dlowan wrote:Australia now has laws permitting us to prosecute for sexual abuse of children committed overseas
Here too, they arrested some men b/c of what they'd done in Thailand ...
I read an interview with a woman last month, she's a documentary maker, and she made a film about her mother and their time in Baghwan ... you remember Baghwan? The orange clothes? It was a really big thing in the 80s here ... I remember a casual friend of my mothers went too, it was popular among former sixties types. I remember Baghwan was considered weird and funny, but still more like a bit "out there" than sinister.
Anyway, woman recounts how she was in her early teens when her mother joined Baghwan and 13 when they went to live in one of its communities ... the parents were encouraged to "explore and develop themselves" and were basically relieved of the care of their children, who were placed in different houses ... she says the community kind of appealed to people's, well ... you dont always
feel like parenting, and her mother had gotten her when she'd still been very young ... they were basically told it was OK to let go of that parenting responsibility, that it would be good for their children .. but she at 13 thus ended up working long days cooking and cleaning to take care of the younger children. Plus, residents were encouraged to "cuddle", and many an older man would come to "cuddle" in bed with the 13- or 14-year olds ... and they didnt know what to think about it, exchanged gossips about the different men.
For the movie she talked with the woman who had been in charge of her house, she claimed never to have known such things occurred ... and her mother said, "but you yourself
wanted to go, you were enthusiastic", and its true, she had always told her mum, yes, of course, good idea, cause she'd wanted to be a good daughter, please and take care of her mom. Anyway, now she made this film about it with her mother, and from what I read she confronts her about everything yet kind of also leaves her response alongside ... says she doesnt want revenge, that they get along well now ...
There's all these circles of loyalty to, identification with, justification of alongside the anger about, feeling of betrayal, etc ... Complicated mind maps ...
) when I was maybe 13 or 14 & he was a few years older. He leaves behind a wife & 2 young kids. I remember his sister China as an amazing dancer...I last saw her, unexpectedly, at a rave 2 years ago on new years eve night. Everyone in Japan mentioned in the article I've known personally...I hope they're coping alright.
