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Who knows Dean Vause - lets have some facts here too
jeffz*cc*l*:
First of all, I only know Dean Vause (prior to PhD's, AARC,etc.) from his days training in NJ under the roof of KIDS of Bergen County/KIDS of North Jersey. My recollection of him is vague (13+ years ago).
I knew Brian Neil (he was my newcomer) and someone who I would consider to be a friend. My reaction to hearing of his tragic death sickened me (as does hearing of anyone from treatment dying a preventable death).
From reading all of the past 50 or so posts, it is VERY clear that there are two conflicting views & opinions. Being human requires one to think for themselves. To receive information, process it, analyze it and form some type of opinion. Clearly, that opinion will be colored & influenced by one's experiences up to that point, information received and a variety of other factors. To reiterate, the opinions on this post totally conflict. The problem that I have is that they are BOTH very extreme and allow very little room for reasoning.
It has been my experience in working with many ex-cult members (no, I am not a professional, I am a mortgage investment banker by trade) that one of the many common threads of cults is the black & white, right & wrong, us versus them, good & bad with nothing but seperation between each extreme.
Many of the great thinkers & philosophers for the past 2500+ years have had great theories that make perfect sense about life, our existence & man's relation to it. One of the common problems with most of them is that they lose validity, when taken to absolute extremes.
I know that KIDS was a horrific place where I was tortured for most of my 4 1/2 year incarceration there. All that I think that I know about AARC is that its initial intention was to "take the good from KIDS" and try to replace or to change what was bad.
:nworthy: Any person who is in a position of "ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY" is vulnerable to the intoxication of power. Throughout history, people who may have came from different places in life, ultimately ended up in very destructive and dangerous situations, those which threatened the autonomy & wellbeing of those who follow his or her "ABSOLUTE" ways :nworthy: .
Man is imperfect. If that is slanderous then I just opened myself up to about 2 billion international & global lawsuits. ::deal::
The imperfection of men (& women) simply prevents us from successfully being in a position of unaccountable power. It has ultimately destroyed good leaders & the people who served them. I have not once said that Dean Vause is in AN UNACCOUNTABLE, ABSOLUTE STATE OF POWER.
If however, a leader of such a center is not accountable to his patients whom he treats, the breeding ground for trouble is being created.
I don't know enough about the circumstances surrounding the allegations against Mr. or Dr. Vause, nor do I know anything about AARC, except that I miss all of my Canadian friends greatly (1986 - 1990).
I intimately know all of the inner working of KIDS, Newton, his absolute black & white theories and his destructive addiction to control, power & authority. As I said earlier, it is an intoxicating state to have total power. No human can have it because we are imperfect and if we try to hide our imperfections, they manifest themselves in other aspects of our being & our relationship with other beings.
I hope you are either very confused or very sleepy after reading my post!
Jeff Z*cc*l*
2/1986 thru 8/1990
Serpico:
We would appreciate copies of any documents you have on AARC or information or personal stories . As we are an action committee that is involved in investigating abusive drug rehabs that are straight-like.. We are currently doing a report on AARC and need information asap.
http://www.straightincorporated.com
you can email us any information you have to
surviovorcommitee@yahoo.com
Notice the one T in commitee
Thanks All
Sincerely,
Serpico
wesfager:
Who besides Dr. Lewis Andrews have you met who was on Vause's advisory board. Did or do any of them have any connection to AARC or Kids? How could I confirm whay you say?
Wes Fager
wesfager:
how can i contact aadac?
Please send reply to wesfager@thestraights.com
wesfager:
You are talking about a case in England where the daughter commited suicide. Where is this documented.
Please send answer to wesfager@thestraights.com
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