They are
encouraging the abrogation of the personal
and religious freedoms of adult American citizens
through brainwashing methods and techniques similar
to those employed by the North Koreans and
North Vietnamese against American P.O.W's...
I certainly am not in favor of cults--who is?
But I do not believe any person or organization
has the right to incite the kidnappings of persons
who are part of small religious organizations
that are not cults...This is a money making
racket. This [Cult Awarenes Network] is nothing
more than McCarthyism in a new form.
Anne and I read and reread this last section of the "Statement."
We glanced at each other for a moment--but said nothing.
* * *
In 1990 I spoke with the three English professors who, in 1976,
had served on Rama's doctoral dissertation committee. Louis Simpson,
a Pulitzer prize winning writer, told me he had written a poem
about a student, a brilliant lecturer, who creates his own system
rather than working within an existing one (Simpson, Louis.
"Herons and Water Lilies." In The Room We Share. New York:
Paragon House, 1990).
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