...so there I was, out in garage, inflating my ego to near cosmic dimensions, when what to my wondering eyes should appear...
but the brilliant bat-signal,
up there,
in the air!
Simon, I want to give you a hearty virtual handshake and a brotherly slap on the back! It takes some real stones - and I don't mean 14 pounds or 6.3 kilos - to offer a public apology, and I accept, providing I am permitted to review the events leading up to my banishment to the land of thornd and thistles.
I got into an argument with Cedars in the days after the suicide of Oompa. Cedars reported to Simon that I had threatened him. Cedars is a coward and a liar. I tried to explain what was happening to some of my friends via PMs here because the first stage of my punishment was that I could not make ANY public posts on ANY subject, but I was still able to use PM,so I did. Then that was turnred off and my account was closed.
I think that is an accurate summary of the events, but that is MY opinion, subject to rebuttal by Simon or others.
Maybe I have an ability to sniff out a bad fish before others do. Maybe I've just been lucky that the few times I thought I smelled a foul fish I was right. It's not something I do with great intent 24/7/365, sometimes my spidey-senses tingle.
I am very moved by the kind words of so many. You are my community, my family-of-the-heart.
JWN is the largest and best forum for XJWs and JWs who are starting to think. Be assured the WTB&TS fears and hates this community of thinkers and lovers of freedom.