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Originally Posted by Ohio

Of course, I was in the LC's at the time this occurred. I definitely commend Max for what he did with Philip Lee -- confronting him about adultery. I also sympathize with the family for how his wife was shamed by Lee publicly. Of course, WL used Max as a scapegoat for his own failed programs. He was a master at doing this. This is just pure politics -- fire the cabinet member to protect the President. Is not Max, however, accountable for the things he did? He should have mentioned that in the article.

You make Max sound like a victim here. Is he not responsible for the damages he caused? Self-righteous behavior always blames others for one's actions in an attempt save face. Max was a grown man. He knows better. Did he not rise to prominence within the Recovery by coercing the saints to forgive and forget their Daystar "investments?"

The comparison with Ingalls is not fitting. John attempted to protect the saints from the rottenness at LSM, whereas Max was active to spread it throughout the continent. John hurt no one, while Max left a trail of damaged young people. Max may have been duped into doing things, but he was still an accomplice, and that's how the legal system would judge him.

It's one thing for Max to warn others about the system, but something altogether different for him, soon after the Jonestown suicides, to tell parents to get deprogrammers for their kids.

Also, let's be real. 2 months after being booted out you are telling the whole world it was a "cult" with dangerous mind control? Did this just happen? Or were you the "heir apparent" to the leader of a cult?