Protecting Children Is In The Public Interest

If you haven't heard the latest about the prosecution of the Watchtower Society in Australia, please check out these threads.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/222044/2/Governing-Body-of-Jehovahe28099s-Witnesses-to-Escape-Judgment-for-Crimes-Against-the-Children

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/222048/1/WE-NEED-TO-E-MAIL-THE-PROSECUTOR-RIGHT-NOW

I resent the suggestion that enforcing a law that is designed to protect children is "not in the public interest". I think the Director of Public Prosecutions could come under a lot of public pressure if it became widely known that he is taking that stand. 

I'm glad that many of us are emailing the Director of Public Prosecutions in the few hours that remain before the next hearing. I think that there may be other things that can be done as well. I started a trending topic on Twitter #protectingchildrenisinthepublicinterest  It's already getting some tweets. If you use that hashtag, you can join in the public discussion. I thought that Twitter might be one of the best places to spread this message in a limited amount of time.

It might be a good idea to also contact some news agencies. I think that if we can show that there is already a lively discussion on the subject, they might be more willing to pick up the story. 

I also discovered that the phrase "protecting children is in the public interest" is a phrase that has almost never been used on the Internet until today. I'm sure we can dominate that slogan with our blog posts, discussions, tweets etc.  

I look forward to your comments and ideas.

Well done DT! 

Here are a few blog posts. I haven't seen any news coverage yet.

http://junkdrawerofthought.blogspot.com/2012/02/david-and-goliath-story-in-australia.html

http://apostatewitness.blogspot.com/2012/02/protecting-children-is-in-public.html

I sent another email polointing out the discussion of the case on Twitter. 

https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23protectingchildrenisinthepublicinterest

I'm hoping that public discussion and awareness of the case will help to convince them to continue with the case.

Unfortunately Mr. Unthank was unsucessful. The Crown took over the cases today and dismissed them.
http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/apology/ 

Question: Aren't the JWs now complying with the WWCA?

EDIT: Yes, they are complying with the act.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/Victoria-Australia-WTBTS-and-GB-of-JWs-have-shown-themselves-to-be-GUILTY-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cWorking-With-Childrene2809d-Laws 

This is a win, not a loss if the true concern was to protect the children within the organization. 

I have to give Mr. Unthank credit for everything that he accomplished. It's just too bad that the Crown wasn't willing to hold the Watchtower Society accountable for their crimes.