My mom sent me this article on JRC and I really appreciate it.
http://http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=8538
Notice the "kids really need it" argument and the prediction of how the kids will turn out without the program. Now to think of it. I haven't seen Whooter defend this school. Where are you Whooter? Read that. What's your take on JRC?
A former employee of the center told an investigator, "When you start working there, they show you this video which says the shock is 'like a bee sting' and that it does not really hurt the kids. One kid, you could smell the flesh burning, he had so many shocks. These kids are under constant fear, 24/7. They sleep with them on, eat with them on. It made me sick and I could not sleep. I prayed to God someone would help these kids."
Even if you don't answer, ask yourself this: So are there bad programs, Whooter? OK? Do those parents know what's going on? No. Of course not. It's called propaganda by the school and the parents swallow it. Videotapes disappear. Disgruntled employee, they've probably said. My point being that if you agree JRC is a bad school you also have to accept that it is impossible for a parent to tell a good program from a bad one. I mean parents get up and defend the place and that ends political pressure to end the school with most politicians who only care about their own careers. The parents are how they get away with it.
Maybe you've already thought of this and that's why I've never heard you speak ill of a program. If you admitted you believed that then you'd also have to admit that their programs are often very successful and remain open for a long time. Think of Tranquility Bay (BTW, I still know a parent who defends the place). Think of the CEDU series of schools. If you admit that than you also have to admit that it's likely the staff of such places migrated and brought their practices with them (Aspen, for example). It's repackaged crap is what it is and it hurts kids. You're either blind, stupid, or a malicious sociopath is what you are, Whooter. You've seen the consistent independent accounts over time. The kids are not lying at MBA, for example (same stories at CEDU, especially in regards to propheets, and I've seen the french maid outfit myself at benchmark). This is not coincidence. The possibility of such intricate detail being identical happening at random is very very remote.
Or perhaps you're the kind of moral busybody who believes the ends justify the means no matter what and he has the right to "insert ethics" (as Tom Cruise might say) into other sovereign individuals. If that were true you'd also believe that lying about the program, distorting the facts, and playing damage control would be a justified act. I think I've figured you out. You're a true believer as you claim.
I haven’t formed an opinion,myself. I have no first hand knowledge of this place only what I have read in the papers and here on fornits.
I have heard:Its abusive and disgusting to have kids wear backpacks 24/7. This leads me to believe the person is not adverse to shock therapy but rather that the kids receive it 24/7. This is a program/procedural issue and can be changed.
I have read the outrage that a child was shocked many times due to a telephone prank. This is an abuse of the shock therapy… but again the author never stated that shock therapy itself was wrong, just outraged by the lack of regulation/training.
I have read stories of families which shock therapy has been a savior to their family and child.
Maybe this family is the only one! Maybe they just like having their child out of the house and taken care of by someone else so they can breath a little and will say anything positive so the place doesn’t close. But maybe they are telling the truth and their son and hundreds of others are showing progress and enjoying a better quality of life.
I read stories from ex employees who feel that the place is terrible and abusive towards the kids. Maybe he is a disgruntled ex-employee or maybe he is telling the truth or what he believes to be the truth.
But lets say we can regulate away all the possible human factors that can cause hurt. The question remains is this therapy effective.. is it abusive or inhumane? So far I don’t think so. But that remains to be seen because there is apparently a federal investigation which will be able to supply us with a little more information and insight.
Is supplying a child with a bee sting like shock more inhumane than forcing them to undergo chemotherapy and radiation which causes their hair to fall out and vomit for days afterwards. Is either one guaranteed to work? Is medicating your child into a stupor more humane or letting them slam their heads into a wall for hours until they severe the retina in their eye? Is it more humane to allow these kids to take off their backpacks while they sleep?
I haven’t seen enough outcome or results from this therapy to form an opinion. But right now I would lean towards keeping the place open and allowing the investigation to take place.
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