Wonderful story. Although this is likely the reason that shunning is the WTs response to every little flaw that finds expression. If people weren't shunned, they might go out to dinner with the ingrates (that would be you and Dave) and they would be lulled by your friendship and next thing they'd be reading Ray Franz and Presto Changeo, they'd be out too and Bang! No more contributions - or something very like that. Gotta shun those free thinkers before they infect the entire congregation with their bad apple attitude. Hehehe.
Good work.