This story is from two Melbourne,Australia newspapers, March 15, 2003. Upon first hearing this story I was saddened. My mind wandered off subject for a moment as I recalled how similar this story is to real life in the watchtower culture. Perhaps some of you here can relate to this:-
"Elsie Brown died alone and for almost two years nobody noticed she was gone. Only the skeketon of the 75 year old woman remained...". "Maurice Hadley(a jaydub elder not identified as such in the story), who lived behind Mrs Brown said he always had a feeling she would die alone. He said he always regretted not knocking on her door to see how she was. 'I'm sorry I didn't act on my gut feelings' , he said. 'You read about this type of thing happening in New York or Harlem, but you never think something like this could happen in sleepy old McKinnon (the suburb)', he said." Quote from The Herald-Sun. "Neighbour Maurice Hadley said he had not seen Mrs Brown whom he knew as Betty for about four years", said The Age.
Mr Hadley's love and concern for his neighbor was about as warm as a meat freezer in Siberia on a winter's day. In this he was no different from his worldly Philistine neighbors that were quoted in the newspapers. What basis is there to expect him to be any different toward his so-called spiritual 'brothers', most of whom he is forced to be suspicious of?
Mr Hadley's type of love exemplifies, for me, how the majority of watch tower elders manifest "genuine love" for their fellowman and spiritual brothers. I gotta wonder when he referenced New York and Harlem if there was some subliminal Freudian slip about how "true love" is expressed in the watch tower religious headquarters of New York.