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"I Know Falun Gong Is Good, But I Have to Follow Orders" Is An Unacceptable Excuse for Persecuting Falun Gong (Clearwisdom.net) I am a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner living
outside of China. Whenever I read articles on the issue of other Falun Gong
practitioners persistently revealing the truth under such severe persecution in
China, I feel that they are truly magnificent. I always read these type of
articles very carefully. Through reading these articles I have come to find that
it is very common for those people who are involved in the persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners to use the following excuse: "I know you are good, but I
have no choice. I have to follow orders." The responses from our fellow practitioners to this attitude can normally be
placed into two categories. The results that arise from these two responses are
completely different. One response is that the practitioner stops trying to clarify the truth to
this person. Or the practitioner might think that he has done all in his power
to explain the facts and that it is that person's sole responsibility if he
chooses to be involved in the persecution of Falun Gong. Normally the
practitioners who responded in this way were sent to detention centers or forced
labor camps where they were subject to even harsher treatment. Another response is that the practitioner paid no attention to the
persecution and kept revealing the true facts to the persecutor: "If you
know that Falun Gong is good then you should stop committing such bad deeds.
When the time comes to investigate the person who is responsible for such acts,
the one who gave you the order won't take the responsibility." Then the
practitioner gave the example of what happened to those who directly
participated in the Cultural Revolution, the trials filed outside of China
against those persons responsible in the persecution of Falun Gong and the
preordained stories about fate that have occurred throughout history. The
practitioner still added that it is the law of the universe that one good turn
deserves another. Today if you persecute Falun Gong and its practitioners, you
will receive punishment in the future. Normally these practitioners would be
able to make a difference to this persons view and is thus able to leave the
brainwashing center, the detention center or be released in few days. Why are the results so different? Dafa includes both compassion and dignity.
We are cultivating compassion, but we are not timid, nor do we meekly accept the
persecution. The responses resulted from the first category gives the feeling
that there are no other alternatives. The practitioner's response from the
second category are very righteous, so the evil elements that are involved in
the persecution towards practitioners had no chance to survive. 2004-1-9 Posting date: 1/21/2004 |