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Nichijew
We see not one word about SGI and Ikeda while beseeching America to let I Choose [SGI] into its High Schools. See the vacuous eyes of the I Choose cast and crew.
The entire organization I Choose is an SGI covert mind control division of the Soka Gakkai as is the International Committee of Artists For Peace. They are no different than American journalists and entertainers who work for the CIA.
What would Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin say about such deceit perpetrated in their name and the name of their Law?
Nichijew
SGI does this quite a lot: sponsors all of these organizations that make no mention of being affiliated with SGI...they're for the arts, for anti-violence initiatives, "peace studies," the environment, educating youth. If you don't know the rhetoric -- or who SGI leaders are -- you have no idea that the organization is linked to SGI. With that link that Nichijew posted, "Ian McIlrath" and the "Victory over Violence" campaign are just about the only clues that "Art for Peace" is linked with SGI.
There's the Spirit of Knowledge Academy (Soka) in Worcester, Massachusetts, possibly the Barack Obama Charter School in Los Angeles, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (with pictures of Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. on its website), the International Peace Research Association...the list goes on and on. Even to kids' cartoons.
On page 72 of this thread, there are several posts about how Ikeda's name was mentioned at the beginning of a series of children's cartoons in Malaysia. The cartoons themselves have cute, colorful little characters talking about love and friendship...but why have Ikeda's name ("Dr. Ikeda) mentioned at the beginning of the cartoon? Gotta indoctrinate the next generation early! And in light of the post on subliminal suggestions...it's scary. And of course with the cartoons -- again, no overt mention of Buddhism, or SGI.
On page 46 of this thread, there were several posts about the Peace Studies Program at Ball State University in Indiana, led by Professor George Wolfe. A student filed a complaint about essentially being taught SGI philosophy though Professor Wolfe did not call it that. Professor Wolfe had ties to the Toda Institute, and said, disingenuously, that "A Buddhist organization helps sponsor the Toda Institute." As if something named after President Toda could be anything BUT SGI's baby! But -- you would have to know something about SGI to know that, and most Americans don't.
As with the Spirit of Knowledge Academy in Worcester...the original application mentioned "Japanese educator and writer Daisaku Ikeda." Never a word about SGI, of course, and the last time I checked, the description was just "based on the educational philosopher of Josei Toda." But of course no mention of the fact that Josei Toda was the second president of SGI, and how would someone know that if they hadn't been in SGI?
And didn't SGI-USA (back when it was NSA) do the same thing with the Liberty Bell? Back in the 70's, youth division members, dressed in clothing of the 1700's, offered to bring a replica of the Liberty Bell into schools? Again, they didn't really say clearly that they were part of SGI -- and most schools didn't ask. God knows how many front groups SGI has out there
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2011 11:21PM by tsukimoto.