On 2006-02-07 12:41:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Anon - you said the graduates HAD to say the Program saved their life to graduate. Well, so how do you explain them saying the program saved their life AFTER they graduated? No carrot there anymore, so maybe it is true??"
Did you miss the part about being psychologically and emotionally influenced (ie brainwashing, tortured) in a never-ending barrage of LGAT seminars for over a year, sometimes several? Is it THAT surprising this effect caries over for a few years after graduation... or in a VERY select few, indefinitely?
You see, the sad part is... brainwashinig works. It works quite well in fact. WWASP does not use carrots, ever. Don't you get that? They ONLY USE THE STICK. There never was any carrot, only an isolation hole to suffer in, as long as it took to break your spirit, as Lichfield stated. Are you familiar with how WWASP programs work? No carrot, sorry... would of LOVED a carrot, believe me. You either do what they say, act like they say, and start believing what they say or you GET THE STICK.
So it's not about carrots... it's about fear, intimidation and coercion. Deprivation, isolation and spitit-breaking. This is WWASP's ideology and 'therapy'. You support this?
Sadly, some kids embrace the ideology (for whatever reason) and abuse the lower level students. Perhaps these are the select few who NEED to support the program to deal with their own personal demons. Whatever reason, they are very far and few between. The recent rise of anti-wwasp internet groups shows this quite clear.
Over a thousand ex-prisoners of WWASP registered at various websites, and not one who is pro-wwasp. Kind of lonely out there isn't it?
