I am not calling everyone a loser. Just that all the stories lack accountability. I would think at some point, while telling everyone I pass that “Psy” punched me in the face and I feel abused, some one would ask why. Does it matter that the reason you punched me was because I infected you with “Hepc” because I was pissed at you or exposed your best friend or family to used syringes which I left around the house for the kids to play with. Did I deserve to be punched? Maybe/maybe not. No one seems to ever mention why they were sent to a program. Does it matter?
Well there you have a point. But what If I punched you for no good reason at all? Just because I felt like it. Such things do happen. And similarly, kids do get sent to program for fallacious reasons. There is no due process, unfortunately, and most programs are more than willing to accept a kid for reasons like "I think my son is gay" with no questions asked. Similarly, many frightened parents are likely to exaggerate the problems in their teens as worse than they are based on slanted "tests" from schools and referral agencies. The fact of the matter is it's natural for teens to rebel as they grow up. It's natural for them to scare the crap out of their parents, and
very few of those kids develop probems later in life,
even the ones who not just use, but abuse drugs.
Besides.
Even if there was due process, does the treatment work, and
even if it works, are the means justified (do the ends justify the means)?
WWASP's facility called "High Impact" in Mexico used to tie kids down in dog cages (there are photos of this and there was an inside edition exposé on it). Do those means justify the ends, even if they do produce results? And how long will those results, based on fear and coercion last? Even "soft" coercion where no physical "abuse" is used but psychological and verbal abuse is plentiful... how long to the results of
that treatment last? There have never been any independent studies showing the efficacy of these facilities. It's all based on anecdotal evidence and "studies" (marketing) performed by the facilities themselves claiming absurd success rates as high as 97%.
Another thing to think about. If I did indeed punch you for no reason at all, would that give you the right to punch me back?
Nice website, Michael.
I like the textures you placed on the gargoyle. Did you extrude the base mesh using Maya?
I created the base mesh in Blender 3d (I use Maya too, but tend to prefer blender). It's poly by poly modeling.
It looks like you used the “horizontally tileable stone texture” from your texture section (bottom one) or did were these from stock samples?
I used one of my images. I can't remember which one. It's not tileable at all actually (just high frequency enough not to be able to notice the seams, which are hidden anyway).
Either way it came out beautifully. The topological space is also impressive. I like that piece.
Thanks.
