Mad One,
After a brief foray on the board yesterday morning, my wife told me to get a life. I did, with a delightful outing with all my family. Last night the server gave out those "log backup needed" messages we get once in awhile and it was probably 3 a.m. where Simon is. I say that so you won't make anything of 'deafening silence' until this morning.
I said before that your comments about me 'reflect more about you than they do me.' Many have been severely hurt by those in positions of responsibility, and I'm painfully aware of that, getting regularly tarred by the sins of others. Goes with the territory. I take you at face value and assume you have been wounded. I say that not to excuse your lack of civility but to let you know I can have empathy for someone else's pain. In my entire history, no one has ever accused me of being a hatchetman. I gave you no reason to say that.
On the board there is genuine misunderstanding of friend of the court briefs as well as the Rees case. I don't have time to write about everything, and much I don't read, period.
I don't know how to be more definitive in saying Rees is deader than a doornail, and I recommend again in view of your keen interest in it that you do connect with attorney Waxman who will explain the limitations and peculiarities of New Hampshire law and why the case could not advance.
As to Berry:
: If this case WINS LEGALLY, it will be a miracle
I disagree. Jeff Anderson didn't take the case hoping for a miracle, he relies on the law and his proven skills; his track record speaks for itself.
: The Rees lawsuit was so weak against the WTS that the Maine courts didn't even allow it to be tried
The suit was not weak, New Hampshire law precluded advancement. Again, check with Waxman; I'm not going to argue on this board.
You have used such terms as media blitz, publicity and the like. That's a thin reed I and others are not leaning on. Our goal is not publicity, but to correct the injustices done to innocent children and to change the present policy. My comments made in another thread about Dateline are authentic as well.
Rather than focus on the two witness rule and its own interests, the Society should be looking at Romans 13 and properly letting the Higher Power function in its intended way, with the Authority including medical and psychiatric authority in addition to legal authority. 'For it is God's minister.' Elders are not qualified to assess and judge the seriousness or genuineness of any act of abuse, and the ponderous machinery of judicial process should never be imposed on a child.
Invariably the Society in its communications almost unwittingly conveys the sense they are out to protect themselves foremost, to reduce liability. Sure, they speak about children, but their communications are clear on what is paramount: self-preservation. Many of us are well aware how quick they have been to buy silence with money--and with insidious intimidation. You will not find that in court records but it will be exposed.
Truth is precious to me and I will never bend it. Were I to do so, I would be no better than those whose deadly policies I have nothing but contempt for.
Cordially,
Maximus