Wow, I have to say it again. I'm glad you guys decided to come back around and talk w/ us.
This is the kind of thing I think parents and others need to know in order to properly assess what's going on here.
On 2005-04-06 18:44:00, Couture wrote:
"You know the story Cheryl and mark told our group about how the horses disappeared from them in CA? They said that there were men who shot them, and stole them. British Colombia, for some reason or another, would not do anything to help the Sudweeks. Every time Sheryl would talk about it, she would start to cry, as would most of the group. she was so convincing. "
Now
this I tend to believe and I'll tell you why. It just seems very consistent with my experience w/ a similar high demand group years ago.
Here's one little example (of many I could recount) When public school teachers in the Ft. Lauderdale area started talking to the press about The Seed and it's creepy effects on some of their students, Art Barker went into group and found a couple of good Seedlings who had attended those schools. He stoked them up to divulge that those particular teachers were dealing drugs in school and had these kids (who's every need and desire depended entirely on his whim) make reports to the police. Next, Art's in the headlines truthfully saying that his critics are under investigation for dealing drugs to their students.
Of course, the investigations turned up nada, the police never requested an indictment and the whole thing went quietly away. But, by the time that happened, the impression in the minds of the public had already been set that anyone who criticized The Seed was suspect.
Outsiders knew it was bullshit, but that didn't matter. Art wasn't playing to skeptical outsiders. He was playing to his followers. And they bought it, hook-line and sinker just like every other bullshit story he came up with or they were cut off from the group and attacked as infidels.
Sound familiar to anyone around here?
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