On 2005-01-23 16:28:00, Anonymous wrote:
" Sure, I'll respond to your questions.
As for the "Abuse" that happened at GT - and the reports. Yep, that happened and was reported and hopefully the INDIVIDUAL who was admittedly guilty of that childish act was TREATED.
Was that a PRACTICE of GT?? NO.
Was he TOLD or TAUGHT to do that, BY GT?? NO.
Did GT deny it, or avoid it or fight against it ?? NO. The Director handled it very appropriatley.
Is this a fairly isolated incident? MOST LIKELY.
GT has been around for 15 plus years??!! HOW many reports like this have been made and confirmed in ALL those years?!?! Probably only this ONE.
Granted, one incident. But like other sexual assaults, how many others have gone unreported? I just wonder why wouldn't you hope the "Individual" was CONVICTED of a CRIMINAL act, and dealt with accordingly?
Also, are you the same "Anonomous" who said the entire article was nothing but exaggeration?
When you work with disfunctional families and teens, do you expect things like this to NEVER happen in treatment?? Would be NICE... but we don't live in a perfect world.
So, what you're saying is these types of "incidents" are to be
expected?
Sexual Assualt is to be EXPECTED?
Unbelievable.
Point is this. If you DON'T have a BETTER SOLUTION for troubled teens, using drugs, stealing, involved in breaking the law, being unruley... then PLEASE use your efforts to CREATE one! Tearing down programs that DO help and have MANY, MANY successes (much to your dismay) should NOT be shut down for isolated incidents.
How about this: Maybe it would be best if "dysfunctional families" didn't TREAT dysfunctional families?!
Professionals have been dealing with
real problems long before GT oozed out of The Seed... or The Seed oozed out of Synanon for that matter.
This SAMMIE on MONTEL was a real drama queen. I DO NOT buy MOST of her story! I don't BUY that she sat in her feces and blood for days, or that she was SAT ON for 12 hours at a time, or in a room by herself for days, OR that she was RAPED by a "staff" person! DO NOT BUY IT!!
I personally think most the ABUSED on this site are out for the $$$! You want to SUE and get whatever you can get out of any of the founders, directors, etc.! MONEY motivated! I don't BUY that you're out there to SAVE our poor kids!
Did you not hear Sammie herself say that the statute of limitations from that period has long since passed?
As for the other kids - series of surgeries get
really expensive. Specialized psychotherapy to undo "programming" gets pretty expensive too. If someone knocks your teeth out tomorrow (which just could happen if you said this shit out loud in public!), you would expect them to pay for your dental work, wouldn't you?
No one said you had to "buy" anything. The facts are out there... all you have to do is look for them.
I am actually a little stunned at your diatribe against Sammie. Hope you have some good Karma in the bank.
So, there's your answers. You won't like them, you are SO predictable in what you POST. You think you are SO much smarter or more well informed than ANYONE else. I'm sure that's what you NEED to do, in order to mask your insecurities, but it REALLY gets old and sickening.
You're psychic too, huh? Good luck with that.
Actually I deal with
facts, No hype, no witchcraft, stepcraft, pseudo-psychology or psychic intuition.
And I'm sure you'll go off on the "oh, and you post anonymously". Well... is your name REALLY "Sara"?? I don't think so. Why don't you post your true FULL name!?? If you're not willing, then SHUT up about those who post anonymously! I choose NOT to post mine as I TRULEY feel like there are MANY "loose cannons" on this site (unbalanced, filled with hate and rage) and I do not choose to put my name out there, for them to then track down and harass. Like it or not.
Who cares what your real name is? Did I ever ask you for it? You can register your name on this board as "Sigmund Freud" for all the admins and I care.
What if my name
isn't Sara? So what? You know that every post with "Sara" beside it was written by me - the same person, every time. Yep, I'm Sara! :wave:
I made that "Anonomous" comment because "Anonomous" is simply anyone who logs in and posts. "Anonomous" on this thread could be 1 person, or it could be 20 different people. This has come up before. Now I can ASSUME, you're a different "Anonomous", or I can ASSUME that you're the same one, and that you're just dense, and ask, "Why is that so hard to understand?" I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. Or was that the other "Anonomous"?
I WON'T resort to calling you names, as you have calling Darren an "asshole". THAT says a LOT about you and your character right there."
Hey, I've been trying for months now to deal with Darren (and others) intelligently. Almost every time, I get an insult hurled in my direction, and yes, I have also been called names by yet
another "Anonymous". Or was that you too? Again, I'll give the benefit of the doubt, as I always have.
I'm sick of the insults, so I'm hurling them back. I hope that speaks volumes for my character! :grin:
(Edited for spelling and clarity)
[ This Message was edited by: ~-=Sara=-~ on 2005-01-24 06:14 ]