I swear, just reading through this board, it's amazing how quickly within your search for "truth" and "justice" against HLA, you take such grand pleasure in biting lasciviously into anyone who disagrees with you. Even when they're not directly disagreeing. A person could simply mention in passing that they'd heard of Hidden Lake and a response would line up somewhere along, "So what you're trying to say is that you AGREE with the evil fascism because you didn't burn the place down at first glance" etc. etc. Yes, it's a stretch, but as noted, that's the point.
So obvious that I feel it needs to be said (as I'm sure it's been resaid here over and over), whether it be first-hand or research, all we have is our observations. I can understand the people who are upset, hurt, and what not. I can understand the people who see Hidden Lake as an opportunity. I can't understand people who shred on complete strangers and add over-the-top presumptuous statements that would make a conspiracy theorist blush.
If you have a serious purpose, don't dash it with atavistic name-calling and slander. If someone has had an actual positive experience, well by golly if you shouldn't find out how such an experience was had. Support I understand. There are some great, great kids at HLA. Some of them are truly there for the better. Some of them would be better off elsewhere. But for all the horrors entailed within certain views of the school, you should look on those positives as a glimmer of hope, a sign of change. Or you could simply say, "no, no, I think I disagree."
HLA is not the same school it was 10 years ago. It's not the same school it was 5 years ago. In 5 years, it will change. In 10 years, even more. No one can excuse past events or present debacles but being openly rude and vile here isn't going to a solve a gosh darn thing. If the school were operating without the proper license, the state would handle it. They do that. There are people in little cubicles whose entire life occupation consists of such wondrous tasks. If those cubicaleers happened to be on an extended lunch break, I'm sure at least one lawyer has looked into it and something substantial would be brought up. If nothing has been done, maybe it's because "they" subjugated the law where all others have failed...but that would be venturing into the "I doubt it" game and aces are wild. The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect.
Bottom line: Enough with reading between the lines to the point of making yourselves sound ridiculous. Enough with flaming. Basic rhetorical ideals (that boil down to nothing more than "just be polite") can get a point through easier than anything else; whether or not any sort of actual "hey, you've made me change my mind" moments will truly happen in this sort of environment is completely moot - it all boils down to intellectual masturbation at this level. Hearts and minds are quite hardened when that people post here. Share your stories if you want to incite change, just spare your dear readers the raging infernos...I think I'm starting to peel. :silly:
