Sapporo 'Return Our Youth' Lawsuit Court Testimony (7) (8) - Thinking on the 7th Day of Confinement / 'Mind Control Was Broken'
The plaintiffs are victims of 'forced deconversion through abduction and confinement'
(5) (6) continued. This time, we cover Part 9, installments 7 (dated February 10, 2013) and 8 (dated February 11, 2013) of the series in the 'Sekai Nippo'.
The Sapporo 'Return Our Youth' lawsuit began in 1987, and the district court ruling was issued on June 29, 2001.When the defendant, the Unification Church, cross-examined each of the former member plaintiffs in this trial, many of them admitted that they had been persuaded to leave the church while under confinement.Since no one is confined voluntarily, being confined almost certainly implies that an abduction occurred beforehand. In other words,
the plaintiffs' testimony eloquently tells the story that they were victims of 'forced deconversion through abduction and confinement (coerced apostasy)'.The 7th installment introduces the content of the cross-examination of plaintiff Yuko Kiyama (pseudonym, then 30) on December 14, 1999.
The tragedy of being made to believe that the pseudoscience of 'mind control' is true science
In the 8th installment, one of the plaintiffs who answered the cross-examination made a strange claim:'I was under mind control, but the persuasion I received during my confinement broke that mind control.' That person is Shigeko Inoue (pseudonym), who answered the cross-examination by the defendant, the Unification Church, on March 7, 2000.
Ms. Inoue says, 'I was under mind control at the Unification Church,' but 'mind control' is a pseudoscience.'Mind control' is a pseudoscience.
It is not a scientifically recognized concept, andthere is not a single expert in Japan or abroad who can make a clinical diagnosis (approved by the scientific community) that 'you are under mind control and lack the capacity for self-determination or legal responsibility.'
Psychiatrists reach conclusions about mental incapacity or diminished capacity after spending a certain amount of time examining a patient and conducting various tests and investigations, but regarding mind control, there are no experts (not self-proclaimed experts, but experts recognized by the scientific community) who can do such a thing.
Yet, how did Ms. Inoue know that she had been under mind control?
It is likely that Ms. Inoue was told by deconversion supporters or pastors that 'you are under mind control.'
However, based on what scientific evidence and clinical diagnosis did that person say so?
In reality, there is no scientific basis, and there are no common diagnostic criteria accepted domestically or internationally. Ms. Inoue was likely told by deconversion supporters or pastors while being persuaded to leave under confinement that 'you were under mind control (MC) at the Unification Church, but now that you have listened to us, your MC has been broken,' and she believed it.
In other words,Ms. Inoue was made to believe that a pseudoscience was true science and was deceived by deconversion supporters and pastors.
The 8th installment of the series concludes the article as follows.
The term 'mind control' began to be used frequently in Japan in 1993, triggered by the withdrawal of Hiroko Yamazaki, a rhythmic gymnast and former Unification Church member.
The person who advocated that 'mind control' was American psychologist Margaret Singer, who was commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1983 to conduct research. She reported its existence, stating that it 'exerts powerful influence through the accumulation of everyday persuasion techniques, without the person even realizing they are being controlled, and changes an individual's beliefs.'
However, in 1987, the APA denied the credibility of the report itself, stating that it lacked scientific backing.
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