Bonnie,
Interesting talk huh? The society has slowly removed most of the signposts for the end being near over the last 15 years. The biggest one being the age of the generation that saw 1914. Even the article that came out a couple years ago in the Awake mag. that changed the WTS stance on earthquakes in on place after another being a sign of the end. I believe is was a Nov magazine. I'll search the CD later. Most witnesses seem content to believe things are bad but could get much worse so the end may be a little ways off yet. The society needs a new stick and carrot.