zdad – it’s an awful book and just because people know of it doesn’t mean we liked it. on its own, it explains the rebbe’s method of making sure that his son, who is obviously heading off the path, sticks to the Torah in some manner. the problem with the book, from what i understand, was the author’s view of chassidus and the Torah way.
and this line “(Its actally is quite positive towards the frum community)” is just sad and twisted. I have always assumed you were educated in and raised in a more modern/less yeshivish derech and i assumed are living the life you grew up in. and that you have experienced tremendous chillul Hashem behavior from people who seem to misread some of your presentation as an attack on Torah instead of on what you were brought up to believe is a distortion of Torah (and sometimes is). but to say that it is positive that we like a book that is anti religion is dangerously confusing the difference between accepting PEOPLE who put down frum lifestyle, and accepting their views. and if they speak against Torah, you are actually obligated to hate them. Unfortunately we are better at the hate part then at the explaining what we hate and worrying about how it appears to others who are not familiar with either the halacha or the person’s deeds.
I know you say it doesn’t bother you, but bulldozing someone who is defending what they were taught without educating them is just a way of preserving their poor perception of some of jews way of life.