# Witness haters--are you happy now? :( **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221 "2013-10-02T23:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/541 "2013-12-04T16:00:06Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > My ex-stepfather once said to me, “I hate Jehovah’s witnesses with a passion!” He was half-drunk at the time. See what kind of company you have? I do not have a single relative who spends any time whatsoever “half-drunk.” We’re all or nothing, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/542 "2013-12-04T16:42:15Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > See what kind of company you have? **Lobohan** didn’t say he hated you. He said you have stupid ideas. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/543 "2013-12-04T16:56:28Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > My ex-stepfather once said to me, “I hate Jehovah’s witnesses with a passion!” He was half-drunk at the time. See what kind of company you have? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/544 "2013-12-04T17:27:40Z")
You know who else hated Jehovah’s Witnesses? Hitler! Therefore, all you people are like Hitler. It’s science! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/545 "2013-12-04T17:32:49Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Never hesitate to quote from the classics. Nothing is too good for this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/546 "2013-12-04T17:33:53Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And yet you feel no responsibility for the company you keep? None at all. What’s your excuse? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/547 "2013-12-04T17:34:56Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I do not have a single relative who spends any time whatsoever “half-drunk.” We’re all or nothing, baby. Out of your own mouth you condemn yourself. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/548 "2013-12-04T17:36:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **Lobohan** didn’t say he hated you. He said you have stupid ideas. Well, so much for _his_ ideas… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/549 "2013-12-04T17:38:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > You know who else hated Jehovah’s Witnesses? Hitler! Therefore, all you people are like Hitler. > > It’s science! FWIW, Hitler called Albert Einstein’s science, specifically nuclear physics, “Jewish physics.” (Hitler was a good Catholic, _nicht wahr?)_ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/550 "2013-12-04T17:38:43Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > See what kind of company you have? My company produces security software, but I don’t see how that enters into the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/551 "2013-12-04T17:42:43Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > FWIW, Hitler called Albert Einstein’s science, specifically nuclear physics, "Jewish physics. And that’s relevant to what I said…how? > [@](#): > > (Hitler was a good Catholic, \*nicht wahr?) \* _Nein_. His mother was Catholic and he was raised as such, but he gave it up after childhood and disdained Christianity in general (although he was perfectly willing to exploit it for political purposes). At best you could argue he was vaguely Deist. And again, what has this to do with anything? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/552 "2013-12-04T17:50:25Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > None at all. What’s your excuse? 😛 What’s my excuse for what? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/553 "2013-12-04T18:50:52Z")
quite a dramatic meltdown - now it appears dougie\_monty is simply trolling for an argument and/or fight - he’s gone from merely idiotic to truly pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/554 "2013-12-04T19:11:32Z")
\<\\> Very awkwardly, I assume. After all, we get software from Silicon Valley, Dolly Parton from Silicon Hills, chinaware from China, indiaware from India, and underwear from Down Under. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/555 "2013-12-04T19:19:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And that’s relevant to what I said…how? > _[This is how I expressed Hitler’s approach to science–twisted, as he approached everything else!–D. M.]_ > _Nein_. His mother was Catholic and he was raised as such, but he gave it up after childhood and disdained Christianity in general (although he was perfectly willing to exploit it for political purposes). At best you could argue he was vaguely Deist. > > And again, what has this to do with anything? –I think where Hitler is concerned, I would be hard put to argue that he was even vaguely **human!** --D.M.] ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/556 "2013-12-04T19:22:33Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > \<\\> > Very awkwardly, I assume. After all, we get software from Silicon Valley, Dolly Parton from Silicon Hills, chinaware from China, indiaware from India, and underwear from Down Under. forget your meds this morning? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/557 "2013-12-04T19:28:18Z")
> [@simster](#): > > forget your meds this morning? No, thank you, I take mine shortly before bedtime. What they are is none of your business. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/558 "2013-12-04T19:30:50Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > No, thank you, I take mine shortly before bedtime. What they are is none of your business. don’t care what they are - but I would suggest you see your doctor - appears you may need to adjust the dosages. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/559 "2013-12-04T20:17:28Z")
[Moderating] **dougie monty** , inserting your own word ino a quote box is a violation of the board rules. Please keep your commentary on other people’s posts separate from the quotes. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/560 "2013-12-04T20:59:15Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Out of your own mouth you condemn yourself. Condemn myself to being sadly sober at the moment. But to be perfectly frank, I’m a lot nicer about peoples’ religions when I’m drunk. So, yanno, there’s that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=29)