I was watching cnn yesterday when they were talking about the supreme court ruling. There was a "counsel" that was representing the jw's and he was explaining what the ruling meant for the Borg and all citizens of this country. Then he went on saying something that just blows my mind and has always bothered me when I used to be an active dub. He mentioned something to the effect that if it wasn't for the Watchtower we wouldnt have freedom of speech as we know it today. When he mentioned this people from the audience just started laughing and I just rolled my eyes in disbelief. This kind of thinking is insane due to the fact that the Watchtower thinks way too highly of themselves and unfortunately this is very common in the rank and file.
I still remember as a kid my parents and family mentioning haw the Borg was this and that and how they had the best this and that and I bought into it thinking that we were all that. For example I still remember when the borg set up some software or hardware in the 70's or 80's, I cant remember, that was supposed to help them in their printing of books and how nobody had ever come up with such technology. They even printed a couple of stories in their mags. Now that i'm no longer in it I realize that it was self promotion at it's best and how many dubs just buy into this.
Well, just a thought.