Had some family over afterwards and most of the talk was either mocking morris for being a tactless bitter old man or genuine criticism of his harsh tone and clear lack of love. Still, most will forget it, as its too uncomfortable to continue to call it to mind.
On the other end of the spectrum my elder father-in-law was waffling between criticising the hypocrisy of morris for saying about movies that they don't make rules for people, but that they should have bible trained consciences to decode for themselves - then he proceeded to make a bunch of rules (no vampires, etc). Then he'd jump back to piling on the homophobia. He was clearly trying to iron out cognitive dissonance the whole night, though. Still, once he's slept it'll be gone from his conscious mind and it'll be back to the daily routine.
What will remain, once the dust settles, are the two most clearly manipulative statements of the day. The first has been touched on here - the mental image of having blood on one's hands for skipping serve-us one morning. That part was clearly designed to bypass the conscious and critical mind to implant a phobia directly into the subconscious. Because if you can't motivate the flock to preach because of their jesus-like love of neighbor, you need to invoke the OT god and implant a little fear and guilt to keep 'em going. The second, contrasting manipulation was during the WT summary (I think) when we were told to imagine (again, if the audience complies, they are allowing their critical thinking to be bypassed, and even if they don't like what they're told to imagine or don't believe it's realistic, the image will nonetheless be implanted in their minds) themselves having a conversation in the new system. There were also a couple times that we were essentially told that we are going to live forever, and the way it was done implied that our current life would never end (I.e. it was a more subtle "millions now living..." type statement) not just that we'd be ressurected.
For all those thinking that this will help wake some folks up, don't get complacent. The indoctrination is powerful and subtle. If your loved one was made uncomfortable by something said, don't let them forget it. Ask questions that they won't be able to answer (can you imagine if Jesus had talked like that? Would Christianity exist if Jesus had been so harsh to his followers?) And make sure the uncomfortable part is called to mind. Every JW that has 2 brain cells to rub together will have been uncomfortable about something in that talk, but it's too costly to dwell on so they'll push it out of their mind and only the phobia indoctrination will remain. If you let that happen, then this wasn't a milestone in waking up your loved one, it was a step backwards.
Sorry to be a negative Nancy - but this is the time to be vigilant, not assuming they've done the work for you. Capitalize on the look behind the curtain before the oppurtunity is lost.
