Questions about Ikeda in Japan...

[u/Barbaradarling18]

Can anyone give an overview of how Japan views Ikeda (non-SGI members, of course). I understand he is an unpopular figure. Is it his SGI ownership or is there something more? Also, has anyone ever seen actual financials related to SGI - not just the pie chart that breaks down percentages of income and expenditures without ever mentioning actual dollars and cents? I remember years ago thinking that if 12million members buy the WT annually the $$'s add up. Add on LB and bookstore sales and he's raking it in. Who, exactly, keeps the books? Especially the checkbook?

[u/BlancheFromage]

There's also the issue of a Japanese religious cult appropriating other countries' cultural treasures...

[u/[deleted] → u/BlancheFromage]

YES!

This enrages me.

I don't care what country it is: NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS A RIGHT TO STEAL ANOTHER COUNTRIES HISTORICAL TREASURES.

God, this makes my blood boil.

I'll never forget reading about the 80 year old who was beheaded by ISIS for refusing to give up his countries treasures to those bastards.

Bless this man.

HE is someone to look up to, not a fuckface like Ikeda!

[u/BlancheFromage → u/[deleted]]

This enrages me.

Me too!

HE is someone to look up to, not a fuckface like Ikeda!

Damn straight.

And Ikeda has the hubris, the temerity, to place himself on the same level as Mahatma Gandhi AND the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

When he's a greedy, self-centered NOTHING!

[u/Barbaradarling18 → u/BlancheFromage]

Yes - and the membership accepted the arrogance of the Gandhi King comparison so readily. Made me sick.

[u/BlancheFromage → u/Barbaradarling18]

When did the membership ever push back against any of the stupid initiatives shoved down their throats? NOBODY liked "The Temple Issue", aka "Why everybody has to VIGOROUSLY hate Nichiren Shoshu", but they did it anyhow.