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Two-year sentences for couple who caged adopted kids
« on: February 16, 2007, 01:57:07 AM »
I found this story on the MSNBC website, a good read. What got me was how language stinking of  program/P-parent speak was used to justify the abuse....

  • Sharen Gravelle told the court the children were never confined as punishment but rather to protect them, including a child who wanted to jump out a second-floor window.

    "Would you prefer that we let them jump? Either way, we'd be here. The difference is they're still alive," she said in a 26-minute statement"
  • "What do you do with these kids?" Michael Gravelle asked. "I prayed constantly for the answer."

    He said the enclosures(cages) resulted from the suggestions of a social workers, who recommended strict rules to improve the children's behavior.I though he said that the cages were not used for punishment
  • One Gravelle child testified he was forced to live in a bathroom for 81 days, sleeping in a bathtub because of a bed-wetting problem. The Gravelles' attorneys said the boy exaggerated[/color] the length of his bathroom stay, and an expert for the defense testified that the technique helped the boy.[/color]


Does that not smack of program speak, or what.......
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 01:59:24 AM »
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"I'm begging you," Michael Gravelle told the judge. "I do not deserve jail."


Word of the day: Ream.
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 02:02:29 AM »
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The difference is they're still alive


Yes. That's what my dad still says to this day.

11 kids, that's basically a mini program they were running there.

They should of just set up an LLC, formed a website and thrown their chips in with WWASPS, they wouldn't be going to jail, they'd be getting awards from politicians!

I was held in animal like conditions for a total of 30 days over a period of six months, 'all for my own good'.

But I wouldn't want my parent to go to jail. I would rather my dad have to spent 30 days in the same exact conditions to see what he was paying for. Then I'd let him out after one day, because I am not a monster. I just wish people understood what is happening to kids behind the scenes. Payed for by their closest 'loved ones'. You couldn't make this shit up if you tried.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007, 02:15:02 AM »
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They should of just set up an LLC, formed a website and thrown their chips in with WWASPS, they wouldn't be going to jail, they'd be getting awards from politicians!

Give um two years......
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