nancee park,
Bill has told the hard truth. So did evidently did Ms Pat Garza when she said Ted Jarasz of the Gov Body molested her when District Overseer in L.A. since he has not denied what she has publicly stated. Is this what you mean?
I never liked Jaracz, not that I met him personally. He seemed to be about the coldest, stuffiest GB member around back when I was in. On one hand, I hope this wasn't true for the sake of Pat Garza. But then again, if something like this happened, I would hope no statute of limitations or any glitch gets in the way of justice. I admit I find the story amazing, but who knows? Not so many years ago, I wouldn't have believed the UN involvement, Rutherford's problems, or Greenlees and Chitty.
But no, it's not what I meant in any of my post. Maybe I implied something like it with the expression rumors of wars and wars of rumors. I think to a certain extent I've appreciated the way Bill Bowen has been able to play the media game. I guess "teasers" and "rumors" are par for the course. Also, it takes a lot of motivation to play such a gutsy game, and I don't think Bill would not have much chance of getting noticed otherwise (between terrorist attacks, Afghanistan, Iraq, Stock Market, Martha Stewart, etc.)
I think the problem with the "media game" method is that the same story works only once, maybe twice, so you better be able to make good -- "fire all of your guns at once." Otherwise, the press doesn't need your story again unless it's even more sensational than the first time. They start treating you like a joke that's been told too many times.
I think that if I were one of Jaracz' lawyers, I would definitely have told him that remaining silent is the best way for now. There was probably fear of a "feeding frenzy" if Jaracz could have been forced to respond when the Catholics and Bill were both getting press on the same issue at the same time. At that time everyone was looking for a new angle so that their story didn't sound too much like one that had already been done.
Gamaliel
