From: -randy (cryo-fan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2003 - 16:19:10 MDT
On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 14:28:55 -0600, you wrote:
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>Randy, I can see how you might say that. Agreed, a lot of PC 'goodness' in our
>culture. However, forcibly reprogramming people to fit someone else's ideals?
>
I think we have lost touch with our past and our biological destiny.
Most cultures used to have a tradition of taking teenagers out of the
family setting when they start acting up at "a certain age" (such as
12-15 years of age).
It varied from culture to culture. One culture might force the
teenager to go live in a male barracks, where the older males make
them into men, none too gently.
Another tribe or culture might force him out of the village and into a
long journey. Young male humans are NOT evolved to be sitting in a
classroom at 13. They are evolved to undertake arduous trials and
rituals and work.
>I guess you might want to call me paranoid, but I could see this
>being donewith other disagreeing parties. They (Tranquility) don't
>just stop their "treatment" at 18, the article makes extremely clear.
>They induce complianceat that point with financial rewards - or
>punishments, if you prefer to look at it in that light.
These are schools for problem kids who hate their parents, who hate
school, who are getting in trouble with drugs, etc etc etc,
They are not deprogramming outfits for adults. They are places where
kids are disciplned roughly until they are damned glad to see their
parents and go back to a safe suburban life . They are the quick,
cheap and dirty version of military schools, but these schools are
beyond the reach of western legal systems. From the perspective of a
former teacher of kids 12-14, this sounds like a very good idea.
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-Randy
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