Sample protest letter re: Vicki Boer case

by cruzanheart 16 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  cruzanheart

  I just dashed this off, but it will give us something to work with. I like Hillary_step's idea of barraging the Society, congregations, media with identical letters. Feel free to edit (oh, right, like you guys are SHY!!) and let's get something short, intelligent, and to the point ready to go.

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  Dear :

  Please consider this my formal letter of protest regarding your legal actions in Canada against Vicki Boer. By demanding an outrageous amount of legal fees from someone who proved in court that you were negligent in your handling of her sexual abuse case you are going against every rule that you preach about so virtuously and so publicly.

  [need quote re: going to court against brothers]

  [need quote about love]

  "Our top priority is to protect the victims." Philip Brumley, General Counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses (see "Jehovah's Witnesses' Response to Inquiries on Child Abuse," www.watchtower.org).

  I hereby petition that you drop the demand for legal fees from Vicki Boer and commence a serious and thorough investigation into your policies on handling child abuse.

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  This might just be the rallying point we need to get our issues about the Society really noticed. Yay, Vicki!!!

  Nina
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  expatbrit

  Nina:

  Excellent. Please check your pm's.

  E.
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  Nathan Natas

  "Our top priority is to protect the victims."

  -- Philip Brumley, General Counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses

  Isn't it obvous that they see THEMSELVES as the victims iin this case?
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  hillary_step

  Nina,

  Clear and quick - just the job!

  Expat - Where have you been you 'ole reprobate?

  HS
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  Hamas

  Great stuff.

  Kick ass, girl.
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  Frannie Banannie

  Great idea, Nina....and well written, too....

  I just posted this (below) on the "Help Vicki Right Now" thread.....would someone please start a "Media Blitz for Vicki" thread with the below info?...I'm out of topics right now....FB

  When emailing the "big guns" as in primary news media, please keep your comments concerning your outrage over this ruling brief and to the point (K.I.S.S. - keep it simple, sweetie).....These four items (below) should be included in your emails blitzing the news media. This way, news personnel may view the articles at their convenience and make necessary contacts:

  1. URL to Canadian Press Newspaper article on Canadian Court's Ruling re: Vicki Boer vs. The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society which originates in New York:

  http://www.recorder.ca/cp/national/030929/n0929181A.html

  2. URL to Vicki Boer's Post-Ruling Press Release info:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/59525/892268/post.ashx#892268

  3. URL to the Silent Lambs website: (this shows the cause and possibly greater affects of the adverse ruling)

  http://www.silentlambs.org/

  4. (List of contacts info from Uzzah)

  A question which occurs to me about this whole thing is "How is this ruling going to affect not only the morale of other victims, but the future outcome of rulings in the cases of other molestation and rape victims of the WTS?

  To reach the "big guns" and perform a media blitz, use your search engine to find:

  CNN, CNN TV, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, MSNBC News....when you locate them, click on every form of contact on every form of news and reporter at that site, you never know which ones will reach the producers....that way we can be sure of a blitz.....for those of you who wish to help in this way....

  Frannie B
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  bebu

  Cruzan, is there a particular email address that might also work? Bombarding emails should also be very good. Plus, you can forward a prepared petition to your friends, and if they also pass it along after mailing it, you will get a bigger response.

  The more unwanted publicity the WT gets, the better. The more non-JWs that let them know that they are aware of their despicable policies, the better. I know a lot of non-JWs who would be glad to forward something like this.

  Whenever Americans wrote to protest leaked information about tortures in communist countries toward individuals, you can bet that it has made a difference. It still does. If a "no-name" prisoner suddenly gets 100s of letters a week, the prisonwarden knows that they will be held accountable for this person after all.

  bebu

  who has already emailed the info and links to a new station (fingers crossed!)
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  RAYZORBLADE

  See...this is what I like, people getting together to work towards something good.

  Thanks (((Cruzanheart))), what a wonderful letter.

  Anything and everything, can help, and if for nothing else, it cannot hurt.

  Let's work to assist Vicki.

  At least that is something we can all agree upon.
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  Dansk

  Lovely letter, Nina. We need to have it finalised soon as time is of the essence.

  Love,

  Dansk
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  Angharad

  Great letter Nina !!