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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2006, 10:43:00 AM »
The link goes to a TB article, not about WWASP in Australia...
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2006, 10:57:00 AM »
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On 2006-03-13 07:43:00, Mochiko wrote:

"The link goes to a TB article, not about WWASP in Australia..."


It's an Austrailian news article.
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2006, 11:54:00 AM »
@_@;; sorry, my bad
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2006, 12:22:00 PM »
No big deal. :smile:

I just thank God that the news has traveled that far. From the looks of it, it's a documentary airing the 14th (tomorrow) of this month.
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2006, 03:08:00 PM »
It's a great article - unlike the majority of the media coverage for the WWASP schools, it doesn't hold back some of the more shocking or revealing information...an effective albeit somewhat new approach.
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2006, 03:32:00 PM »
The Cutting Edge: Tranquility Bay
By Clare Morgan
March 13, 2006


Disturbing look at the booming tough-love industry in the United States.


A view of Tranquility Bay

Type: Documentary
Channel: SBS
DateTuesday March 14
Time8:30 PM

Talk about tough love gone mad. Here's a disturbing look at the murky world of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP), America's leading provider of so-called behaviour modification programs for wayward teens.

Don't be fooled by exotic names such as Tranquility Bay and Paradise Cove in locations including Jamaica, Fiji and Western Samoa. The methods used by these camp schools to "help change wayward adolescents' inappropriate attitudes and behaviour" amount to abuse, physical and psychological. Some foreign governments have been concerned enough to shut the camps down. Some of the claims are shocking and the interviews with clearly damaged teens suggest that something terribly wrong has been going on. One mother's attempt to rescue her daughter is heart-breaking.

With the tough-love industry in the US booming (what is wrong with these people?) WWASP founder Robert Browning Lichfield has done extremely well, with buckets of money going to Mormon ministries and the Republican Party. It's a one-sided account, but makes for scary viewing.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/t ... 6255.html#

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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2006, 03:40:00 PM »
It's all good, guys. Most importantly, we're getting the word out there!!!

Thanks, Ginger, for posting the article with the picture. Let me know if there's a way I can add pics when copying articles to this site. So far they disappear when I copy/paste, which is why I send other links. Thanks.
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2006, 10:15:00 PM »
Oh, it's just a regular html image reference. It'll go poof as soon as the host moves it.

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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2006, 09:16:00 PM »
Anyone have the actual article or transcript instead of that little blurb?
Anyone know anywhere to view the video?
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2006, 10:51:00 PM »
Trying to get a hold of it. I've e-mailed them and asked how I can get the video and/or the transcript, but no word yet. If I get it, I'll get a hold of you and pass it on to anyone who wants it.
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2006, 01:19:00 PM »
Apparently it was a success:

//"Hi, I'm from Australia and last night on SBS TV I learned a little about this pathetic school/camp whatever they want to call it.
The worst part for me was the decision from the parents to actually want this " perfect " child an drop them into the hands of this evil cult !!


It's great to see some people helping to bring these schools to a close.

AMEN !"// (from Swat the WWASP forum)
I'll bet there are a ton of other pissed off Australians thinking the same thing. :]
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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2006, 12:12:00 AM »
Hi, do you have any way of getting a copy of the show? Do you know anyone who recorded it? There are a lot of us here in the US who would like to see it, or at least read the transcript. Thanks.
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« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2006, 04:30:00 AM »
This is the documentary made by the French camera crew who had the FBI called on them at WWASP vs PURE.  It is the first time it has been broadcast in an English-speaking country.  It was commissioned by French and Swiss TV stations so it may have been shown there in French.

You can get a copy by emailing the distributors at doc@doc-co.com.  A VHS tape costs 29 Euros and a DVD costs 35 Euros.
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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2006, 10:28:00 AM »
Really - b/c I was told WWASP has an injunction against them to keep it from being distributed in the USA.

Maybe its been lifted - or maybe that was bull.

Also - the Aussies told me it was not available commercially as of yet. However - they will be re-broadcasting it.

One way or another, it'll get seen in this country.



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