May 28, 2008
So David was ‘evicted’ from the Big Brother house because he was “boring”. What some people do not understand is that it can take years to recover from the damage caused from the trauma of being locked away from society. A typical ex-member of the Exclusive Brethren has been surrounded by rules and restrictions since birth. The ability to hold a ‘normal’ conversation with someone not part of the cult is a skill that has to be learned.
Certainly David Tchappat has had 13 or more years to learn how to socially interact, but his chosen routes of employment are telling – a policeman and currently a fireman. Both roles allow physical communication and an associated authority. Try and pick two other jobs (necessarily attainable without a university education) that depend more on rules and regulations as much as these … ex-Exclusive Brethren are expert at maintaining existence around rules. For the first few years, an ex-member without some form of structure is the psychological equivalent of a body without a skeleton.
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Concerns regarding the ability of Kevin Rudd to ‘walk the walk’ following his undoubted ability to ‘talk the talk’ increased earlier today as the news broke of his rejection of a letter written to him by members of this site. The letter was sent based on Rudd’s oft repeated and clearly-defined statement regarding the Exclusive Brethren a few months ago when he called them an “extremist sect and cult”. Kevin Rudd then went on to say that he “believed they break up families”.
That is all we needed to hear. It is all that we have been saying for years. So the community of ex-Exclusive Brethren wrote to him.
Here is the Submission and the covering letter by Australian Peter Flinn:
25th February 2008
The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600Dear Prime Minister,
Exclusive Brethren
I am writing on behalf of a group of ex-members of the religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren, and many others concerned about their activities. Our ages range from 30 to 80 years, and many of us have suffered traumatic experiences as a result of the doctrines and practices of this sect, whether having “escaped” recently or as long ago as 50 years.
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