On 2005-05-04 15:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I don't think the dad who just pulled his son out of a Program would be exactly broken-hearted if his kid more or less turned out like me.
I'd be horrified if any of my children turned out to be anything like what I have seen here of you! Thankfully, my kids are much more mature and respectful!"
Well, that makes you a case in point as a control-freak Program Parent who is willing to send basically normal kids to be brainwashed just because they don't live up to *your* idea of perfection.
You not only haven't earned my respect, you've earned my lack of respect by supporting, in my opinion, wilfull child neglect.
I show plenty of respect to the other martial artists, students and instructors, at the dojo.
I show plenty of respect to the parents.
I show plenty of respect to the users on the forum I moderate.
I show plenty of respect to my spouse, my neighbors, my parents, my relatives, and even my dog.
But I *don't* respect people who, in my opinion, hurt children or defend those who hurt children. I do not believe you deserve my respect.
I also do not believe you even know the meaning of the word "maturity." Real maturity means accepting that there are not only limits to what you can control, there are limits to what you should control, and limits to what you should even attempt to control.
Real maturity means when you deal with other people's lives, you know when to pull back and respect their need to make their own choices and their own mistakes and to choose for themselves who and what they are going to be.
You don't display any of that.
On the contrary, you (if you are the same anon who accused everyone who advocates against the program of being a drunk or a druggie, or patted yourself on the back so enthusiastically for your allegedly lily-white mouth) display a mind caught up in the cult myth that everybody who is not part of your little cult and who is actively critical of the cult must have certain specific horrible attributes. Why did you assume that? Why, because it's an article of faith in your cult, that's why.
Of course you'd be horrified if your child turned out like me. You'd be horrified at *any* child who not only didn't follow you into the cult but also made a practice of criticizing your cult.
Which kindof proves the point the rest of us were trying to make.
Thank you so much for your kind assistance.
Timoclea