Remind you of any other group that drops people like a stone when they say they don't want to be involved anymore?
Back when I was an active JW I used to read a lot of memoirs from people who survived life under communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. After one particularly dreary special assembly day I went off on a rant to my mother about the unbelievable similarity between the JW meetings and communist party meetings. In both cases people were required to attend meetings and listen to ridiculous talks about what a glorious "paradise" they were so fortunate to be living in. In both cases people who had once been sincere, now simply went through the motions and eventually grew jaded and cynical. I swear in that central CA circuit there were so many unhappy people, everyone just seemed exhausted and that only caused the ludicrous DO to ratchet up the rah-rah schtick to new levels. Everyone hated that guy, but Jeezus did he have great hair--televangelist hair.