I was thinking the same thing about Friend. If they were smart, the men at the top would be paying attention to input at least from guys like him.
Maybe he's not always well liked, but its better to be well respected.
As far as Jane goes, she typifies how ignorant the "new witness" is of anything in even relatively recent history, such as 1975. This isn't entirely her fault, as the Society makes sure people like Jane have the misconceptions they do.
Not that the accurate information isn't there, its just the only information that she is likely to absorb through passive means is going to only be a half truth of what really happened.
Because she "heard" someone from Bethel say something, she seems to think that it is from God. With the passing of enough time, and her facing dissappointments herself, she'll ask the questions that trouble us as well.
Whether she finds the answers as a young lady, or whether she finds them late in life, is in the end up to her.
Her stubborn nature differs from your [Zep's] "I don't give a flying f***" attitude in that you and everyone here are, or at least were, wise and open minded to consider what was once a "contrary viewpoint."
This jane must also be a pain in the ass to the local elders. The old school doesn't like women like her bursting on the scene shooting her mouth off to the "men". She's a loose cannon on the net because no one wants to listen to her in real life.
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