Serious question: Why are you here? I thought JW weren't allowed to vote to be politically active because this is a found of allegiance to someone or thing other than God.
These are all serious questions:
Do you vote?
Do you encourage or discourage others to vote?
Why are you at FreeRepublic? Do you just come here for the dialogue or do you consider yourself politically active?
No offense meant, so please don’t take any.
The JW's are a very high control organization. They are traditionally forbidden to have close relationships with 'worldly' (their term for non-JW) people lest they be contaminated.
The web has provided an outlet for JWs who long for freedom to speak openly without fear of being disfellowshipped (which would mean their familes are supposed to disown them). Some have found the courage to leave and tell the world what really lies behind the 'nice' lady who wants to have a 'Bible study' with you. It's like the Bendini, Lambert, and Locke of religions. There is no easy way out.
So they discourage internet use for their members because they have social lives over which their organization has no control and is unable to monitor. But there is the occasional 'jerri' who monitors the web for them to spout the official line.
Do you vote? No, I don't vote and I don't discourage others from voting. That is a personal decision for each person to make.
Why are you at FreeRepublic? This is where the breaking news happens.
And besides the language and mentality over here is much better than it is over at DU.