I just finished reading Randy’s thread (
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/128072/1.ashx) . It occurs to me that his initial post here, with a bit of re-wording and reducing it to maybe three short paragraphs, would make an excellent Letter to the Editor of our local papers. What if we all embarked on a letter-writing campaign to our local papers, using this as a basis? Wouldn’t it be cool if we all coordinated it to send them out on the same day? And maybe coordinate it to immediately preceed some special WT campaign, or the airing of "Knockers", "Knocking" on PBS? Just imagine the impact, a week before that propaganda piece airs on PBS, newpapers across the United States, England and Australia, in small communities and large cities, have this letter printed. Hey, it’s something we could do and if we do it in concert, like a blitzkreig, the effect of the whole may be greater than the sum of its parts. Each of us could sign the letter with our name, and then, "Jehovah’s Witness for 30 years," or something similar to add legitimacy. Of course, if we don’t want to reveal our identity, we could sign it, "Jehovah’s Witness for 30 years. Anonymous due to fear of reprisals." All comments in the letter should be well-supported by evidence, not hearsay, and the tone should have community appeal. We do have power, people. They know we are their worst nightmare, if we can get enough public attention. Maybe if we did it soon enough, and concentrate on the PBS airing, we could encourage readers to call or write their local PBS station and ask them why they would air such a one-sided program.
Lenny