Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Hyde's Mr. Burroughs
Ursus:
Hyde... krill Stazi after all youse tears.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Its beginning to feel downright pentecostal in here.
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Pentecostal is good. Making you run sprints for infractions of the rules is one thing. But Mrs. Burroughs's shouting from the sidelines that "deep down you are awful people" adds a crazy religious element to it. The continuation of her thought is: "Deep down you are awful people, but you won't be if you embrace Hyde."
Mrs. Burroughs' behavior crosses over into theological antagonism, and it is perfectly consistent with what I experienced at Hyde. She turns disciplinary action into religious conversion and you ultimately leave Hyde with either an inferiority complex or a superiority complex. It is this religious fanaticism -- and the however many years of brainwashing -- that makes Hyde so pernicious and enduring a force in the lives of many of its students and alums.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Its beginning to feel downright pentecostal in here.
--- End quote ---
Pentecostal is good. Making you run sprints for infractions of the rules is one thing. But Mrs. Burroughs's shouting from the sidelines that "deep down you are awful people" adds a crazy religious element to it. The continuation of her thought is: "Deep down you are awful people, but you won't be if you embrace Hyde."
Mrs. Burroughs' behavior crosses over into theological antagonism, and it is perfectly consistent with what I experienced at Hyde. She turns disciplinary action into religious conversion and you ultimately leave Hyde with either an inferiority complex or a superiority complex. It is this religious fanaticism -- and the however many years of brainwashing -- that makes Hyde so pernicious and enduring a force in the lives of many of its students and alums.
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Why not call the beast by its simpler name:
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Why not call the beast by its simpler name:
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I'm not convinced that cult is the right name. Hyde has cultic elements, but I don't think it qualifies as a cult. It seems more like a sect to me, which defines and presents itself in opposition to a powerful mainstream rival with a rich past.
I am opposed in principle to the use of labels. Imagine if Mansion Dweller had just yelled cult instead of giving us his fine slice-of-life description. We would have been the poorer for it.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Why not call the beast by its simpler name:
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I'm not convinced that cult is the right name. Hyde has cultic elements, but I don't think it qualifies as a cult. It seems more like a sect to me, which defines and presents itself in opposition to a powerful mainstream rival with a rich past.
I am opposed in principle to the use of labels. Imagine if Mansion Dweller had just yelled cult instead of giving us his fine slice-of-life description. We would have been the poorer for it.
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Recognizing something as a cult does not obviate slice-of-life descriptions. You're still stuck in pretending you went to a prep school. The effect this place had and has on many people, maybe not you per se, is the kind of psychological damage that one sees with cults. Let us not forget the impassioned fervor its adherents use to spread "the word."
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