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I tried to write the book from my view as a child and at the time things happened. Not my view as someone who left 26 years ago and has not stepped foot in a Scientology organization since. I tried to keep my opinion then and now out of it and just tell the story so each reader could form their own opinion on what happened. There are so many views out there from one extreme to another that I could never satisfied both sides with my inside feelings and opinions so I thought best, just tell what happened. If the reader finds his own answers in that, then I have helped them no matter what their opinion is.
This is a very wise approach, made possible by your special situation of having been an 11 veteran of the Commodore's Messengers, having served directly under Hubbard.
People who would otherwise not be reachable by an ex-member, could be enticed into reading an account of someone who had been so close to Hubbard, especially when that person seems to have a neutral attitude towards Hubbard.
Simply gently conveying that Hubbard was "just a man," who "didn't have all the answers," would, in some instances, be enough to cause a believing Scientologist to break with the organization.
It would be wonderful if a way was found to make this book (and following books) known, and available, to those still "in."