OT: More child abuse from fundies?
C. Thompson
http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/134372
Excerpt:
"The suit alleges the group was told there would be ``one chance to deny
Christ, or you will be killed.'' When Janie Doe refused to deny Christ, the
suit says there was the sound of a gunshot and she was soaked with water,
then she began ``screaming and crying'' before being told to go inside the
residence of another church member.
There, the suit claims, she pleaded to have her handcuffs removed but
several people acted as if they could not find the key. Once the cuffs were
finally taken off, the girl's wrists were ``cut and bleeding, throbbing and
swollen to nearly twice their normal size,'' according to the suit."
Chris
Aron-Ra
"C. Thompson" <rockw...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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When I was a very little boy, I remember that the scariest things I could
imagine were vampires and puritans. Then as I got a little older, I
realized that it was at least vampires could be reasoned with.
John Wilkins
As illustrated by the pastor's rationalisation of how positive it really
was at the end of the story. These people are pathological. I know - I
was once part of that culture.
--
John Wilkins
B'dies, Brutius
Dave Oldridge
news:1fx5v33.hq9pwj1hal54aN%wil...@wehi.edu.au:
One wonders if the Pastor were taken by surprise out of his bed one night
and put through a similar ordeal by Navy seals or Special Forces types
who DO know how to do that stuff if he would be happy to write it off to
experience? I bet he'd be calling his lawyer the minute he got to a
phone. In fact I know of a few cases who'd call their lawyer and THEN
call their wives. (Not that surprising, some of these guys are on better
terms with their lawyers).
--
Dave Oldridge
ICQ 1800667
Paradoxically, most real events are highly improbable.
Steve Watson
I can sort of see the educational value of this kind of thing (e.g.
role-playing to teach about religious persecution in other countries),
BUT:
- the participants and their parents REALLY need to understand what
they're getting into.
- the people running it REALLY need to know what they're doing,
ESPECIALLY how to recognize when one of the participants has reached
their personal limit, and needs to be taken out of the scenario.
Sounds like none of that was true, in this case.
-- Steve
Dave Oldridge
news:67e8470e.0306...@posting.google.com:
> I can sort of see the educational value of this kind of thing (e.g.
> role-playing to teach about religious persecution in other countries),
> BUT:
>
> - the participants and their parents REALLY need to understand what
> they're getting into.
> - the people running it REALLY need to know what they're doing,
> ESPECIALLY how to recognize when one of the participants has reached
> their personal limit, and needs to be taken out of the scenario.
>
> Sounds like none of that was true, in this case.
Exactly. When the military does it for training very special units, they
select the personnel VERY carefully and tell them exactly what they're up
against and even encourage them to bail out if they have doubts. Even
then there are occasional foul-ups, but this sounds like just reckless
gamesmanship from beginning to end.