Does anyone know roughly how many kids died as a result of their time in Straight?
Impossible to say. Unless someone left a note explicitly naming the Program as the reason, people can and will argue about it forever. Good example. There was a case where a kid died in a car crash. It just so happened that the other car was full of former Straightlings and there was beer involved. So the family went with the most comforting (to them) version of events; the other former Straightlings, who were considered fuckups (that was the official term used to describe splits, pull offs and other of the shunned) killed their proud Program graduate by drunk driving. The reality of the situation was much different. It had been the kid who died who was drunk as hell and who caused the wreck. But no need to trouble the parents over that, right?
But that's the way it goes. You can acurately say that this one died of that cause and in such manner and that one another way and then stand back and compare our overall courses in life w/ those of our friends, cohorts and favorite consorts who didn't recieve all the benevolent help and draw whatever conclusions you may. And you can ask those of us who understand why someone might feel like giving it all up some days because of the Program. But you can't state emphatically that this death or that one was because of the program. Some things are just unknowable.
