Great piece, again, JT>
The Society has tried to present this as "their CONSCIENCES WERE JUST VERY STRICT IS WHY THEY WENT TO PRISON" WHILE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS that IS A LIE As he put it ---during the Vietnam War all the young bro were getting draft letters Him and his mama went to the elders to get advice and they shared with him the Current position in the wt---- where basically it stated if you are Loyal you will not take the alternative job--GO TO JAIL OR BE DFED---POINT BLANK?
I remember those days and then the WTS came out in 1998 and said it had always been personal decision! You're right, a brother that chose alternative service during the Vietnam Era would have been DF'd and I know one who was. It is amazing what brownnosing the WTS will do to get in good with "worldly" governments to be recognized as a religion. What happened to standing up for what is right, being persecuted, and going underground?
Blondie