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I dunno why but this article and its follow up one scared me deeply that parents could do this to their children, bad as they may have been...

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Have u seen how out of control some american teens are?

All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

Reply to Flamethrower205
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Well, based on the one girl who has been sent there because she "picked the wrong boyfriend?" Tells me that place should be shut down. Due to the fact that if the place will accept kids for something so minor. Then they do not have there heads screwed on right. Why? Is what I want to know, was so bad about the boyfriend? Was it because he had black hair and brown eyes, the parents prefered blond hair and blue eyes? Was he too short? To tall? To fat? To thin? Was a B average student?

If tranquility bay was in it to help the truly bad children they would of simply said. No that doesn't qualify. So there in that tells me there more for the money, than the welfare of the children. To me that place is nothing more than a totalitarian regime.
It has nothing to do with helping children get back on a decent path.

The girls parents should be placed in a similar situation and then have a talk with me in three years and see how much they enjoy it.
I truly wonder how much of the light in there eyes would be left, after going thru such a hell.

Those parents are a waste of skin.

Reply to James35
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No James, you COMPLETELY misunderstood. She didn't go their because she "picked the wrong boyfriend". You took that way too literal. She went there because picking the wrong boyfriend caused her to behave deviantly i.e. do drugs, have promiscuous sex etc. He influenced her transition into punk'dom hence his immediate blame.

Although I do question some of the reasons for sending their kids off, for the majority of which I'm sure are justified, I don't see a problem with this program.

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Reply to ltj311
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<b>No James, you COMPLETELY misunderstood. She didn't go their because she "picked the wrong boyfriend". You took that way too literal. She went there because picking the wrong boyfriend caused her to behave deviantly i.e. do drugs, have promiscuous sex etc. He influenced her transition into punk'dom hence his immediate blame.</b>


Did, I, really.


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<b><font color=red>Lindsay Cohen is nearly 19. A straight-A high-school graduate, she was heading for Harvard until an unsuitable choice of boyfriend had her sent here at the age of 17.</font color=red></b>


where does it say

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She went there because picking the wrong boyfriend caused her to behave deviantly i.e. do drugs, have promiscuous sex etc. He influenced her transition into punk'dom hence his immediate blame.


This is what the entire section reads.

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A number of these students are 18 years old and therefore legally free to walk out, but until they graduate the programme their parents are refusing to have them home. Lindsay Cohen is nearly 19. <b>A straight-A high-school graduate, she was heading for Harvard until an unsuitable choice of boyfriend had her sent here at the age of 17.</b> The day she turned 18, Tranquility would be obliged to hand over $50 and the return half of her air ticket if she wanted to leave.

She picks the words of her explanation carefully. 'OK. I'm used to a high-profile lifestyle. I really don't own anything too inexpensive. What I'm accustomed to isn't anything of the sort you can buy for $50. And my parents promised to support me through law school if I stayed. So really, walking isn't worth it. Sometimes,' she murmurs, 'I still think I didn't need to come here...' but stops herself and offers, vaguely, 'But I guess in life things happen.'


It does not say she was screwing half of New York.
It does not say she was doing drugs.
It does say that <b> an unsuitable choice of boyfriend had her sent here at the age of 17</b>

It does not say why.

She was a straight a student and on her way to harvard, that, it does say. What it <b>does</b> imply is that her parents <b>did not like the boyfriend</b> due to the fact he may of not been going to harvard. he may of been a lower class guy than what they wanted for there "little girl".

She is used to being in money and having expensive items about her. How she talks even suggest this to be more of a class fight than a sex, drug, and rock n roll case.
That is why at the age of 19 when she should be in harvard she is still there due to the fact that her parents are keeping the university over her head.
She obvioiusly wants to go to harvard in a bad way to stay in it. Knowing, she couldn't make it on her own with 50 lousy dollars to her name. So she is biding her time.


Try reading it again.

What <b>you</b> are doing, is trying to justify that reason way beyond what is said.

Reply to James35
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Although I do question some of the reasons for sending their kids off, for the majority of which I'm sure are justified, I don't see a problem with this program.


You do not see a problem with the program, because you have never been near any country,program, or group of people that have brainwashed, tortured or belittled individual's into there way of thinking.

I do not see how cutting a person down for having acne is a way to improve that person's self esteem and make them a more productive person in society. That girl with the anorexia disorder, has a mental problem to which cannot be treated by scorn.
It is amazing that the majority of children who go there are from divorced families. Why do we not send these parents to a "program" to improve there ability to pick better boyfriends and girlfriends and when they get married teach them the ability to keep a marriage together, a program not unlike what they put there kids thru.

But, you must be one of those people that think if you belittle someone for a sufficiently long enough time they will be cured?

I don't think so.

Reply to James35

Here is what I have to say about it. A childs respect is not the right of the parent, it is a privilage. There is a document that should be coming in to play here it is the Constitution. As citizens of the United States every one of those children has had their freedoms stolen, that they would lose something so sacred and so hard won, paid for by the blood of countless soldiers and worked for my millions of individuals, is beyond wrong. That word can not begin to describe the horror that it is. The man who runs the facility has no knowledge of child psychology nor does he have any place manipulating the minds of children. A mind is sacred it is the one thing no one can take from you, your thoughts are yours and yours alone. To brainwash a person is to steal their essence and to kill their individuality. What it comes down to is this: Parents are responsible for the upbringing of their child. If they mess up and their child gets into drugs and sex it is their fault. Not the kids. It is the kids choice, if they want to do drugs and alcahol that is their right- no let me rephrase that it is their CHOICE and it is their right to chose. A parent should not be allowed to take the easy way out and send their child to a place like this. Behavior modification in any form should be outlawed, to subject a child to this kind of emotional strain, can wreak havoc on them. I would be interested to know what kind of mental health those subjected to this have. I'd imagine depression perhaps clinical and permanent to be common. Prison inmates and soldiers that experianced the exact same routing each day have historically had long lasting dammage done to their brains. This place is immoral, unconstitutional, and wrong in the most horrible ways. I am sending a letter to my congressman, I hope you will do the same.

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Reply to papasmurf

i see papasmurf is hitting on what i found disturbing...
the Emotional and mental brainwashing involved to force kinds to love and respect their parents... even if they inflicted hell on their kids with a messy divorce et.al.

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Reply to lhgpoobaa

exactly a person should be able to think whatever they want to think. Ground them, Spank them, for Gods sake RAISE THEM! Just let them retain that one human right - the freedom and privacy of thought.

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Reply to papasmurf

I just finished a long letter to congressman baird about it, perhaps it will raise his awareness and help to stop the maddness.

A womans body is a temple built upon a sewer.

Reply to papasmurf
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[major fVcking rant]
i feel like throwing up and i couldn't even finish reading part two of the article. maybe i will try in a while. only in america would parents even remotely consider doing this. why you ask because these rich a$$clowns have no parenting skills whatsoever. the answer is to send their kids away instead of dealing with them directly.

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Jim Mozingo got the result he wanted. Twenty months after sending his son Josh away, he arrived from North Carolina to collect him. Mozingo has four sons, an insurance company, and is a good example of a typical Tranquility parent. Divorced from Josh's mother, busy, wealthy, he found Tranquility by typing 'defiant teen' into the internet.


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But Mozingo had baby twin sons with his new wife, and Josh was a disruptive addition to the household. 'I knew I had to do something. I didn't want to lose him. I would do anything for him, that's why I sent him here. We tried therapy at home, but you know.' He laughs conspiratorially. 'God love 'em, we've got to have therapists, I guess. But I come from a class where if you've got a problem, well hell, you just work it out. Josh just needed to get his head on straight. And he has.


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'Every time I come here I'm just so struck by the love of these people. You can't fake this kind of love. And this place is just full of love. I challenge anyone to come down and take a look


i would love to beat the crap out of this person take his kids away and castrate him, then we'd throw him in prison until he learns to act like a decent human being and realizes you must spend time with your children not ignore them. these parent should be tortured shot in the knees tortured again, shot in the elbows tortured again and left in a cell to rot and die. this is sickening and disgusting to even think that such things go on is disturbing. people like this have no business having children in the first place. the fact not one person has any qualifications save a high school diploma should raise alarm bells left and right. the fact that these kid's civil and constitutional rights are grossly violated should be alarming. the fact that this place uses violence, threats of violence, intimidation, humiliation, isolation, all classic symptoms of brainwashing should raise major fV@#$2g alarm bells. the fact this guy who developed this system knows this would be illegal in the united states is proof that it is wrong. [/end major fVcking rant]


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Reply to jmycal

Some kids need a re-education.

I'm concerned as much for the parents, as to why they couldn't do it themselves. Are they too busy? No excuse! Are they weak willed? Bad parent!

My greatest worry with a place like that is, what if (assuming that the place really does keep kids indefinitely) the place ends up holding a few folk who like to abuse kids? It's the kind of place where they could be kept almost indefinitely, according to the rules system.

Another thought. What if the head guy thinks he's the new messiah or he thinks he's destined to rule his country by force? He's got a fully functioning brainwashing center to get all his little disciples ready.

Hmmmm. A couple of random inspections by the govt or something should be allowed.

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Reply to camieabz
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i agree. problem is with the jamaica site according to article is that it provides plenty of employement on money for jamaica so the government is too interested, especially since none of the kids there are from jamaica. the parents of these kids are atrocious. if you would actually do that to your kid words cannot express the outrage. this happens because parents do everything but pay attention to their kids. these people want trophies not kids it is sickening. most telling fact is that it cost $25,000 to $40,000 dollars a year to "modify their children's behavior". like the rich they are paying someone to "fix" their "troubled" kids. if my parents would ever have done this i would have killed them. then i would have killed the people responsible for this nightmare. i have no mercy or remorse for people this evil.

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Reply to jmycal

Gah! It's like the whole world has been sold to the devil. :frown:

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Reply to jaythaman
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cambieabz please tell me or anyone else who lives in england that no parents from england would ever send their kids here. i have faith that the people of england are a bit more family orientated.

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Reply to jmycal
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Sorry for my english, it is not so good.
I am myself in the Royal Netherlands Naval College, And what I readed in that articel shocked me. Here in our institution it is not half as strict as dicriped in the articel. And even at the naval college, there are peoples leaving beceause the can't handel al the dicipline. And al the peolples here have choosen for a live with a lot of forced dicipline.

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Reply to zwaarst
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That's why i took the lightest one, simply to show those who would say, ya but look how out of control they are. to , and you still think this is ok to put a kid thru this for something so minor?
guess the point was lost.

Reply to James35

Heh!

I can't speak for England mate. Up here, kids tend to be hooligans from the word go, but they're always big fish in a little pond. Once they pop into the town centre for their first drinkie and shoot off at the mouth, they'll usually get their head taken off before closing time.

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Reply to camieabz
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so are the kids who went and our going thru this. they need to be deprogrammed. this is cult-like

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Reply to jmycal
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Ditto England.

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Reply to RobD
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You make a solid counter-statement. I implied about the drugs and sex stuff. But that had to be where they were going with that. Now the part about not going to Harvard unless she goes to tranquility seems pretty shady.

IMHO, this place sounds good for kids who are JUSTIFIED in being there.

Alot of those Maury Povich phucks.

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Reply to ltj311
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I agree. Those who have really crossed the line should.
I won't rant for now, as I feel so tired, but I just want yall to know my POV on teens, and it's that yes, they are OVERRATED, freakin' OVERRATED. Identity crisis, need to rebel, freedom and justice, my damn ass. What a load of bull. They MARTYR themselves with such reasons so they get attention. I am a teen, did I need to escape reality with drugs? NO!
Did I need to tell my parents to shove, when they are people who actually care about me? Why the F' should I do harsh things towards good people. Freedom? Well, if your mom really won't allow you to do outings with friends ok, but if it's cuz they want you to participate in a family thing and you now are a teen and "family doesn't concern ya", up yours.

Sorry guys, but teens, are OVERRATED. I can totally understand if they came from a family of jerks. Yes, a lot of them have alcoholic parents, or some who just don't treat them well or as some mature people. Yeah, I can see why they'd ask for freedom or move away. My friend moved, his dad simply treated him like s***. Granted he was about 18 when he moved, but the guy was mature, I supported him through. Had it been his dad really wasn't mean, I'd never agree.
So, before someone flames me, read well what I said, I am not against those who have FAMILY issues as valid reasons, it's those who pretend they need of the freedom crap and rebellion.
So, only send those who are really crossing the line, pretending they have to go through teenhood this way. Don't send those who perhaps were a bit naughty around town, or did too many farces. Those, should be sent to perhaps lighter and less harsh centers.

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Reply to eden
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and idea is that kids can only be send there by a judge,
but then is het the same as an prison, and can you modify al the childeren prisons. but 40.000 dolar a year, i believe that is less then the goverment of the netherlands pays for a criminal in a prison per year.

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Reply to zwaarst

What? No sever thrashings?

Obviously you don't understand how "bad behavior" can escelate. I've seen kids beat animals to death and the courts blamed their parents. I knew a girl who was sleeping around with dozens of guys every month, and when she got aids, she stepped up her sleeping around so that she could give it to all the guys responsible for her sleeping around. No accountability.

The program sounds easy to graduate for anyone that has a little self control. In other words, if a GOOD kid was sent there by mistake, he wouldn't be there very long!

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Reply to Crashman
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I don't understand how this is possible without people dying. If I was put in this situation I would spend every waking moment trying to kill people.

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Reply to dhlucke
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You have to ask? you can not figure that out by yourself?
your not very bright, or, your not very old. either way that certain showed your not as bright as i thought you were.

Reply to James35
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well, if this has to be discussed and some people can not figure out that this is flat wrong? the world is in sorrier shape than i give it credit for.
If anyone belives that belittle a kid making fun of some mental illness they have or because you don't happen to like the boyfriend, its justified to put kids in a place like that, then some of you are no better than that sickfvck thats running the show. if anyone bothered to read it all, you will note that someof them have been shut down due to abuse. and when you reprogram anyone. even in kidnappings, the ones being abused tend to sympathise with there totures kidnappers or the cult they were in. once you read a few cases like that come back and tell me how this is not unlike those and how those kids deserve that. i dont give a damn how bad they are.

isnt it a bit odd that these kids once they leave the place answer the exact same way? is removing one's independance, the way to cure the sick or the bad?

if you belive that being grey and thinkng the exact same thoughts as everyone else is the way to go . then check your self in to the place and have a go at it.

I am gonna shut up now before i sincerly get pyssed here.

have fun all.

Reply to James35
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oh and to answer the question, yes they do. and yes it is like a cult.

Reply to James35
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liek ive said before :

see that? look, another one of our freedoms has flown away.




its somethign like this that can lead to something bigger.

"well if its ok to do THIS type of (brainwashing [insert politically correct and misconcieving word for brainwashing]) on these types of people, then why dont we do this someone stronger form of (brainwashing) on these people who are more troubled?"



you know, this last 2 years one can see so many things changing in teh way humans act. its like all morals and thought logic has almost dissapeared. its very scary!. its liek sinse we hit teh year 2000 or so, humanity has taken a dive worldwide, a fast downward spiral

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Reply to phial
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Before sending their teen to Tranquility, parents are advised that it might be prudent to keep their plan a secret, and employ an approved escort service to break the news. The first most teenagers hear of Tranquility is therefore when they are woken from their beds at home at 4am by guards, who place them in a van, handcuffed if necessary, drive them to an airport and fly them to Jamaica. The child will not be allowed to speak to his or her parents for up to six months, or see them for up to a year.


ok, having my parents divorce when I was 9 was very, very hard on me. mentally. until i was about 17 i had deep rooted social phobias and negative thought cycles. i cant really describe it beyond that. i was very mentally ill. and i took it out on my parents. i hated them, i dispised them, they werent my parents anymore if they could do this to me etc. etc. ......

if that was to happen to me, i really cant imagine what it would have done. probably, i would have gone insane literally, because of the state i was in. i dont think i would have ever come out of it to become a healthy person again.

the reason i say this is because alot of these kids are probably sent to this place becuase of problems at home causing them stress and illness and therefore influencing their actions. my heart is breaking when i think of how incredibly horrifying (i really dont have the words to discribe), scary, devastating that would be. how would these kids know that their parents still care about them when alot are probably questioning it already? imagine sincerily, i mean very sincerely, believing that your parents dont love you? it would change you as a person i believe, permantally in most cases

and that is only the process of arriving there.


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When most children first arrive they find it difficult to believe that they have no alternative but to submit. In shock, frightened and angry, many simply refuse to obey. This is when they discover the alternative. Guards take them (if necessary by force) to a small bare room and make them (again by force if necessary) lie flat on their face, arms by their sides, on the tiled floor. Watched by a guard, they must remain lying face down, forbidden to speak or move a muscle except for 10 minutes every hour, when they may sit up and stretch before resuming the position. Modest meals are brought to them, and at night they sleep on the floor of the corridor outside under electric light and the gaze of a guard. At dawn they resume the position.

This is known officially as being 'in OP' - Observation Placement - and more casually as 'lying on your face'. Any level student can be sent to OP, and it automatically demotes them to level 1 and zero points. Every 24 hours, students in OP are reviewed by staff, and only sincere and unconditional contrition will earn their release. If they are unrepentant? 'Well, they get another 24 hours.'

One boy told me he'd spent six months in OP.

I didn't think this could be true, but it transpired this was not even exceptional. 'Oh no,' says Kay. 'The record is actually held by a female.' On and off, she spent 18 months lying on her face.




18 months? a year and a half? i dont know what to say. he said the purpose of this is to give time to think. but how can you think when your probably not even thinking at all from lack of stimulation? dont these people know anything at all?

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Reply to phial
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what question was i asking. the only one i remember is does england have parents that would send their kids to this hell?

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Reply to jmycal

Sure. I know parents that would be glad to, if it was cheaper than sending em to school.

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