On 2005-12-08 09:06:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I was in Straight in the 80's and staff as well.
You were a child abuser, paid to mindfuck children, and you were as a matter of course responsible for physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. Proud of that? Or was it "no big deal"?
I have found the way I view some things is different from others because of my experiences at straight(i.e. what do you mean you got laid at the prom? what's a prom?) but overall I say I am okay with what happened and how things have turned out.
You are "OK" with sytematic child abuse, mental torture, and brainwashing? You are "OK" with lots of former inmates (including those that you abused during your time on staff) having PTSD, committing suicide, or having numerous psychological disorders due to the abuses they suffered? You are "OK" with kids being deprived of food, sleep, use of sanitary facilities, education, and basic privacy? You are "OK" with the numerous suicides amongst former inmates?
While I am not casting any bad karma at all to anybody who did not complete the program, I certainly think that the psychological effects of not doing so have been very damaging to some of these people.
And whose fault would that be? The goddamn druggies that didn't "complete the program", or perhaps the program itself? Do you think that maybe the program could have caused damaging psychological effects, whether the person completed it or not?
Having been a staff member, I do not feel i owe anybody an apology, but would love to hear more from people about life experiences that they feel are outside of the norm due to the common time we shared together at "the warehouse". We should all get together for beers and ping pong regularly."
Having been subjected to physical abuse and psychological torture techniques by Straight staff members
just like you, I feel you do owe an apology---at least. You seem to have the idea that Straight was some kind of summer camp with stricter-than-usual rules. It wasn't. It was a teen torture facility with no "treatment" whatsoever, only abuse and brainwashing. For you to be "OK" with what went on there and what has become of many of the former inmates indicates both the depth of the brainwashing and indoctrination you were subjected to, and your callous disregard for the well-being of others, particularly your victims. If you were a staff member, YOU ABUSED CHILDREN. Yeah, let's get together and swill some brewskis and talk about the "good ol' days". Wake the fuck up.