Skipper,
I can understand your anger and pain...
To beat a child for something over which the child has no control is ignorant.
Not to mention extremely hurtful.
Thanks for sharing your feelings... perhaps the WTS did subtly encourage this type of treatment in the past.
cellomould
"In other words, your God is the warden of a prison where the only prisoner is your God." Jose Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ