Funny Links....
Eventhough it seems nobody (arrgh...just got interrupted by Jehovah's Witnesses) checked out "Unicorn's L.A." (your loss), these three are really funny and download pretty fast.
Devo's 'Whip It' video remade by 10 year olds.
A new take on West Side Story
The Shining Redux
The first two were sent to me by Davey this morning and The Shining was posted on the Chick List weeks ago, but the West Side Story one reminded me of it.
posted by lisa ninja @ 10:05 AM
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As far as the Jehovah's Witness folks go, years ago I found one thing to be very effective. One day when you have the time, have a talk with them. Ask them uncomfortable questions - particularly if they can sort of get to the heart of some of their core ideas - but as seriously and nicely and conversationally as you can.
And when I say "talk" - I mean talk! Talk with them for hours (I ran a little over 3). I don't remember what exactly I talked with them about, but I do recall bringing up drag queens, drug addiction and politics (they hate politics and won't get involved in them in any way).
They'll start to act like they need to go after awhile. Don't let them. They'll start to get more obvious that they need to go - don't let them, saying stuff like, "Well, I just have one more question" - when they answer it, say "well that leads to another question" - even if it had nothing to do with the prior. They will start to get really desperate to leave after quite some time and start telling you they really have to go.
When you're finally ready to let them, tell them that you really, really want them to come back - that you loved talking with them, and you really would love to spend another xxx hours discussing issues with them. They are likely to tell you they will come back. I never, ever saw another JW at that apartment the rest of the time we lived there.
OK, just in case anyone is considering doing this - again, you gotta do this in all seriousness (and I'll keep this timely): If I did this today (right now) I'd ask them about entertainment - TV and movies. I'd work the conversation around to "Lost" and how I started watching it because of the possibility of a robot t-rex. Which would lead me to ask about what they felt about dinosaurs' existence. They'll probably say they believe they did exist, so you can ask about God's interaction with them, what happened to them, etc. Then you could ask them something like "so when they died, would they have gone to heaven, but are now all friendly? And if I converted, I could play with them when I died." Again, this has to come off *completely* sincerely (they'll probably think you are a little slow, but you can counter that by exploring why they don't vote, and how rather than voting for someone they believe could make religious changes, they ignore it and isn't that dangerous?). When you get these chains going, you can really keep them talking if you're serious about it.
I tried to talk to them once when I was much, much younger. I didn't have the stamina even back then. We actually don't get the JW's very often. We get way more kids selling magazine subscriptions.
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