I mean, if you know that antagonizing the people on this forum causes them to be, well, antagonistic, why keep doing it? This flamewar has been going on for how many years now?
I'm serious. What's the point? Continually calling each other immature, insulting each other en masse.. has accomplished what? Especially when it pushes off more important things, like the detailed descriptions of abuses that go on there.
Art, how can you say that "it's over"? You've said yourself: Elan is an abusive institution. You've also said: It's still open, and children are still there. How, then, can it be in any way over if they're still in the business of torturing children? Just because you, personally, might not be experiencing it anymore, doesn't mean that it's not still going on or that it doesn't need to be shut down.
In sum, what I am asking is this: Why don't all of you just put all of the goofy insults aside for a while, agree to work together (you know, like adults do) and focus on getting in contact with parents, authorities, etc to get children pulled out of Elan and the place closed?
Or you could continue to keep this forum the way it is, and simply serve as a warning to any parent that happens upon it.
Up to you.