TWI 3 & 4

[hiway29]

I put TWI 2 at the reading of pop, because that's when it really hit the fan.

From the time of VPW's death till then, most people were gamely hanging in there, determined to prove that the way wasn't built upon a man , but upon the word. The ROA in 85' was, on the surface, one of the most dynamic in years, and there was little sense of the disaster to come, at least among the 'little people'.

Personally the bloom had been off the rose for a few years by then for me, and I was sick of the whole thing, but like many, I thought the problem was with me. One cannot overstate the sense of relief and freedom that thousands had when they suddenly realized they weren't the problem, and maybe we're ok after all.

It's a forever debateable subject, but for those main reasons, and others, I think TWI 1 lasted until the reading of POP. I also think it ended the first night it was read.