And I think what you said goes right in line with what Nik posted as well.

Those of us who left the cult, many of us years ago, have processed most of the hurt and anger we have.  It probably never entirely goes away, but I know for me, it's not something I think about very often. 

But I think some ex-cult members feel they can do a service by doing what they can to just shine a light on the cult, what it's done, what the history has been, how it affected us, and as time goes by, you can do it with a lot more detachment that you could right after you leave, when you are still so raw.  I think John might have been in that situation, and so he is also more susceptible to the fear cults instill, because he was in so long, and so recently left.

But the purpose of this whole internet exercise in ex-premieland is what Nik said.  To help people get out, and to inform people.  That's pretty much it.  And nobody should kid themselves.  That's what the cult hates the most, and that's why they tried to destroy John.  It was what he said about his own experience in the cult in the Australian newspapers that made them angry, not because some document, that nobody really cared about got leaked.