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So, where to start? We're in a power outage right now. We have a generator, so my husband got it out and fired it up. In case you have no experience with generators, you can't just plug the household electrical system into one. Sure, it generates power, but only so much. So we have heavy-duty extension cords running to both refrigerators and to the router and our computer systems. We plugged power strips in so we could charge all our laptops, phones, and tablets - my son can also plug in his coffee grinder (he's whole-bean only) if he wants to. But no lights; the gas burners on the cooktop need to be lit with a lighter; no washers. Fortunately it's cool, so we don't need the AC - I think that's too much of a power hog for a generator. Even with our solar power array, the battery systems that are available now won't run a household with AC - they're mostly only good for lights and maybe a fridge.
So last night, my husband unplugged his workstation and ran those extension cords over to the TV and entertainment system, and we watched a movie! All the comforts of home! After that, he unplugged the generator and it was lights out. I still had a margarita to finish, so I picked up my new book, Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults by Paul Morantz (2012; 2nd edition 2013 - that's the one I have), and started reading by flashlight.
Where to start? This book is packed full of exactly the kinds of anecdotes and observations that fit our work here perfectly! I guess I'll start as he does with John Walker Lindh:
>...a troubled, 19-year old American who sought a better world through Islam, but instead became entangled in the destructive web of Osama bin Laden.
How many idealistic, troubled young people sought a better world through True Buddhism and instead became entangled in the destructive web of Daisaku Ikeda? "World peace through individual happiness" my ass.
This chapter's heading is "Introduction: Sympathy for the Disciples?"
>When Lindh faced the cameras for the first time after his capture, I saw the ghost of Patty Hearst there: a soulless youth explaining in a monotone that he was a Taliban soldier. Like the priest in The Exorcist, I believed I was once again seeing an evil force of nature that I had fought many times before.
From one of the SGI memoirs we've covere
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