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2. Unfortunately this was not uncommon at the time

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 05:36 PM

Dec 2012

Read the book State Boys Rebellion. Its about the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center and the boys who were unfairly sent there for no other reason than they were not wanted by anyone in society.

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More graves discovered in 100-year-old Florida school abuse scandal [View all] dipsydoodle Dec 2012 OP

There just are NO words..... secondwind Dec 2012 #1

Unfortunately this was not uncommon at the time Drale Dec 2012 #2

I did -- that was a terrififc book obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #9

Very true Blue_Tires Dec 2012 #10

I read that book .. made me ill .... nt littlewolf Dec 2012 #13

Has this been privately run or is this state run? jwirr Dec 2012 #3

State run. madfloridian Dec 2012 #5

...makes me sick to my stomach. SoapBox Dec 2012 #4

More info; secondvariety Dec 2012 #6

God bless America! L0oniX Dec 2012 #7

To be fair, residential schools like that seem to be cesspits everywhere. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #8

I'm a fervent anti-humanist AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #11

And they're still doing it today Tempest Dec 2012 #12

First hand accounts from men who spent their childhoods there csziggy Dec 2012 #14

Power not only corrupts, it perverts. Octafish Dec 2012 #15