Yes it is.
First, the text of the entire article can be found here, as well as links to the scans:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=26684&site=3
Second, the part of the article I was referring to is:
>Here and there, the few who may be disgruntled and dissatisfied, who find fault and speak bitterly about the way things are done, are like a "poisonous root" that can spread and poison others who initially were unaffected.<
>They stir up rumors that there is injustice, ethnic prejudice, or the like, in the congregation or on the part of the elders.<
>Should we not turn a deaf ear to their talk and strive to be spiritual people who contribute to peace and unity in the congregation?<
>The appointed elders must be quick to put an end to such an unwholesome influence. Unlike "the one in want of heart," a man of discernment knows when to keep silent. Rather than betray a confidence, he covers over the matter.<
Slander, by definition must be a lie. This part of the article is not dealing with slander. It is dealing with the dissemination of truthful speech that the Watchtower and the elders do not like. (Since lies and relevance is not mentioned here)
Victims and their supporters have the right to speak out, without over twenty derrogative names being hurled at them in ONE Watchtower article. They have the right to speak out without being ordered to be enforcedly shunned by all other JW's including their own family members. They have the right to speak out with having the elders swat teams "move quickly to put an end to them."
Not that what we think matters. According to the inside front cover of this magazine, :
Average printing: 24, 147, 000 issues.
Available in Large-print edition and audiocassettes.
So we'll just see waht the public thinks when these 24 million copies get circulated.
UADNA-US (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-United States)
