Corboy, the sg is the most militaristic "peace" organization I've ever seen.
The more tired, sweaty, wild-eyed, unthinking, obedient and out of your senses you were, the more you "bonded" and were accepted in the ymd. The goal of the ymd leaders in my day was to make their members into bigger mirror images of their own numbskull selves.
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Shavoy
How can M/D get "lost in translation?
"Lost in translation" is the default "gray" answer that the Japanese mindset always reverts to when they are being less than candid and/or you have unwittingly entered a zone that only "fellow Japanese" can truly understand due to their "unique" insight. It's also BS special pleading (in this case, the assertion that non-true Japanese -whatever that's supposed to mean- lack the ability to fully comprehend, appreciate, and apply the meaning).
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There is no real democracy in SGI anymore, so asking questions? Nope.
The sg is no more democratic than it is a peace organization. At its heart, it treats its members as property of the organization. It's autocratic, oppressive and dictatorial.
Asking hard questions that they are not prepared for, will never get you an honest discussion/dialogue in the sg. All it will get you is a hard, cold, stone-faced stare, initial silence and then a curt non-answer. If asked of a very senior salaried leader, you will also find yourself immediately ostracized afterwards. I've encountered it first hand, many times and it is always the same. It's almost as if they are looking at you and thinking to themselves, "
there's no way we're going to be able to fully get this person on-board, make note of that, don't waste any more of your time, and move on."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2012 05:52AM by Hitch.