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ft.laud. seed '82-'85-looking for other seedling survivors
GregFL:
Yes, three years lost. Many more years spent burying the pain and denying the reality. This is the legacy of being in a cult. Ask any seedling that will talk about it....many won't.
Many won't acknowledge that the Seed was even a cult. A cult is always the other group.
Glad you are here. You really didn't lose those three years as long as you are willing to confront what happened now. You only lose them when you refuse to remember....
The disrespect for the possession laws fosters a disrespect for laws and the system in general... On top of this is the distinct impression among the youth that some police may use the marihuana laws to arrest people they don't like for other reasons, whether it be their politics, their hair style or their ethnic background.
Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding
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Antigen:
On 2003-04-02 16:56:00, Anonymous wrote:
Did any of these things puzzle or freak-out anyone else? No seedlings that married had children. The few that did date-were set up & had to be approved by Staff. At One wedding no family attended. Several long time graduates disappeared from Florida & were never mentioned again.
Hmm... no. At the time, I understood all of that and accepted it as normal. Except maybe the Seedlings not having kids. My brother married a staffer. They quit hanging around with Seedlings fairly quickly and they had a son. He's around 26 now. My whole childhood I was never allowed to really associate with non Seedlings, so I'd just assume that the people who left were not spoken of because the Program dogma requires that members forget that they ever existed.
The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to
serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.
--Mr. Justice Brandeis
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Anonymous:
Why did Seedlings who married not have children?
Is this true of all Seedlings who married, or of just a few? Was it a rule, or a philosophy? And why? Would someone please explain this. This is the first time I have heard of this. Thanks.
Anonymous:
Not true! My husband and I were both in the Seed in St. Pete in l974/75. He finished up in Ft. Lauderdale after the Seed closed in St. Pete. We have 2 wonderful sons, l8 and 20. We've been married now 25 years. Years ago I knew several Seed couples that married that went on to have kids. Whether or not those couples are still together now, who knows, it's been years since I've seen any of them. We've been gone from Florida for almost l8 years because of my husband's job.
GregFL:
You are right...my stepsister Shirley Simpson married another seedling and had a son, and I know of others.
However, the Inner circle members may have a different experience. They had to get approval from Art to Date certain people.
BTW, if you were in in 74, perhaps you remember me?
We ought to be grateful that our government monopoly schools are such a failure. If today's 18 year olds could do arithmetic, they'd be out buying enough rope to hang everybody over 40.
--Alan Handleman on Social Security
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