here) that there are dicks in every religion. JWs are not exempt from this.
You have not experienced the joy of Triple Chocolate Peppermint brownies my friend. Get double fudge brownies and top them with peppermint icing (vanilla icing with peppermint extract) and drizzle melted dark chocolate over that. Pure heaven. Any religion that can promise me an eternity of eating those has got an easy convert!
And yes, there are dicks in every religion. But most of them have the common decency not to bug me at home 
was going for the “I’m a man, I have nuts” sorta angle there. Sorry, I’m at work and my kids were testing all day. I’m BORED
PEPPERMINT brownies?! You’re dead to me
ETA: hmmm, perhaps this is why the jehovies don’t bring brownies. Then instead of theological discussions about their religion they’d be dragged into philosophical discussions about their brownies… Still, I’d be much more willing to talk with brownie in my stomach than with anger in my… face?
I agree, but unfortunately you’re mixing up legality and ethics. Something can be completely legal and still be unethical. I agree the witnessing is legal and should be. My question was about ethics.
But the person’s feelings can change in the future even if they say “I don’t want anyone else coming back.” So why take that literally while continuing to visit people who close the door without thinking to say “don’t come back next year either?” Anyway it’s not as if nobody could find the Jehovah’s Witnesses if they decided to look for them.
Kevin Bloody Wilson is an Australian comic who seems to be on a personal crusade to offend just about anyone in the world. The strange thing is that he does it all to music. The link below is to his payback to the god-botherers that come around at the least convenient time.
NSFW. Definitely not PC on so many counts. Listen at your own peril.
Feel free to ask for translation on various Australianisms.
So far, we haven’t distinguished between the legal and ethical aspects.
IMV, we’d be poorer if not just the JWs, but the Democratic/Republican party, Greenpeace, and a host of others were required on an ethical basis to refrain from ever contacting you because you were not interested today. (not to mention the fact that commerce depends on such interactions)
And, you’ve noted that people’s mind *do *change. As I’ve stated, ad nauseum, those people do not consider a 2 minute interaction after a full year as “unethical” at all.
I submit that if the JWs are acting unethically by your definition, so are many other organizations, many, many of which have policies that show much less restraint than JWs.
If in fact you are less annoyed at the[relative] persistence of the NPR canvassers (et al!) than the JWs, than I would suggest it has less to do with ethics than your personal taste.
Our society is healthier and more dynamic because of the freedom we have to exchange ideas and pursue worthy causes. Even from an ethical viewpoint, this requires that I hear robo-calls from Obama, McCain (and for some reason recently Newt Gingrich) if I wish to have the freedom to talk to someone this morning about Jesus Christ.
Rather than rail at Mr. Gingrich’s insensitivity, I participate in our freedoms by politely telling them, “no thanks.”
I have.
I disagree. I think most people would experience a tiny bit less annoyance in their lives. I don’t live in a swing state, so I have little experience with getting repeated robocalls from politicians, but by most reports they’re irritating and inconvenient. And then there’s telemarketing: why do you think the No-Call List was created?
Yes, the JWs gained 37,000 converts after knocking on millions of doors. These people could have found the JW temple on their own, of course. I think the numbers bear out my contention that it’s not an effective way to gain members.
And this proves what? I’ve said more than once that it’s a minor inconvenience and not a big deal.
I didn’t say JWs were the worst. They aren’t. On the other hand, the other businesses aren’t offering salvation, they’re trying to sell cable. So aren’t the JWs perhaps supposed to be held to a higher standard than “we’ll try again in a year because he didn’t say ‘never?’”
I haven’t proposed taking away anyone’s freedom.