follow-up on bethel boys academy

Someone anonymously posted an article in the comments section of an entry I wrote awhile back on the evil (literally) Bethel Boys Academy. (Follow the link for a detailed account of abuses that include severe beatings, broken bones, razor slashes, strangulation, injured eyes, torture with an electric fence, solitary confinement in foot lockers, and on and on . . .)

Apparently the "academy" has decided to change its name to "Eagle Point Christian Academy". The article states that this is the 2nd time it's changed its name, the first name change occuring after the state raided it in 1988 to remove 72 abused and neglected children.

Charmingly, the director calls the abuse allegations "almost funny." Jesus fucking christ.

This story touches quite a nerve in me. I guess I wonder how many wingnuts send their kids to places like this because they suspect those kids of being gay . . .

And while we're on this incredibly unpleasant subject, check out this site on the wildly unethical Standford Prison Experiment. To be honest, something about the site itself makes me uneasy, but reading through some of Dr. Zimbardo's papers it certainly appears not only that his heart is in the right place but that his research has made some important discoveries that we continue to ignore.