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The Carlbrook thread
Charly:
I disagree- I think Carlbrook really wanted to have an appearance that it was NOT like all the rest. The question in my mind is whether it is different in meaningful ways.
I would not say the senior level kids had "authority" over the newer ones, but I'll check on that.
There can be power without abuse, and there is in many parts of society. You just have to be careful who has the power and how equipped they are to deal with it. It's just like all the fraternity hazing stuff- it can be done without causing problems, or kids can die from alcohol poisoning or other results of the hazing. Be careful who has the power.
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: ""Charly"" ---I disagree- I think Carlbrook really wanted to have an appearance that it was NOT like all the rest. The question in my mind is whether it is different in meaningful ways.
I would not say the senior level kids had "authority" over the newer ones, but I'll check on that.
There can be power without abuse, and there is in many parts of society. You just have to be careful who has the power and how equipped they are to deal with it. It's just like all the fraternity hazing stuff- it can be done without causing problems, or kids can die from alcohol poisoning or other results of the hazing. Be careful who has the power.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Frats don't have absolute power.
Charly:
Neither did any one person at Carlbrook. Very few individuals ever have "absolute power". However, I don't even think absolute power, whatever that is, necessarily means corruption. It takes an ABUSE of power to have corruption. Built in checks and balances reduce the potential for abuse (speaking generally, not about CB)
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: ""Charly"" ---Neither did any one person at Carlbrook. Very few individuals ever have "absolute power".
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Carlbrook has the absolute power. You're a smart cookie Karen, you know what absolute power is. Especially if you're an atty.
--- Quote --- However, I don't even think absolute power, whatever that is, necessarily means corruption. It takes an ABUSE of power to have corruption. Built in checks and balances reduce the potential for abuse (speaking generally, not about CB)
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely
An observation that a person?s sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. The statement was made by Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Charly:
Carlbrook doesn't have absolute power. A parent can remove their child at any time. You did not pay in advance (paid per month). A kid could refuse to comply with anything. Yes, there would be consequences, but there was no force used. To me ,this is not absolute power. As a spiritual person, I choose to believe that no one can have absolute power over another individual. An institution can not have absolute power.
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