Excellent thread going Flipper. You already have a good collection of logical answers. True dat about not letting them get their defenses up. But you're "out", right? In that case, when they are around you it will be "shields up". And you are correct that the NBC story is going to be huge. If you don't have it printed out, go to MSNBC.com, search Jehovah's Witness lawsuits and it'll be right there. Print out several copies to always have on hand.
Remember the JWs excellent 'reasoning' skills including 'don't overwhelm the householder with too much information on the first call', 'establish a common ground', and 'use leading questions to help them come to the right conclusion'. Don't forget 'overcoming objections & potential conversation stoppers'. So before the householder can say "I'm busy", the publisher says, "Hi, You're probably busy, so I'll briefly sharing these journals..."
Currently, I'm still 'in' and an elder. It's no big deal if a brother or sister comes up and asks about the NBC news, they'll swallow those excuses or be disfellowshipped. What's scary is when a householder confronts a JW with a copy of that and won't swallow one of those excuses. Scary is when the publisher comes up and says, "A householder knew the story and asked if there were any pedophiles hidden in our congregation and I didn't know what to say, so I said I'd have one of the elders come back right away and answer all his questions. I'm sure you have information from the Society that will clear up all these Satanic lies, right? WT isn't really paying money from the Worldwide Work to silence children that were raped by brothers, are they?" etc.
More later. It's past my bedtime.