Dear Nate,
Thank you for your reply which shed some truth to the situation. I was truly baffled by your reply to my post above which I felt was very conciliatory and peaceful. There is nothing in your profile which describes your situation so I did not know that you were homebound or limited in your movement and that certainly would explain the significant amount of posting.
I think this forum is a wonderful place and I hope that you will make many friends and supporters.
I don't believe that any of my posts on this thread were reactive or submitted without deliberation. My first short post was meant to address what I considered to be boasting about illegal behaviour. No one is the police here, not even the moderators, but we all have some duty in being responsible with what we say and the ideas that we advocate here.
There are many sensible and mature persons here but there are also a number who are not, including a number of younger persons that visit, some who post and many who lurk, who might not have fully developed and matured and may feel that such things are ok.
When such ones read about the glorification of what are really hate-crimes towards a religious group, they may not appreciate that that was the "70s" or understand that you are not condoning such activity now. (Actually I am more saddened by the responses by otherwise sensible adults which continue to applaud such conduct and advocate the duplication of it.) Very often what are minor pranks or misdemeanor crimes such as petty theft or vandalism forms a basis in escalation of the activity and can lead to very serious things such as arson, aggravated vandalism, terrorist activity, bombings, and even killing.
Your situation, while sympathetic, does not give you the right to glorify such "pranks" without criticism. I believe that I have been respectful in all of my posts in this thread. Regarding Jeannie, I don't know what to say about that. She is evidently my Inspector Javert. I didn't see her original post in this thread so I can't address it. I do note, and you have the time to look at my post history, that she almost inevitably posts a response to whatever I say attacking me in a very personal way, including accusing me of conduct or spinning what I say in a completely warped sense. It is actually both bizarre and amusing. I am evidently someone that she has judged and she is determined to attack me whenever she has the opportunity. Some people just take a disliking to others automatically and that has been the case on her part. As for me, I don't know her and only base my opinion on how she has treated me. I took issue with your claim of my bullying her which is simply untrue.
I have not had the opportunity but I wish to welcome you to the forum. I have been around on the Net for quite some time, going back to H20 days, and am engaged in developing my own perspective regarding Jehovah's Witnesses with my website, Jehovahs-Witnesses.net
I hope that you will use your experience to help others, inform others, encourage others, and yes make them laugh - but in a responsible way.
sincerely,
Eduardo Leaton Jr., Esq.