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gingermarie
Reading these shocking and tragic experiences reminds me of the saying, "the fish stinks from the head."
This total lack of humanity comes from nowhere but the top. It was learned by example and innuendo.
When I had been told that Mr. Williams "betrayed" Ikeda, I had asked how Ikeda responded; how he had felt. I imagine that he would feel disappointed. My leader told me that "Sensei is never disappointed, never. He has no time for that. He just moves on." I argued that anyone betrayed is bound to be disappointed to some degree, or dismayed, or sad, something! She insisted that he wasn't. I felt that his response was abnormal and disconcerting. This was the beginnings of my independent thought process. This is where all that lack of humanity and decency stems from.
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An Incredulous SGI Member Writes:
"Do other religious leaders, other than President Ikeda, have lists of traitors
that they read or have someone read at leaders' meetings? I heard from a paid
staff leader that this has been done consistently in Japan for a few years.
George Williams is on the list now, and that is where the bad rumors about him
are coming from. His traitor status is rumored to be that he "thought" about
going with the temple. Other traitors on the list are leaders who didn't fully
support Pres. Ikeda in 1979, and there are more on there for different reasons.
This is the first I'd heard about this reading of a list of traitors. Made me
nauseous."
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