john morgan wrote:If I speak my truth in honest and responsible fashion at least others know where I am coming from ...
Well, unless Morgan is your middle name, was there a BK John Morgan back in the Tennyson Road days? Although you got your dates wrong, the history books say no but I accept you as you are, your truth and position will be clear by what you write. We need to avoided being sucked down to the level of personalities and keep up to the level of impersonal values and objective facts.
Tinydot is absolutely correct and other forum members ... including active and surrendered BKs ... have commented on their experience of;
singled out and picked out by the SS for their social associations within the BK family,
banished from BK centers for merely attending an alternative spiritual group,
sidelined from promotion,
files held on them,
had private letters sent to the organization then circulated by zones-in-charge (or possibly Madhuban)
and in India kidnapped and beaten in the case of the PBKs, many of whom sustain good relationship with and have support within rank and file BKs
... all of which has happened in numerous continents over a period of decade ... and all of which happens absolutely without any accountability or address from the self-appointed elite.
To suggest that the BK elite does not operate what for all intent and purpose is equivalent to a spy ring or intelligence gathering operations, is either utterly naive ... or you are part of it! This tack you are taking is identical to one voiced in the
correspondence with Sister Jayanti thread.
I am also sorry to see ... again from a pro-BK supporter ... the small mindedness and negativity that can only perceive this forum to be a place to have a "bop" at the BKs. Can you tell us the independent mechanism by which we or BKs can raise our grievances without fearing retribution?
If you are being honest, perhaps you have just been out of mainstream BKWSU for too long ... Personally, until the SS are held equal and accountable by some independent body, I would not suggest to any BK or forum member to reveal ANY personal details whatsoever. However, the mere existence of this forum is bringing about positive change within the BKWSU and, I am sure, making them more cautious. Ultimately, it will have to be accepted by the BKWSU as part of the process of change.
I would like to point out, contrary to what the BKs discussed, many organization such as the United Nations for example do actually run a confidential ombudsperson systems which allows for anonymity to look into serious claims and complaints, so do governments etc. As John says, "witness protection" schemes.