Simon,
I was reading the Tort last night to my husband. Even he, who usually has is rose colored glasses on was able to see that they took things out of context and misrepresented things. We only got to page 8 with the Tertullian, Eusebus, Biblis exerpts!
I don't know that people realize the ramifications of this Tort. I was writing about this in another discussion group.
We had a cultist (The Body) here in my town that allowed her baby to starve to death because of a vision of another member of the group saying the baby was the reincarnation of Jesus. A few deprogrammers were brought in and testified on her behalf and she was set free.
One day there may be lawsuits over the blood policy. Who knows, maybe we will see commercials on the television that say - If you or someone you know have been injured by the Jehovahs Witness blood policy call 1-800-GETMONEY - we'll get you the money you deserve.
And I am sure publicity hungry people like Steve Hassan will jump on the bandwagon and show up in court to testify that people who were once Jehovahs Witnesses were under mind control and couldn't make truly informed decisions for themselves.
Chrystal
PS - And for any who don't think that Steve Hassan is publicity hungry you obviously didn't see him making a fool of himself on TV - on a multitude of channels - when the John Walker (little dumb american spoiled brat running through the desert pretending to be an Islamic extremeist) Trial was going on here! It made me ashamed to have purchased his book!