Persecution strengthens Krishna consciousness through public exposure, while translation work continues unaffected by bodily ailments.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Rāmeśvara: ...but they have never used it against us. But now they have started. One devotee, a girl from Berkeley temple who was a very big book distributor—sometimes she could collect five, six hundred dollars in one day—she was just kidnapped, by order of the court. They have a psychologist who listens to the parents' description, and on the basis of that secondhand report, the psychologist... Prabhupāda: No, kidnapping, that is already law there.
If one is minor or without the permission of the parent, with police force she or..., can be kidnapped. Rāmeśvara: But this is not for minors. This is for adults. Prabhupāda: Oh. Oh. Rāmeśvara: This is a new thing, that the psychologist will write some report to the court that "Based on the information I have received, this person is not mentally competent. Therefore this person must be put under the guardianship of their parents even if they are an adult.
Otherwise they will harm themselves." So in this way the psychologists... Prabhupāda: But any psychologist will give report, or anyone can... Rāmeśvara: Anyone. You just pay him, and he'll give you a report. They are rascals. And then the court issues an order that "Now this person's freedom is taken away," and she's put under the charge of her family for thirty days.
Then they come with the police, and they give the paper, and they take her away by force, and they fly her to one of these camps where they harass her for thirty days. Gargamuni: Brainwash. Rāmeśvara: Try to break their faith. Gargamuni: Actually they are brainwashing. Prabhupāda: So this can be done by law? Rāmeśvara: They have some law, and they are twist..., misusing it for this purpose. Prabhupāda: Then what to do? Rāmeśvara: Well, we have... I mentioned we have got these lawyers who want to start a nationwide organization to fight this law for us. So the head of this group is in San Francisco... Prabhupāda: Now, the... Externally, it appears that anyone can be kidnapped simply by the certificate of the psychologist. Rāmeśvara: Yes.
That is the real point, that they have... This is like Nazi Germany. This is insane. So because it is so anti-American, then many people who would not normally connect themselves with our movement are now coming forward to help us. Prabhupāda: Yes, they must.
Otherwise the freedom is lost. Anyone can be kidnapped. Rāmeśvara: Yes. That is what they are realizing, that this may not stop at just Hare Kṛṣṇa. They can kidnap anyone.
That's our propaganda, to get support. Prabhupāda: Just like emergency. Rāmeśvara: Yes. Hari-śauri: In Russia they do that. When they don't like someone, they put him in a mental home. Rāmeśvara: That was that whole article I brought from the first..., page one of LA Times, that how they have made this legal. And now they have got tax exemption. So now it's going to increase.