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In Reply to: a question of values posted by Seriously Sold Out Systemite on April 10, 2005 at 12:41:08:
I agree with the need for accountability, tranparency and clarity concerning guiding principles and other fundament issues.
It may be cathartic for those who are speaking out about their experiences, but I wonder what has been set up to help those [few or many]whose nightmares are triggered and they have flash backs, or their relationships suffer because they can't cope with the pain that taking the lid off brings.
I also wonder what is in place or what will be put in place, if the Family International does come crumbling down, to help those who may have to face another reality.
This doesn't mean that I support ignorance, or inaction but as a senior mental health professional I have over the years learnt to be very careful about going at the individuals own pace.
This will not be a gentle process that individuals will experience and I am not hard hearted enough to say 'everyone within this group is bad, wicked or evil and deserves everything they get'. Some are: I have heard the stories, but others are just human beings who will have to find some way of coping with a new and challanging reality, without the certainties they have had for all or much of their lives.
A reality that doesn't paint them as an elite force to save the world, but one that paints them as someone who, even if its just by association, has been party to some horrendous things.
I believe that what I say will not win me any friends on these boards, but I am conscious that my concern is real and I worry for all those who are hurt by this and those who will have to live with the consequences of the last 30+ years.
And before anyone tells me to put my money where my mouth is I have over the years, but not publically and I won't talk about that publically. Not my stories to tell.
