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Other quotes from insane times
GregFL:
"This is not to say that all behavior therapy is inherently evil. Many types of therapy which result in the modification of behavior have proved beneficial to our society. But whenever such therapies are applied to alter men's minds, extreme care must be taken to prevent the infringement of individual rights"
then Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr., prefacing his report, "Individual rights and the federal role in behavior modification." The report likened The Seed to "the highly refined brainwashing techniques employed by the North Koreans in the early 1950s."
GregFL:
"Arthur Barker has done considerable political maneuvering to circumvent local authorities and deflect questions raised about his program...The public support generated in part on the basis of apparently unfounded claims of success, has provided the basis for establsihing considerable influence in political circles."
Report of the house committe on interstate and foreign affairs. The committe recommended a freeze on additional federal financing of the seed.
Do you support drug prohibition because it finances criminals at home or because it finances terrorists abroad?
--Anonymous
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GregFL:
"if any credence is to be given to the observations of the national, state and local experts, then the serious possibility exists that those who complete The Seed may return to drug use or develop other serious psychological, emotional or behavioral difficulties"
From the House congressional committee staff report.
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GregFL:
"There are indications that a cult of The Seed has developed which leads seedlings to associate only with other seedlings and to ostracize those who associate with non seedlings....this has lead to the formation of continuing limited peer groups outside the program.."
From the House staff report
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GregFL:
"If you don't, she will die".
Told to a potential Seed parent by a Seed father. The mother then called the girl out of class by telling her she had a doctors appointment, and the Seed father then, according to the girl, kidnapped her from St Pete Catholic and beat her on school premise. The Girl showed an evening independent reporter black and blue marks on her legs which she claimed resulted from the incident. The resulting scuffle in which the girl screamed and kicked as she was dragged to the car was witnessed by teachers and students in the schoolyard.
No charges were filed against the man by the St Pete police. The chief of police was a Seed parent.
The St Pete Independent 6/74
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Mark Twain
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