Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Burnside's Piece on Mr. W
Ursus:
No dream, just est for teenagers. Or Landmark, Lifespring, whatever you want to call it. What is so scary about this scene, is that it is orchestrated by a bunch of sick grownups revving up a couple hundred teenagers to do their dirty work.
They never liked Mr. W; he was a dork, a dweeb, a geek... the kind of guy who uses pocket protectors for his pens and usually has a couple pairs of pants that are too short. The kind of guy whose guileless good intentions were impossible to pervert completely. He went along with their show because he really believed he was doing the right thing: confronting kids re. their attitudes, etc. to help them grow, albeit on a wimpier scale than probably was expected of him. Somehow, said judgments never quite had the "heat" or castration quotient they might have had coming from someone else. His heart just wasn't into that part of the program.
And he paid for it, dearly, a la Lord of the Flies style. In retrospect, knowing what we now know of the predatory nature of Gauld's take on vulnerable women and Legg's misogynistic attitude towards same, the hypocrisy of these penny ante leaders of the stone-throwing contingent is more than absolutely disgusting. In another time they may have been the town elders revving up the townspeople in a witch-hunting dunk fest. "And the crowd erupted with shrieks of blood-thirsty cheers as the body finally sunk lifelessly below the surface, a trailing ribbon from her bonnet being the last stubborn vestige seen..."
I hope Mr. W finds this site, and reads that his experience evoked reactions of outrage amongst normal thinking people. It will be hopelessly small consolation for what was undoubtedly a seminal low point in his life, but I hope it will be some comfort anyway. He deserved better, and some of us are haunted by this.
Jesus H Christ:
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he was a dork, a dweeb, a geek... the kind of guy who uses pocket protectors for his pens
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Hey. I have a pocket protector for my rotoring fountain pen and drafting pencil. It is not dorky. It is cool. It is hip to be technically astute. Math is very sexy.
Emil
Jesus H Christ:
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he was a dork, a dweeb, a geek... the kind of guy who uses pocket protectors for his pens
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Hey. I have a pocket protector for my rotoring fountain pen and drafting pencil. It is not dorky. It is cool. It is hip to be technically astute. Math is very sexy.
Emil
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tell me this is not cool:
Emil
Ursus:
MMMMmm... very cool. Probably too cool for me. I prefer the cheap white plastic ones the sales reps give you; I don't lose any sleep over their assured demise...
Jesus H Christ:
Back to the original point of the first post. Those purges were vicious. It is not a lesson I want to teach my kids, or have anyones kids learn. IF they are still doing those public stoning, shame on them. They should know better,
Emil
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