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[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rupert Goodwins <rupert.goodwins () zdnet co uk>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:43:15 +0200
To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Vile, disgusting, sick -- and that's not even your list!

If only this was unique. There are various such institutions running under
different guises but all employing the same, time-honoured techniques of
personality reprogramming. Many of the same tricks were employed by the
Calvinists in 17th century Scotland, and cults have been following the
recipe with zest ever since.

For an example, check out the Pensacola Christian College
(http://www.pcci.edu/) and compare with what the refuseniks from the
institution describe at http://www.pensacolachristiancollege.com/ . Many of
the strict disciplinary ideas are identical with the Tranquility outfit --
yet why parents send their kids to a college that forbids visits to
off-campus libraries, I can only guess.

The issues of free will and personal choice are complex when dealing with
children and those who society deems to have forfeited such rights through
their acts, and the owners of institutions like the above are usually very
cute when it comes to operating within the law. Places like Tranquillity and
Pensacola are most vulnerable to the sunlight of publicity and dispassionate
reporting, so the best attack is to make as many people aware of them as
possible. The Observer piece was good, but it -- as always -- only scratched
the surface. 

Rupert Goodwins, technology editor, ZDNet UK

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