Comments left for (unaccessible) article, "
Police department taking kids to boot camp" (2007, WBIR Knoxville), #s 21-33:
#27
NightSerf · Location hidden · Jul 20, 2007PDG wrote:
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Who in the hell do you think you are? Why don't you worry about helping yourself Mr.Grammar Patrol, I swear get a life MORON!!!!!!!!!![/list][/size]I am an adult who controls his temper and never calls anyone a moron.[/list]
#28
Zoompad · Stafford, UK · Jul 12, 2007cathy wrote:
No Name I am infact a mom of a good teenager who is repectful to me and anyone he knows.And I know there kids out there that so really need to be straighten out but I know a kid that was sent to one in a Mississippi boot campwhich I dont know if it is still open because of the hurricane but it was a bad boot camp Im not saying there all bad but most are.And I believe there was a killed killed in a boot camp in Fla not long ago also.Its been awhile sence I read up on boot camps.Maybe some parent need to google teen bootcamps and there are some horrible things being done to kids in them .There are bad kids out there but today is alot different then when I was a kid I can see a good kid getting into the wrong crowd and start getting into trouble and parents get to where they can't do anythang with them and send them to a boot camp before reading up about where there sending them and there kid ends up hurt with broken arms,ribs alot of abuse.Im not saying the knoxville bootcamp does this but have read so many stories about it just wanted to put my 2 cents in[/list][/size]I am a victim os sexual abuse. When I was 11 I was raped. I cried a lot, and locked myself in the bedroom to scream, because of what was being done to me, I couldn't cope with the shame. Social Services were called in, and I was put into a "place of safety" which was basically a boot camp. This place was being run by paedophiles. The man in charge used to make the boys dress in silky shorts and then he would spank them with a slipper called "Boris" or the other slipper called "Percy". Then he looked at their bare bottoms, the excuse he used was to inspect them for damage, but really he was getting his sexual kicks off it.
He came to the bedroom when I was crying and he punched me because I could not stop crying. So I punched him back, and he put me in a cell, where I lost my mind. I smeared the walls with shit and attacked everyone who tried to get in. Then they were all scared of me and they put me in a psychiatric hospital. It was like going to heaven after being in such a terrible place.
And I was only put there in the first place because I was a victim of rape!
Who knows what is going on in these places. And more importantly, who cares?[/list]
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cathy · Atlanta, GA · Jul 21, 2007Zoompad my heart goes out to you.I have read alot of stories from kids that have been to boot camps and my sons friend was sent there by his dad that has nothing to do with him and his mom was living with a man that didnt like this kid and him mom was hooked on drugs.And this kid was such a good kid and this kid turned his moms boyfriend end for growing pot and this kids dad suggest he be sent to a bootcamp in mississippi at age 14 or 15 and was only suppose to be there for 6 months and his dad decides he wants him there longer so he didnt get out till he was 18 and all this kid do was skipped to days of school.And the bootcamp they sent him to was in Missippi which is a bad one alot of abuse.And what made me so mad this childs dad has read all about the abuse these kids that have been there and still sent his son there.And Zoompad my heart goes out to you and I hope more parents will do some research before they send there kids to a bootcamp because I would hate to see another kid go threw what you went threw kids are getting killed in these places and thats not right.
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cathy · Atlanta, GA · Jul 21, 2007PDG I couldn't have said it better myself.Nightserf I seen a few misspellings in your typing to and a few errors also so dont go putting someone down because your not perfect either.
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NightSerf · Location hidden · Jul 21, 2007cathy wrote:
PDG I couldn't have said it better myself.Nightserf I seen a few misspellings in your typing to and a few errors also so dont go putting someone down because your not perfect either.[/list][/size]Quite true. My keyboard skills are extremely poor, which is one of the reasons why I put nearly twice as much time into editing as I do into writing. Posting is hard work for me, and I don't always catch every error. Unlike you, though, I take constructive criticism well, which is one of the reasons that I write so much better than I did, say ten years ago.
You have the potential to be a very good writer--much better than most of the others who post here. You obviously give what you are saying some real thought. I would not have bothered to offer any advice if I had not seen that talent. Now that it is obvious that you have no interest in improving your skills, though, I shall bother you no more. As I said, as much as I enjoy it, writing is hard work for me.[/list]
#32
DavidM · Indianapolis · Jul 21, 2007NightSerf wrote:
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Do you have some inside information on this? Jake Jost omitted any details about how the kids were selected for the boot camp. His title is "Investigative Producer," but this is a very scant fluff piece, and he writes like a rookie. I'm not impressed.
Anyway, tell us why you believe that these kids are the lowest of the low and need to be beaten into submission.[/list][/size]I hope that these kids are not yelled at. It might damage them for life.
It might be a legal defense in court."I was sent to boot camp and they yelled at me whaaaaaa.
This is exactly what is wrong in American today. Want to go with me to
Basic training in 1964? Now we have to handle people with kids cloves
Instead of making men out of little boys.[/list]
#33
NightSerf · Location hidden · Jul 21, 2007DavidM wrote:
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I hope that these kids are not yelled at. It might damage them for life.
It might be a legal defense in court.“I was sent to boot camp and they yelled at me whaaaaaa.
This is exactly what is wrong in American today. Want to go with me to
Basic training in 1964? Now we have to handle people with kids cloves
Instead of making men out of little boys.[/list][/size]Your logic does not make sense because the situations are not analogous. Basic training is for young men who are preparing for military service, and currently those recruits are there by choice. These camps are for much younger children who are not becoming soldiers and are not there by choice. What is good for young men can be traumatic for children.[/list]
#34
Boss302 · Oak Ridge, TN · Jul 21, 2007Just keep correcting grammer and spelling serf
Just seems like your better at that than
the insight you pretend to have
#35
NightSerf · Location hidden · Jul 21, 2007Boss302 wrote:
Just keep correcting grammer and spelling serf
Just seems like your better at that than
the insight you pretend to have[/list][/size]I was making a substantive response to an equally substantive post. Why not do the same instead of sniping at those who are at least trying to explore the subject? I'm sure you are capable of much more: put your brain to work and show us what you can do.[/list]
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Boss302 · Oak Ridge, TN · Jul 21, 2007NightSerf wrote:
I was making a substantive response to an equally substantive post. Why not do the same instead of sniping at those who are at least trying to explore the subject? I'm sure you are capable of much more: put your brain to work and show us what you can do.[/list][/size]Sorry
Snip for a Snip Take care[/list]
#37
No Name · Knoxville, TN · Jul 23, 2007NightSerf wrote:
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Cathy, I try no to criticize grammar, spelling, and such, but it would make your posts much more readable if you'd put a space after each punctuation mark and use paragraphs. I've taken the liberty of editing your post above to make it more readable without changing the content. You have great ideas, and your writing is basically sound--much better than most. That little bit of extra effort will add enormously to your credibility so that you can become one of the significant voices on this forum.[/list][/size]Who gives a Sh*t about the contents of her paragraph..GEEZZZZ!!! I can see you have nothing to do with your time[/list]
#38
No Name · Knoxville, TN · Jul 23, 2007NightSerf wrote:
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I am an adult who controls his temper and never calls anyone a moron.[/list][/size]By looking at the piacture a very old man that can control his temper, looks like you have had plenty of years of training on how to type and spell.[/list]
#39
ganu · Albertville, AL · Jul 23, 2007You know serf, I've read this entire thread and I see that it's taken a drastic departure from the original subject. It's probably just best to let it alone and try somewhere else. Yeah, I see that you were basically saying that it's hard to read someone's post when things are bunched together, but a few here are only interested in name calling and cheap kidney shots. Nice self control you displayed, though. I will say that.
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