Thanks for all the input everyone. Very well put together.
Steve, I have been around awhile and have always been aware of the 75' issue. There are alot of new ones to the forum which makes for new thoughts and personal experiences on the matter, so why not post it? There maybe a take on it we haven't heard before.
Personally, every time I asked the elders in my hall or people that lived during that time about it...they always say, "they don't remember much about it", "they've slept since then", "there were a few that went ahead of themselves", and my personal favorite "it doesn't matter, that was all in the past....we need to worry about keeping in step with Jehovah's Organization now." That last statement meant to make others feel guilty about inquiring about it.
Also, I love asking people that were never around during that time or came into "the truth" after. They regurgitate the same robotic answers and like to tell you the story like they were there. They are under the dilusion that the society never mentioned the year 1975 and that people went off on there own to come up with that date for the end of the world. I find it funny how new ones in the org don't have access to the old books outside of the wt cd (post 1970 publications). Sure, the congregation library has older books for now, but if you start reading them while at the meetings, you will be questioned. They are only good for collecting dust (therefore creating more during the cleaning of the KH). This is why the internet is so awesome...the past doesn't die, it takes new life on the information super highway...it keeps them from forgetting, or worse, rewriting history.