Farkel, if you check with Amnesty International, you will find this huge long list of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of JW men rotting away in prisons in lands where there IS alternative service. Specifically, Bulgaria and Greece, but I know the number is way larger than that.
The last time I looked, ONE JW in Greece and ONE JW in Bulgaria asked for alternative service. Would you like to hazard a guess as to what THEIR standing in the congregation may be at this point?
I lost track of this issue a while back, and I am hoping someone will pick it up and run with it. Myself, I am preparing to relocate (Jehovah's Witness Relocation Program) and can't keep up with these issues untill probably next year.
Addition: In Bulgaria and in Greece, the JW's were whining that the Alternative service was twice as long as the prison sentence. Yes---BECAUE THEY CUT THE PRISON SENTENCES IN HALF ---DUUUUUHHHHHH !!!!!!!!
I'm not saying they don't have a legitimate gripe---but they weren't telling the WHOLE STORY---what a surprise (NOT).
Unhappyman--go play in traffic....
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