I guess I don't have quite the same view, even now, of the JW Memorial as some of the rest of you do.
Sure, it's ludicrous to disallow true participation in the event. If I were to, somehow, attend one now, I would feel compelled to partake.
I guess I perhaps more than anything feel sad that the WBTS, GB, etc. sideline even their own constituents in this, their primary and arguably only, ritual celebration. As if the gift their messiah provided of redemption was reserved only for some elite cadre, even within their own.