# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/821 "2014-07-05T03:40:52Z")
Yeah, you and what army? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/822 "2014-07-05T03:42:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, you and what army? Where does **Dougie** keep his armies? in his sleevies! ---
**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 5, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/823 "2014-07-05T04:01:33Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And what do I do about yours? My what? ---
**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 5, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/824 "2014-07-05T04:08:17Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You got the Dalai Lama on speed dial? 🙂 > > . As you might guess, when he sees it’s me on caller ID he answers, “Hello, Dalai.” And flashes that innocent grin of his.😃 ---
**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 5, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/825 "2014-07-05T04:08:40Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And what do I do about yours? [QUOTE=JESUS @ Mathew 7 (NIV)] 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. [/QUOTE] … ---
**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 5, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/826 "2014-07-05T04:17:09Z")
[dougie…](http://www.yelp.com/biz/richard-miyamoto-od-gardena) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/827 "2014-07-05T05:31:43Z")
Can JWs use glasses? ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/828 "2014-07-05T06:18:21Z")
> [@simster](#): > > You’re a special kind of stupid, aren’t you? Stupid, no. Quick-tempered, yes. Much the same as if someone called YOU “dumbass” out of the blue. ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/829 "2014-07-05T06:23:26Z")
> [@simster](#): > > You’ve said what they did - you have yet to show why or what you are even talking about - what were you trying to edit? what did you do to prove you were who you claimed to be or had the credentials/authority/knowledge to edit said page? > > Based on your posting history here - I’d say wikipedia made the right call - even if they used a poor reason for it - what reason did you give them to believe anything? :Sigh: The things I posted on Wikipedia–most of which are still there–were quite innocouous, and consistent with the theme of the website. Why they designated me a “sock puppet” is a complete mystery to me unless there is something hidden or highly arcane–a message or undertones–in what all I posted. I offered to present my Driver’s License, birth certificate, etc., as proof of identity. ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/830 "2014-07-05T06:29:30Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Thank goodness then, that you’re not part of a large religious group which shuns those people, even family, who choose to leave it. I sense that this is a subtle slap at the Witnesses’ doctrine of disfellowshiping. If so, I resent it. The puropse is to separate, from the congregation, individuals who, because of their conduct, would otherwise bring the congregation into disrepute. ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/831 "2014-07-05T06:30:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My what? Your anger and hatred, that’s what. ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/832 "2014-07-05T06:32:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Can JWs use glasses? I’ve worn them since I was 12 (nearsighted). ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/833 "2014-07-05T06:42:15Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Stupid, no. Quick-tempered, yes. Much the same as if someone called YOU “dumbass” out of the blue. Or perhaps called your mother a bitch out of the blue? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/834 "2014-07-05T06:44:16Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > The puropse is to separate, from the congregation, individuals who, because of their conduct, would otherwise bring the congregation into disrepute. Hey, the internet is having a sale on commas! ---
**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 5, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/835 "2014-07-05T07:36:11Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Hey, the internet is having a sale on commas! Big deal. I get them for free. 😛 ---
**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 5, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/836 "2014-07-05T07:39:43Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Or perhaps called your mother a bitch out of the blue? People who have seen me don’t say things like that! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/837 "2014-07-05T07:51:10Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I sense that this is a subtle slap at the Witnesses’ doctrine of disfellowshiping. Perhaps you’re not as dense as you appear, though I expect apperances will be deceiving.\*\* > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > If so, I resent it. I get the impression you could resent someone saying “good morning” to you under the right conditions. Perhaps the internet isn’t the right place for you. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > The puropse is to separate, from the congregation, individuals who, because of their conduct, would otherwise bring the congregation into disrepute. But you can see can’t you, that a person who has been rejected by their church and possibly, entire family, could feel a “Loss of identity”. Compared to that, getting pissy at being called a ‘sock’ by the mods at Wikipedia is fucking weak. \*\*indeed they are… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/838 "2014-07-05T11:50:47Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Stupid, no. Quick-tempered, yes. Much the same as if someone called YOU “dumbass” out of the blue. So, no acknowledgement that you jumped on me for a simple typo? Problem is, dougie, is that you hold everyone else to a standard of curtesy that you don’t feel obliged to meet yourself. And no, the other guy didn’t always start it. You’re not nice to people in this thread, so you reap what you sow. You see personal offense in humor, don’t apologize for over-reacting and say things to others that you’d blow a gasket over, if said to you. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/839 "2014-07-05T12:09:47Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I sense that this is a subtle slap at the Witnesses’ doctrine of disfellowshiping. If so, I resent it. The puropse is to separate, from the congregation, individuals who, because of their conduct, would otherwise bring the congregation into disrepute. My irony meter just exploded. ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/840 "2014-07-05T12:38:17Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Your anger and hatred, that’s what. Serenity now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=43)