# 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:** 38
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/741 "2014-07-02T17:45:51Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > That wikipedia page was blocked by his parental control software. Don’t get me started about Wikipedia. I have a serious complaint about them–long story–not germane here. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/742 "2014-07-02T17:47:34Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This thread is where jokes go to die. Oh, **THAT’S** your excuse! 😛 😛 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/743 "2014-07-02T17:52:04Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Oh, **THAT’S** your excuse! 😛 😛 Okay, jokes except the OP. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/744 "2014-07-02T17:59:44Z")
_Originally posted by jsgoddess_ \<\\> Well, I’m glad to note that you backed off on _that_ one. I’ll take a laugh over a snarl anytime, anyhow. 🙂 Heck, even Ben Franklin said worship should be “with a kind of smiling.” 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/745 "2014-07-02T18:03:17Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > _Originally posted by jsgoddess_ > \<\\> > > Well, I’m glad to note that you backed off on _that_ one. I’ll take a laugh over a snarl anytime, anyhow. 🙂 > > Heck, even Ben Franklin said worship should be “with a kind of smiling.” 🙂 [Like I said, where jokes go to die.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/746 "2014-07-02T18:07:44Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Twas a joke, Skippy. I guess I should have included a smiley. Me. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/747 "2014-07-02T18:14:45Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Don’t get me started about Wikipedia. I have a serious complaint about them–long story–not germane here. yeah, seriously - far be it for you to just post random crap in a thread - you would never do that, would you? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/748 "2014-07-02T18:24:02Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Don’t get me started about Wikipedia. Hey, **dougie**. What’s up with that Wikipedia thing? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/749 "2014-07-02T18:50:11Z")
Can you say “libel”? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/750 "2014-07-02T18:51:56Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Can you say “libel”? Libel. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/751 "2014-07-02T19:00:06Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Can you say “libel”? how is that germane? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/752 "2014-07-02T20:10:09Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Don’t get me started about Wikipedia. I have a serious complaint about them–long story–not germane here. I would love to know about the Wikipedia thing. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/753 "2014-07-02T21:00:41Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I would love to know about the Wikipedia thing. Ok, but don’t say you weren’t warned: If you say “Wikipedia” five time in front of a mirror, Jimmy Wales arrives to take your soul. Or possibly Biggie Smalls. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/754 "2014-07-02T21:01:00Z")
> [@simster](#): > > how is that germane? Did somebody edit an article on JWs to paint them in what **dougie** saw as an unflattering light? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/755 "2014-07-02T21:06:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Can you say “libel”? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Libel. I knew ya could! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/756 "2014-07-02T21:08:43Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Ok, but don’t say you weren’t warned: > If you say “Wikipedia” five time in front of a mirror, Jimmy Wales arrives to take your soul. > > Or possibly Biggie Smalls. “Wikipedia” five time in front of a mirror. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/757 "2014-07-02T21:14:58Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Did somebody edit an article on JWs to paint them in what **dougie** saw as an unflattering light? They likely referenced this thread. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/758 "2014-07-02T21:33:55Z")
> [@simster](#): > > They likely referenced this thread. This thread is the perfect anti-JW marketing campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/759 "2014-07-02T23:29:41Z")
I’ll print and bind copies, and exchange them with door-to-door proselytizers. “Sure, I’ll read your tract…if you’ll read mine.” ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/760 "2014-07-03T00:08:20Z")
Now, now…we can certainly judge JayDubs on their beliefs, but I’m sure most of them are quite nice people. We can’t assume they’re all bonkers based on an _n_ of this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=39)