Yeah, I disagree too, as I always do when Mark says this same stupid shit.
Of course, people
are responsible for what they do with ideas. One can take a neutral idea, and bend it to become harmful.
But some ideas contain the seed, mold, pattern or model for the bad behavior. Some ideas cannot be applied in any way other than "badly".
For example, one can't really take Hubbard's policy on
Hard Sell and apply decently in ANY context? The
IDEA itself cannot be applied in any way except INSANELY. The IDEA contains the notions that 1) "only Scientology can deliver total freedom", 2) "the reactive mind aims to STOP progress up the Bridge", and 3) "all concerns other than getting the Bridge are secondary and distractions to attaining the state of OT". These ideas themselves are DUMB.
The Muslim idea, "if one kills a bunch of heathens in a suicide bombing, then one will go to Heaven and be with Allah and the 71 virgins" is NUTS. It is NUTS regardless of any MIND that accepts and thinks with such nonsense. It is NUTS way before any person comes along to "responsibly" accept, adopt and use such an idea.
Take the idea inherent to KSW that "we have the
only workable spiritual tech in existence". THAT idea sets the stage for a great many nasty and toxic related ideas and behaviors. How can that idea EVER be applied sanely? It can't. The IDEA itself is oof-the-wall. And , people who accept the idea also end up acting off-the-wall.
Take Hubbard's idea that "a person who attacks Scientology MUST be a suppressive person" and this "person MUST have hidden crimes and overts". This is based on OTHER nutty ideas such as "an SP attacks any and all betterment activities", and that "Scientology is the ONLY valid betterment activity on planet Earth". The idea contains the seed of the insanity that ALWAYS follows the acceptance of such an idea.
Take the Scientology IDEA that "survival" is the BASIC key goal of any organism, and that the basis of ethics is the "survival and expansion" of any organism or group. Take the idea of how the EXPANSION & SURVIVAL of Scientology is the MOST important concern of Scientology. How can anyone accept and adopt THAT idea and NOT have it be totally NUTS?
See, there is no amount of responsibility that can be enacted to make such ideas anything other than toxicly STUPID. There is no possible application or practice that can be anything other than harmful and abusive.
The ONLY option is to DISCARD the IDEAS. That is the ONLY
responsible behavior regarding a great many Scientology "ideas".
Too often the IDEA itself contains the PATTERN of abuse and harm.
Hubbard's policies on "lying", "telling acceptable truths", and "garnering agreement to manipulate realities"
delineates along NASTY lines. These are
defined in ways that cannot be used in any other way except deceitfully and surreptitiously.
I could go on and on providing examples of IDEAS of Hubbard's that cannot be applied in any way except abusively or harmfully.
How about, "always attack and never discuss"? That is a really STUPID idea.
The idea itself, applied in just about ANY context, results in asinine behavior. Again, the idea itself contains the pattern of idiocy.
All idea are not created equal, and while people ARE responsible for how they interpret and use any IDEA, some ideas cannot be used in any other way except harmfully. THAT is the problem with a great many ideas of Scientology.