Bridgette	Re: BEAT that Child!
	Thanks, for the quotes, Fark. They can't say they do not condone or promote corporal punishment, or that this is an isolated case--there's simply too many of us that were beaten and abused as children growing up as Jehovah's Witnesses. There's a case for correlation if not causation, by this fact alone. Also at issue is their policy of not reporting suspected abuse IMMEDIATELY to the authorities. I keep thinking of the people who went to meetings with little Laree (by their own beliefs, they stand condemned before god for her death) Either they were too scared to call police over their suspicions, or more likely, I'm sad to say, THEY APPROVED, AND ARE DOING THE SAME THINGS TO THEIR CHILDREN. "This reminds me how my parents would constantly remind me that in old time Isreal I would have been stoned to death for <insert bad behaviour here>. " Hey, me too, Namewitheld! I heard it from the platform, MANY times. I don't want this issue to die until the "society" has taken responsibility for the abuse they've meted out (community responsibility), and even the deaths that resulted from their teachings. Sorry, Brooklyn, but you want that much control in people's lives, ya gotta pay the price, when they do what you tell them! And no backpeddling, there's too many of us out here who know your dirty secrets--APOLOGIES are in order. APOLOGIES. That means saying I'm sorry, we were wrong--IN WRITING. Then doing your best to make repairations. I still smell the stench of Laree's lifeless little body all over you and your organization. You shared in every life crushing blow. I've now shown this article to every person I could get my hands on, and left the internet page open to the Chicago Sun open on public computers in the hospital. Maybe health care workers can pick up on some of this crap, and do what the witnesses seem unwilling to do---REPORT ABUSE TO THE AUTHORITIES. Peace, Bridgette
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