I say to my mother, "There is no way to reconcile Christianity with treating a man differently, witholding portions of christian activity from someone, simply because he chooses to wear a neat, well groomed beard. Why would any reasonable man who had a beard, ever choose to become a witness, if he knew the extent of this psuedo doctrine?"
She has no reply other than to say, "I don't understand it either."
But from a company man's standpoint; "Jesus had a beard, what do we do now?" Whatever the hell the next guy up the line says we ought to. The buck stops there. The "buck" never makes it all the way to Jesus in the witness organization. Never.