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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2006, 05:07:00 PM »
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What does the heart symbol mean?
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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2006, 05:28:00 PM »
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What does the heart symbol mean?"

It was Straight Inc's logo.
I will be there just like last year.
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2006, 05:35:00 PM »
I did my time in KHK, so I had never seen the symbol before. What about the heart's design makes it a symbol for Straight or for being drug free?
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2006, 05:47:00 PM »
It was supposed to represent "tough love."
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2006, 06:39:00 PM »
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"It was supposed to represent "tough love.""


Of course. It has a coat of arms look about it. Crusader-like, brazenly virtuous. Unconditional love with a spike shooting through it. But what is the branching out at the tail-end of the spike supposed to represent?
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« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2006, 07:07:00 PM »
I hope I'm not belaboring the question. It's just such an ominous-looking symbol, especially the way the black sides of the heart curve upwards like snakes. Did they plaster this symbol near the seven steps in Straight? I'm glad I never had this kind of distorted, black psychology forced upon me in KHK.
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« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2006, 02:44:00 PM »
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"I hope I'm not belaboring the question. It's just such an ominous-looking symbol, especially the way the black sides of the heart curve upwards like snakes. Did they plaster this symbol near the seven steps in Straight? I'm glad I never had this kind of distorted, black psychology forced upon me in KHK.    "

I dont remember ever seeing that heart logo in our group room at all. I know I saw it while I was in Straight, but I cant tell ya where & when. I do know the symbol appeared on straight documents and such though....

...and, I dont think the meaning of the straight heart logo was ever explained to us, where I was at anyway........it creeps me out to see it  :scared:
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« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2006, 05:19:00 PM »
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Believe me, the logo was the least of the "distorted, black psychology" that was forced on us in Straight.  I bet KHK had plenty of their own, too, without the logo.
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« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2006, 06:06:00 PM »
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Believe me, the logo was the least of the "distorted, black psychology" that was forced on us in Straight.  I bet KHK had plenty of their own, too, without the logo."


From what I can tell, the only difference between KHK and Straight was the severity and frequency of physical abuse. I can remember staff members coming back from visits to Straight in Milford and telling us how good we had it, how lucky we were that our parents had not decided to put us in Straight. They would describe in detail the abused kids they'd witnessed, how this one had a bandage on his nose and that one had a broken arm. They portrayed Straight as an uncompromising and brutal environment, where copping out could get one a black eye or a bloody nose and where unmotivated arms were never tolerated for a second.

They used Straight as a tool with which to frighten us into submission. We were always just a step away from being "court ordered" there. I used to picture it as the darkest of all possible worlds, a place where escape was all but impossible and rebellion was met with unspeakable punishment.

Discovering years later that the counselors at KHK were not exaggerating has been enlightening to say the least. This is not to say that no physical abuse occurred in KHK. And the psychological abuse was definitely on par with Straight. But I can't imagine having physical pain added to that excruciating regimen of mind control. Many of you are much tougher than I?ll ever be.
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« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2006, 06:24:00 PM »
Reading over my words, I now realize that the abuses in Straight were common knowledge as early as 1983. Everyone in KHK knew enough to utilize this knowledge to the fullest. The head psychologist at the time repeatedly used the Straight threat. She must have known what was going on in Milford, and yet did nothing. Shame on her for her complicity and inaction, as well as everyone else who knew and did nothing.
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« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2006, 07:36:00 PM »
What is the name of the head psychologist? Also, do you remember Penny Walker?
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« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2006, 08:02:00 PM »
"A La Carte Event Pavilion

4050 Dana Shores Drive

Tampa, Florida

It will be held in the same spot as last year.
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« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2006, 08:07:00 PM »
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"What is the name of the head psychologist? Also, do you remember Penny Walker?"


Strangely, I do not remember Penny Walker. I know that she was there in 1984, but cannot conjure a face from memory. Does anyone know her arrival date at KHK?

The name of the head psychologist was Kathy Ballinger. This spelling may or may not be correct. At the time, she seemed to be running the show with total authority. She supervised all intakes, conducted parent interviews, and occasionally watched over rap sessions. She had to have known about the abuse in Straight because she frequently used its existence as an intimate psychological weapon against noncompliance.
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« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2006, 08:09:00 PM »
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""A La Carte Event Pavilion



4050 Dana Shores Drive



Tampa, Florida



It will be held in the same spot as last year."


Sorry about the digression. Another thread might be better for this. No harm intended.
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« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2006, 02:24:00 PM »
be sure to be at the protest.  I still got the signs from last year and I'll bring 'em.
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