Thank you Gonzo for that demonstration of how myself and many others were received when we spoke about our experiences which stated that not all programs were abusive. Gonzotherapy represents the fornits mentality.
Now imagine for a minute if I treated a survivors story that way? Laughed, called the poster a joke. Do you think fornits is unbiased enough to be equally appalled at the treatment I just received from Gonzotherapy? I did find a survivor post to be so outrageous that I poked fun at it and you would have thought I shot someone! People wanted me banned and thrown off the forum. What do you think the chances are of anyone coming forward against Gonzotherapy? Lol.. correct. Geesh even a kid Named BillS is being saddled with accusations of being brainwashed because his story doesn’t fit with the standard narrative.
Imagine for a minute how well a study is received here which shows the programs to be successful? Or a book by a Pulitzer prized author who spent 14 months inside a program and reported his findings or a graduate student who does a study and reports positive results. Do you think people here will take the time to read them or spend time trying to find a way to discredit the information. I think we both know how the time is spent.
So when you ask me why I post here it is easy to see that there is a ton of mis information being passed around because a large portion of information is buried or ignored. To my knowledge I am the only one who presents the studies,books or anything non-negative towards the program to fornits readers.
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WHAT? What studies? What books? You mean program financed advertisements? Hardly biased. You are a joke because you provide no credible evidence whatsoever, and when faced with credible evidence against programs, of which there are mountains, you either side-step completely or flat out lie with no proof to back up your claims. You are so obviously monetarily motivated to be here.
Now understand this. A POW can come out of a POW camp and be successful. There is also Stockholm syndrome. There are some reasons why people can be successful after leaving a program. Some people can hang with horrid conditions and abuse. I have yet to see one shred of evidence from you that verifies any program is helpful and not abusive. And honestly I believe there may be one out there. But it is not involved with larger corporations as a franchise. Like WWASPS, or Aspen Education. Those are businesses and their only motivation is money, so why would they not cut corners to make more money. How many programs have been shut down over abuse? Hundreds. If not thousands.
I believe you made a comment about how WWASPS is headed out and programs do not do those things anymore.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szal ... 71379.htmlWWASPS is losing some battles but is still operating and making money.
They use the same techniques that many of these other schools use, they just have different names.