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Maybe she'd just turn her back to the wall and die of a broken heart like Daddy Vic did.

Yes, and I'm sure there were people who flexed those rules, as evidenced by the people who got the bum's rush from the program. The thing that may be hard for you to understand, though, soul searcher, is that we were conditioned to believe that leadership could operate the revelation manifestations to know if we had done something wrong or were lying. In reality, this information may have come via "snitches" or they could have simply stumbled on some bit of information by chance. Now, if they (leadership) were found out regarding their source of information, they could simply say that God gave them revelation to ASK Billy Bob or that God gave them revelation to STOP at the hamburger joint where they witnessed some infraction. Pretty convenient control technique.

It's not like any of these folks are spring chickens, know what I mean, Vern? They only have to concern themselves with making it last for the relatively short period of time they are likely to be sharing this planet.

You are correct, sir. It is, indeed, The Wall. (More specifically, .)

There was no alcohol permitted in Fellow Laborers' "houses". Drugs were off-limits, too. (mid 1970s)

"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"

Yeah, that's quite a stretch from the "no-debt policy" that The Way turned it into.

Oh, that would be the Ohio connection. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy-------The Ohio express

I think it's normal to feel a sense of gratitude. That being said, I also think it can cross the line into manipulation if you don't watch it closely. For all I know, maybe that's what the scripture means when it says "Owe no man anything."

News from "The Farm"

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Sorry B., that's not it. ---------------------------- "I know it must have killed them to have to sit and play all of those songs the way they did. But, hey, that's why they get paid." Exactly!

But the years went by and the rock just died Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy Long nights crying by the record machine dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

Reelin' in the Years.....Steely Dan

Trophy mentality "Wouldn't it be great if (insert name of famous actor/singer/sports star/politician, etc.) took the class? Then people would be clamoring to sign the green card." It's really no different than an old, tried & true sales technique from the days of door-to-door salesmen. ("You know, Mrs. Jones, your neighbor, Mr. Smith, bought two of these just yesterday.")

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Ahhh, put a Cork in it!

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Because, like Bolski said, they'll just jump right back in if you don't renerw your mind. And, they'll bring more of their pals along with them, too. Good Golly! You really shoulda paid more attention in the AC. :P

No surprise there. The Way has always been inordinately concerned with superficial, physical appearances. That's one facet of the "trophy mentality" to which they subscribe.

"It would surely be better to dispose of the land by outright sale to the local farmers? Share their surplus?" Can't be done due to the not-for-profit status.

All my sorrows, sad tomorrows Take me back to my own home All my crying, feel I'm dying, dying Take me back to my own home

What makes you think they're acting?