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It Is Not a Class Action Law Suit Until It Has Been Filed!

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Anonymous:
Folks, you're trippin'! Plain and simple, you're basing much of your position on false ground.

First: PURE is nothing. Pure is just another "educational consulting" firm (i.e. referal program) that has been sued by WWASP. I look at it pretty much the same as if Lyndon LaRouch sued Ross Perot. Just because Ross is somewhat of a crackpot and he's after LaRouch doesn't make LaRouch good or sane or right.

WWASP has been plagued with complaints, suites, investigations, headlines, client deaths and facility shut downs since it's inception. No big surprise here. All Synanon based programs are abusive, harmful and contantly plagued with the same compliment of woes.

Sue Sheff is NOT the first person to raise concerns about WWASP. 48 Hours did a fairly good piece on WWASP as far back as 2000 or maybe earlier.

Second: What the hell is wrong with a drama based on a true story? I'm not a huge movie fan. But some titles come to mind; A Beautiful Mind. I heard it was a great movie, but some folks took exception to a significant untruth in the story; that the protagonist was made well by going back on the drugs. They said it was covertly funded by the pharmaceutical companies as an advocacy project for drugs that don't work. Oh well, maybe so, maybe not. At least it got people talking.

One think I think we can be sure of is that very few people who know anything about WWASP will be 100% satisfied with the way the movie comes out. Another thing that's fairly certain is that it will bring a lot of attention to the issue and, hopefully, get people thinking and talking. The rest is up to the imutable laws that govern public opinion and social interaction. I'm not worried. Why should you be?

Anonymous:
Karen - the article you shared confirms that Tim was used to begin the media frenzy.  I'll bet you were one of first contacts he had.  You are involved with PURE which you admitted a while back.  If this is an attempt at lookin' good it isn't working.  48 hours was from mid 1999 - the only recent news was instigated from the PURE camp.  If they spent as much time actually helping parents as they do with the smear campaign, on their OWN merits, the benefits would be much greater.

Someone asked what PURE does for parents to help them with tuition, support, etc.  That was never answered.   ::heart::

Anonymous:
Someone also asked WHAT PROGRAMS pay PURE for referrals (aka "Finder's Fees) and how much.  No answer there, either.   :rofl:

Anonymous:
"First: PURE is nothing."  To that I agree.  However, they want to be something, and that is the purpose in what their website is all about, what they are all about...wanting to BE something!  ::deal::

anon:
[ This Message was edited by: KarenZ on 2003-10-17 16:57 ]

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