Thanks EE: as you've noted, I don't hold back against JW nonsense, but I also am not a believer in shot-gunning, throwing out flak, and seeing what sticks. As you know, it's better to choose ones battles wisely, and this seems like low-yield, but there's also been some valid points raised. I'm just trying to be fair and balanced (just like Fox, lol)
Heres something worth looking at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_on_masturbation
Note how almost all major religions take a dim view on masturbation: JWs are not exactly out of the mainstream here (as they are with blood transfusion, etc) as they're in step with Catholicism, Muslims, Jews, Mormons, etc. All also discourage masturbation as being 'carnal' and not spiritually-minded, as a weakness of the flesh (and the controlling opinion here I'd think would be Jesus' own words about looking at a woman with lust in your mind is the same as sleeping with her, AKA thought-policing).
Sure, the video is graphic, but that's a beef best taken up with ASL Institute, not WTBTS. We had a recent news story about a 3 yr old deaf kid (Hunter) where the school district wanted him to change his name, since the sign violated their threatening gesture policy. That quickly backfired on them, as the ACLU threatened to sue them if Hunter's ADA rights were threatened...
Just saying I can't see this as gaining traction (pun intended), but it's not really up to us here: it'll take a life of its own, being on the Internet. My point though is that all the JWs would need to do is put out a short video explaining why it was made, with their team of deaf interpreters and a couple of deaf JWs defending them as WT showing support for the deaf JW community, and denouncing the critics as meanies who are picking on them; the anti-video campaigners are left dead in the water, looking like a bunch of insensitive boorish oafs. Just saying, it's playing with dynamite....
Fwiw, I have two JW family members who sign at conventions, KH, etc. I haven't gotten their take on it, but maybe I'll ask them next time I see them, to see what the scuttlebutt is on the inside.