Funny that this video should be posted yesterday because a friend of mine in Oregon was preparing to leave for his father's funeral which was held this past Monday, when he received phone call from a "blocked" number. He normally doesn't answer blocked callers but he thought the call might have something to do with the funeral arrangements.
It turns out it was someone who was calling to point out how negative things are going in the world, sickness and death and wanted to direct him to a place where there's a message of "positivity". He went on at length about "negative" world events and our need for "positivity" and how that message can be found at JWorg.
The caller hadn't identified himself but as soon as he said JWorg my friend realized he must be from JW's so he asked him outright if that's who he was. The caller seemed taken aback and asked if my friend if he was familiar with JW's. He said yes, that he knows people who were JW's and their experience was far from being positive.
Long story short, the subject was quickly changed back to JWorg and the call ended. My friend said he felt really strange afterward. His father died after years of surgeries and chemo to treat a brain tumor and this call kind of shook him and made him feel as if he was being watched or somehow tracked and that someone was trying to prey on his grief. His mind was focused on trying to hold it together for his father's funeral in a few hours and the arrangements afterward and suddenly out of nowhere he gets this weird call. He wished that he had thought to ask how the caller got his phone number and had expressed how bad this call made him feel. He's a very kindly and tolerant sort of guy and it would take a lot for him to get to the point where he'd want to confront someone about anything.
I shared this video with him and he felt better knowing that he wasn't the only one who thought this was weird. He also thought it was great that this woman went to the news to complain about this practice. He remarked on the way the spokesperson from the Watchtower said they didn't encourage this practice ( I assured him that they do encourage it). He also remarked how brainwashed someone must be to get to the point where their own natural embarrassment or shame wouldn't be enough to prevent them from doing something like this. I told him I was too embarrassed to do a lot of the things they wanted us to do and how they interpret this as a lack of fait and view you as "spiritually weak" and treat you as such.