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Gamaliel, of course, was wrong. Plenty, PLENTY of movements that were merely "of men" did not come to naught. Islam. Mormonism. Scientology.

The Story of O Brother Where Art Thou

57 takes I didn't hear a difference in one of them... You're up.

"Wellllll.... (title, half-title half-title) little darlin Tell me that you'll never leave me"

In 1941, Fritz Lang produced a movie that was about a plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler. The U.S. was not at war with Germany at the time, and the movie, "Man Hunt," was the first American made film about an assassination attempt against a foreign leader who was in power at the time. This movie was the second.

No problem. Miscommunication cleared up. And thanks for the added perspective that you're in touch with innies. I somehow was not aware of that (contrary to popular belief, the mods, to the best of my knowledge, do not read every.single.post.on.the.site). So if I hear you say something about current events in TWI, I will know to trust it as more than just speculation. Hearsay might be inadmissible in a court of law, but this is not a court of law. :)

No, the issue was you omitted my comment on what the new perspectives would be about. I was originally commenting on the statement that this site no longer has new info about what's been going on in TWI recently. I was explaining that there is a sound reason for that. We need recent innies for the latest info, and we don't have them. No one here is launching a professional investigation into TWI. Unless we get new, recent members, anything we say about TWI's current activities are rumor or second hand, unless we get documentation somehow. When I said new perspectives, I was specific about the subject. I have a new perspective on things, and I'm sure dozens of other posters do as well. But not about what's going on in TWI now. I have no perspective on that. And I would at least challenge the notion that most of us are in contact with current wayfers. I could be wrong, but the last thing I would do is assume most of us are.

I'm sorry, but you need new people for new perspectives ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN TWI. None of us are in, and if someone just left TWI and wants to share his/her experience but is unable to do so because he can't register for this page, then that absolutely DOES affect this page's ability to offer those perspectives. I don't see how that's even arguable. I have no idea how many of us are in touch with current innies.

That's Entertainment

Superman III Christopher Reeve Deathtrap

Don't forget that a major reason we don't see new perspectives about recent activities is that we haven't allowed new members to sign up for quite some time. Anyone who JUST left would not be able to register unless they explored the forum enough to know how to do it (you do it by contacting me: check out Greasespot 101 forum for details or find me on Facebook: there's a link on every one of my posts).

My personal belief: A lot of people knew a lot of things, but few people knew "everything." Not that anyone knows everything now, but we have MUCH more of the puzzle pieces in place than we did when we were in. I knew, for example, that Dubofsky and Lynn were no longer associated with TWI when I got in/out in the late 1980s. But I didn't know why. I knew that there were rumors about weapons training, but I didn't know the truth about them. I knew there were allegations of plagiarism, but I had never seen it documented. I knew that Passing of a Patriarch was a big deal, but I had never read it in its proper historical context (even when I did read it after it was formally published in the early 1990s). And I'd never heard of the JAL or Schoenheit letters/documents. And the sexual abuse never rose above the rumor stage where/when I was.

A lot of stuff was known, but not a lot was widely disseminated and very little was available in one place for handy dandy reference.

A Star is Born Babs The Prince of Tides

Sounds entertaining

Nope.

Waydale, and to a lesser extent GSC, was crucial in exposing the truth of TWI and providing its former members a place to gather and share thoughts. That TWI is a shell of its former self can at least PARTLY be attributed to this site and its predecessor. However, let's not exaggerate our influence. TWI was on a downward spiral long before we came along.

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is an incredible movie.

Well, it's not a nonsensical statement if you're equicovating (that is, changing the definition of "God" and/or "exists" halfway through the sentence). I can believe Thor exists without believing Zeus exists, for example. I can believe Yahweh exists as a historical motivator without believing that he exists objectively in reality. But if I'm not changing the meaning of either word, then yes, it is a nonsensical statement. I've often said I have no problem with public displays of religion, but I have a serious problem with public displays of religion. If you don't know that I've changed the meaning of "public" in the middle of the sentence, it makes no sense. Public can be the opposite of private. It can also mean government funded/endorsed, etc. I have a problem with the latter, but not the former. That's not a coherent thought. Given your record of coherent expressions of your thoughts, I will ask you to clarify what you're trying to communicate here. O K. I'm sorry, relate that to the topic, please?

"If you could go back in time to Germany, before Hitler came to power, knowing what you know now, would you kill him?" ... "What about my question? "Huh? Huh? Oh, you mean the one about Hitler?" "What would you do?" "I don't like this, John. What are you getting at?" "What would you do? Would you kill him?" "All right. All right. I'll give you an answer. I'm a man of medicine. I'm expected to save lives and ease suffering. I love people. Therefore, I would have no choice but to kill the son of a bitch." "You'd never get away alive." "It doesn't matter. I would kill him."

Nope

If chockfull and I can get along, then any two Greasespot posters can get along. AmIrite?

I will be sending you a dry cleaning bill for that one. Coffee stains are very hard to get out of new clothes.

Cap 2 is incredible

Correct