My first reaction was to (think about) contacting premies I haven't seen or spoken to in a decade and scold them for continuing to supporting such a...
I said to Flying Solo, "So and so are really smart. I can't imagine that they would continue to support that."
To still be that gut hooked... such a tragedy and a stark cold reminder of how thick the steel bars of that purely mental prison are.
My heart goes out to them as I remind myself over and over that it's not their fault. Rawat baited a barbed hook of fear with something shiny that looked like love, and now it sits there lodged in their gut(s).
Heck, even the trout fishermen around hear squeeze the barbs to make the release easy on the fish.