stannard
In a message dated 4/3/2003 10:39:02 AM Mountain Standard Time, flagrant_sake at yahoo.com writes:
> the U.S. Marines is a cult organization. now that i think about it, it is
> probably common knowledge actually. still it is shocking to see it
> displayed in such a brazen and explicit manner such as this:
>
> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/speakout/debate/marine_1-2.html
>
> "I felt alienated from many other people who would not or could not
> understand my decision to do something that seemed more quantifiable to me
> than striving to follow my older sister and brother into some 'prestige'
> college."
>
> doesn't that guy sound like he needs to be 'deprogrammed'? that article is
> text book cult behavior patterns. alienation/succeptability/ self
> loathing/ remade into the image of the collective/etc. i was actually
> unaware that high schools were required to register all student addresses
> with the armed services. i think my highschool had accidentally registered
> me with the Mormons instead. i was pretty heavily recruited by the Mormons
> in my high school days.
>
> ~M.E.
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