The testimonial was a snap shot in time of how he and his family were doing and it seems after SCL he was doing very well, probably much better than before he went in based on the wording.
The testimonials are written long before the child is sent home. They are written during the parent's Focus seminar, assigned as homework. (sure your familiar with that if you are familiar with WWASP) They wrote this without talking to or seeing how their son was doing. All they have to go on is what SCL tells them - and they lie.
So chances are it wasnt SCL but another stimuli which caused this.
I actually agree with the presmise of your post. We have no idea why this person committed suicide. How can you say 'chances were it wasn't WWASP', while also arguing the point none of us know? To calculate chance, you must know the variables, which as you pointed out - we don't. Yet.
So you can
guess it wasn't because of WWASP, just like some here are guessing it
was because of WWASP. How can we do anything else?
This is why the list of kids who died (that someone keeps posting) has no meaning because the only qualifications to make the list is dieing after attending a program and we are all going to die whether we attended or not.
That's a cold-hearted statement to make. Especially if you are one of these kids:
Karlye Newman
16 years old 10/8/2004
WWASP - Spring Creek Lodge Academy
Suicide by hanging (read article)
Valerie Ann Heron
17 years old
8/10/2001
WWASP - Tranquility Bay
Jumped to death; question if suicide
Why don't you go back and look at the list, and count how many are on there because of suicides after the program. I counted
two. Please explain how you can discount the rest of the souls on that list, because you don't agree with two names on the list? I counted a total of
82 other on the children on the list. Some died from restraint aphysixiation, others drowning, others easily treatable illnesses. The majority are from restraints gone wrong.
Does SCL restrain kids? YES. Do they train their staff in the propert technique? NO. So, is there an equally good chance of them killing a kid as the names listed? I would say so.
So, please, explain to all of us again- why should we ignore a list of 82 DEAD children because you have a problem with how
two of them got on the list? Get real, please!
PS: the suicide of Cory Murphy is known to be about WWASP. He was about to be sent back after being at WWASP. So, that leaves you with ONE questionable name on the list.
Again, tell me - why should I ignore the other 83 names?
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
--Clarence Darrow
