Boot camps? How disgusting!

[Seabiscuit]

I personally wasn't even aware this shit was going on:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2088458,00.html

[Nutmegger]

1. I'm so tired of death.

Thanks for this link.

[wake.up.america]

2. Trying to beat decency into people is not decent.

[sandnsea]

3. For a long time now

Originally, the plan was a regimented facility to teach discipline to young offenders who didn't have any, young offenders, not teens. Just as beatings generally aren't a part of military boot camps anymore, they were never intended to be a part of youthful offender boot camps. Job training and education were supposed to be included. I didn't know they had turned into these abuse centers, good thing they're closing down if that's what happened. Our country just keeps deteriorating. It's really a culture of excess, from greed to violence, just everything is way over the top.

[OneBlueSky]

4. won't be long until these camps aren't just for difficult teens . . .

for adults (you and me), they'll call them "re-education camps", or some such idiocy . . . they just gave KB&R (a Halliburton company) something like $385 million to start construction . . . and that's in addition to the FEMA camps already in existance . . .

[harlinchi]

5. Anyone here ever read King's "The Talisman'?

There was a youth home run by a Rev. Sunlight Gardener which was a 'hellish' place. This boot camp reminds me of that home. I wonder if these youthful offenders were compelled to perform any labor?