This is not lying. These people are telling the truth AS THEY SEE IT. At least one of these posters was a parent with no affiliation with any program. To that parent, their daughters friend was kidnapped and tortured, period. This, along with your other three examples lends credence to our argument that "escort" is grossly misleading and what is happening to these kids is much closer to most peoples definition of "kidnapping and torture".
Its not misleading if that is what happened to them. How can it be? If you were escorted than that is the fact. If it felt different then the person can explain that but they shouldnt lie.
What if another survivor says he felt like he was abused in his program. If after we speak to him he says he was forced to sit in a class room all day which to him "AS HE SEES IT" is abusive. Would this then also have to be considered abuse?
If a guy says he was shot by a terrorist but it turns out to be a hunting accident. Can he justify his lie by saying he felt terrorized and thought he was going to die? The fact is that he was not shot by a terrorist. The same as these kids, the fact is that they were escorted to their school.
A person cannot change the facts because of how they feel. They can say they got hit by a bus when in fact they got hit by a bicycle just because it felt like a bus.
Spreading lies that you were kidnapped when in fact you were not is just wrong. The same as if you were saying you were abused when in fact you were just forced to sit in a class room is lying also.
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