i need to let you know that here in australia the royal commission is alive and well.
people are aware of it and whilst it may not be on the front page of your newspaper, it will end up there at some stage.
although the elders are trying to squirm out of any culpability they are inevitably high jacked by their own arrogant assertions when they start to feel a degree of safety and ease in the questioning.
umbertoecho: This will not vaporise into a nothing, something will come out of this and it will be called "justice".
Absolutely.
pssst...Crows have friends all over the world. News can travel pretty fast in crow language. The crows speak in all languages and lands of the world. ;)
we all know the wt basis for disfellowshipping, (1 corinthians 5:9-13) 9 12 for what do i have to do with judging those outside?
do you not judge those inside, 13 while god judges those outside?
remove the wicked [man] from among yourselves.. if removing "the man" is a protection for the congregation and no police are called, what does it say about the witnesses view of the world?
johnamos: What needs to be addressed is why are there areas where it is not by law required to report such cases???
Yes. That is why it is important to give this as much coverage as possible. The changes that everybody wants comes from changing laws. That change comes from the public at large.
WintessMyFury: I think it's awesome they are getting their asses handed to them and so skilfully too...
Me too. Heehee.
And not just the little men on the stand. Haha! Justice McClelland made a complete fool out of the Watchtower lawyer. The WT team is grasping at straws and have no clue what they are doing. They have nothing to offer and when the WT mouthpiece handed him the photos of BCG's wedding, McCllelland had him groveling on the floor!!
The WT lawyer made a complete ass out of himself.
we all know the wt basis for disfellowshipping, (1 corinthians 5:9-13) 9 12 for what do i have to do with judging those outside?
do you not judge those inside, 13 while god judges those outside?
remove the wicked [man] from among yourselves.. if removing "the man" is a protection for the congregation and no police are called, what does it say about the witnesses view of the world?
Thanks, Litebrite! I spent half an hour looking for that part...it is priceless.
Can somebody cut that slice out for me? i would love to get that on my facebook feed. This is such an important piece of testimony that will get everybody's attention. I have friends that will pass that on.
Control: Really good point, he is speechless
Lol! That pause will go down in history I am sure! I laughed...and then I replayed it to time it. Damn....he got a full 9 seconds! Wow...in the film industry, a set shot rarely gets over three seconds! Hahaha! I wonder how long it would have went on if Stewart hadn't cut it off with another question!
I want to just kiss that Stewart! He is my hero. He has an amazing style and presence. Brilliant questioning. And Justice McClelland. Nothing slips by him. That man has class. I would love to shake his hand. He makes me smile. It was so much fun watching how he so handily exposed that little man's deceptivenes. Lol! He made Bowditch call his own wife a liar! And he chuckled about it. Heehee.
i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.
anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.
https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .
OntheWayOut: OrphanCrow, great comments on "the trigger." Exciting times ahead.
The way I see it is this:
Barbara loaded it, Candace cocked it, and now the trigger has been pulled.
Not to downplay and not give credit to all the other victims who have struggled to tell their stories over the years, but but those two voices have been so prominent in the team that has come forward so far. They have led the way, for sure.
Now, a whole country is listening and not only that, people from around the world have access to live feeds. This is so critical - we don't have to rely on written transcripts or other people's versions of events - each and every one of us all over the world have been empowered. We each can find our own positioning in the events - with our own eyes and ears and make our own decisions. We have been freed by the efforts of many.
Now, the gun was loaded, cocked, and the trigger has been pulled. This could very well, through the power of media, and the courage of all, turn into an automatic machine gun fire.
Keep talking. People are listening.
This is not just for those still trapped and harmed inside of the JW religion. It is for everybody everywhere.
I have a little piece of paper glued to one of my collages. I tore it off the bottom of a letter a dear friend of mine wrote to me shortly before he died of the horrible consequences of PTSD. He had served two tours in Afghanistan and he will always be my hero. The words on that piece of paper say this, written in his beautiful handwriting:
"Act With Courage"
i'm wondering if this is just a hearing or if this commission has teeth?.
some very damning things coming out nonetheless .
Justice McClellan’s statement on redress and civil litigation:
in my opinion, i believe that from the time a child is molested...and seeks a parent or guardian for help...these are critical hours in which proper authorities, and doctors have a chance to collect very important evidence.. waiting for the next meeting, or waiting for a group of non qualified men to "look into" the situation.....in my opinion compromises evidence, and elders should be held responsible for tampering with evidence...telling families to wait on jehovah.. just sayin..
brandnew: Waiting for the next meeting, or waiting for a group of non qualified men to "look into" the situation.....in my opinion compromises evidence, and elders should be held responsible for tampering with evidence...telling families to wait on jehovah.
You are right. But it goes even father than that - the unqualified elders questioning victims corrupts the evidence. Dealing with the memories of abuse and sorting through the events is a difficult process and the elders interference in the victim's testimony can distort and invalidate the victim's memories of events.
It is not just the waiting - it is the process itself which is damaging to evidence. The chairman - Justice McClelland - has pointed this out over and over again - that the process is flawed at the core. Requiring only men to question and make judgements about victim's testimony suppresses the evidence - so much of what happened to the victim never gets addressed because of the male authority figures themselves.
What this commission is doing is exposing the fundamental power imbalance within the JW religion. Men having the ultimate authority is damaging to the victim before any testimony is heard at all. The male only structure is a deep, deep flaw in the whole system that underpines the WTS and the religion itself.
i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.
anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.
https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .
Mad Sweeney: I would expect the UK and other European nations to be next. The USA will be last to follow most likely.
I anticipate a Canadian response at some point. This country has been fairly quiet up to this point on the issue of child abuse within the JW religion.
Canada has a good record of handling historic abuses by establishing Commissions and giving voice and restitution for victims.
Smaller countries seem to be more transparent - it is hard to hide within small populations. Maybe the victims in this cold northern land will brave the weather and start to come forward. All it will take is a brave legal team to start a class action.
Lifeistooshort: I love what you said about changing silent lambs to roaring lions.
Ah, yes...that roaring lion that the WT has depicted as standing and threatening the JWs is going to turn around and bite the WTS right where it hurts - and I hope that it takes a great big bite.
This crow can transform to a mama lioness pretty fast - mama lionesses like to hunt. And they don't like it when cubs are in danger.
i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.
anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.
https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .
On the Wayout: Are we at the tip of the iceberg?
Yes, I believe so.
This Royal Commission is going to act as a trigger for many victims. Victims suppress their experiences in unsafe environments - they stuff their feelings and don't process what happened because it isn't safe to do so.
The Royal Commission is creating an environment of safety and it is that concern and caring that will allow many other victims the supportive enviironment that they need in order to deal with what happened to them.
The victims will come forward...more and more of them to add their voice to the existence of others like them. It is a team effort and the team will continue to grow and grow until their voices are powerful enough to be heard around the world.
And yes, I think that Morris addressing the issue will add to the triggers that will encourage children and adults to seek out information about child abuse. They will begin to understand that the abuse they have suffered is NOT normal - the abuse has been normalized within the systemic abusive environment of the JW religion.
The victims are starting to speak and as the shout begins to grow, more will add their voice.
Scream it from the rooftops...and don't stop until all have been heard.
Let's change the silent lambs to roaring lions.
i decided to take one for the team and stay up to record day 2.. part 1 has been uploaded and part 2 and 3 will soon be available.. part 1: .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxspcullksa&list=plpq6kz-aghvqbadlzmqn26dvmpzddxlui&index=4.
playlist where the other parts will be added as i upload them, it also contains day 1 recorded by barbara:.
LoveUni: Unbelievable that when the judge inquired about how the elders put the victim at ease, Jackson assumed he meant the accused!
Not only that, Jackson called the victim "the guilty party". Not just once, but twice.
all the abuse issues are exploding all over the world.. what is it's root?.
1. satan.
2. lying apostates.
Prologos, you mention several professions, etc, that you claim have rampant sex abuse problems. However, can you say that these entities make the victims face internal judical committees without going through the proper legal processes for justice?
I think you are comparing apples to oranges. What is happening right now with the Royal Commission in Australia is that the Institutional policies on how child abuse is handled are being examined, not whether or not some celebrity or military person committes a crime.
perhaps from a woman's stand/view point, but for a male it may be about frustrating hormone levels.
Rape is about forcibly satisfying those "frustrating" hormone levels. If you cannot see that rape is about exerting power over the object of that sexual frustration...well....I am at a loss for words. Unless, of course, you wouldn't mind being that object of sexual desire for a guy who is stronger and bigger than you who forces you ro bend over and touch your toes so he can satistfy those frustrating urges that he doesn't think he should have to control. If that happened to you would you say that it was about sex? Or about him exerting his power over you?
