Wild Wild Documentary

I am working on app video I promised earlier, but taking a break to address this issue. There is a web series released on Netflix, named as "Wild Wild Country". It is based on the events that took place at Rajaneeshpuram.

The "Unbiased" documentary that tries to gives us a peek into events that unfolded in the 1980s, leaves us with more unanswered questions.

As documentary describe it, it was United State's largest "bioterrorism” or “mass wiretapping” case.

The first criticism documentary put forth is Rajaneesh having Rolls Royce. Why Spiritual leader needs wealth? Well, it's so hypocritical, coming from conservative christains, whose religious leader wear clothes made out of pure gold, and owns 0.44 KM land in central Rome. Nevertheless, in a so-called free and democratic world it is nobody's business how many units of a certain commodity someone should possess.

After 3 episodes of racist nagging about Rajaneeshi purchasing property which was available for sale in the town, we get down to the real allegation in episode 4. It was claimed that Ma Anand Sheela aka Sheela Patel poised the "Homeless" people Rajaneeshi brought to win county election. Even though they did include 1 white guy as "Homeless" you get the message why suddenly a small village in US of A was so upset. People would say, no that was not the reason, I am imagining this and all. But if it was the largest "bioterrorism” case as the Documentary claims it to be, Why don't we hear often about it? Either because 'Black life doesn't matters' or the entire case was completely bogus from the beginning.

We get the glimpse of it in 5th episode when Rajaneesh's attorney even after showing the willingness to discuss surrender gets absolutely no response from the Police. So Osho decided to call their bluff. He filled his flight plan with FAA for traveling to Bermuda. US of A authorities caught him for, and I quote Osho International, "fleeing the non-existent arrest warrant". If you watch episode 5 again you will notice that there was no warrant against Osho when he took the flight. So the entire theory of fleeing does not hold when you add to the fact that surrender was denied not by Osho but by US of A's authorities.

Then Osho was moved for 12 days and 6 jails because that's how public transportation system works there, apparently. All this while Authorities were claiming, and they still claim that in the documentary that Osho was aware of all the things that were happening. But when Ma Anand Sheela refused to pass the blame on Osho, authorities got caught in a dilemma. They had high profile innocent in jail on which they could not even press charges.

So a deal was struck, into which Osho will plead guilty to charges and rather than being tried he will be allowed to leave the country. Isn't it strange that a man is pleading guilty of terrorism and biggest punishment America can give is ask him to pack his bags and leave? If you consider this, then you might feel Osama got the rotten deal.

Ma Anand Sheela who was convicted for 10 years or 120 months, was released only after serving 39 months. That is not even 35% of her sentence.

Ma Shanti B aka Jane Strok got her arrest warrant revoke where prosecution asked for "appropriate sentence" and Judge revoking it by saying "Sometimes Justice is stronger than mercy, but sometimes mercy overrules justice." Wow! american criminal justice system suddenly became so considerate.

I personally think this documentary is only going to increase Osho's popularity as people as people who haven't heard him or read him, will at least search him on the internet.