Yesterday, I get a call at work from my old JW buddy, who BTW doesn't know my true feelings on religion. He offers to buy lunch so we go to a local burger joint, sit down, and start swapping stories like always. We see each other once or twice a week, share many common interests, and generally get along well. My friend, who shall now be called "Roy", gives me the lowdown on all the happenings in his life over the past couple weeks. Family family work blah blah blah...same old BS.
Now comes the interesting part, and also I think that a little background info is warranted. This person, Roy, is a former MS in the local cong. 2 years ago, Roy left his wife, lost his MS position, started smoking, started carrying a gun, threatened 2 elders, and slept with at least 10 different women that I know of, and I know because I've met them and saw things that are better left unsaid. Well, to make a long story short, Roy decides to come clean. On the day of his JC, Roy tells me that after giving the BOE the rundown of all that he's done over the past 2 years, and I beleive him when he says that he told everything, they decided in about 10 minutes to reprove him and not DF him.
Roy's response when I looked at him after telling me this and saying "Holy Shit", was "Well, they made a bunch of changes over the past couple of years, and now it's extremely hard to get DF'ed". I bit my tongue while silently crying BS on everything he said, knowing that the JC he dealt with was made up of his friends.
What a load.