On Apr 16, 4:16=EF=BF=BDpm, Brandon D Cartwright <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:56:44 -0700 (PDT), ****ist_emy
>
> <****ist_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >this whole thing is looking very fishy. =EF=BF=BDwhy are the kids and
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hers
> >being punished while the men are allowed to be free? =EF=BF=BDwasnt the
> >complaint against some of the men? =EF=BF=BDwhy arent they arrested?
=EF=
=BF=BDnobody
> >accused the mothers of anything yet they are separated from the
> >children.
>
> There is no complainant to be found anywhere..
>
> only an alleged phantom anonymous phone call from they know =EF=BF=BDnot
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here
> which was unrecorded they say..
>
> This is the basis upon which the local sheriff arrived in an armored
> car with troops in full body armor to take 400+ crying children away
> at gunpoint..
>
> some of the boys have ironically been bussed by fundamentalist
> evangelists to their isolated religious compound..
>
> What's up with that?
>
> Boys Ranch opens its doors for boys from polygamous sect
>
> http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8936933
>
> AMARILLO, Texas - The way of life at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch is to
> expect the unexpected. The challenges in giving approximately 250 boys
> a ****rttail to hang on to, as Farley once said, are many and varied.
>
> =EF=BF=BD Still, Monday night had to qualify as eye-opening. That's when
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7
> boys came through the gates. They came from Eldorado, some of the 416
> children from the polygamous compound of the Fundamentalist Church of
> Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
>
> =EF=BF=BDApproximately 250 children, ages 5 to 18, are housed in
> the 28 group homes. Founded in 1939, Boys Ranch is a self-contained
> campus that includes its own school district, chapel, medical
> facilities, post office, bank, s****ts fields and homes.
>
> =EF=BF=BDThe religious training is non-denominational Christian.
>
> No one knows for sure how long or how many of the 27 will be at Boys
> Ranch. That could be decided on Thursday.
>
> =EF=BF=BDThat's when one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S.
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> will be heard in San Angelo. Approximately 350 lawyers from across
> Texas are representing pro-bono the 416 children - which includes the
> Boys Ranch 27 - against charges from state officials that they were
> physically and ***ually abused. DFPS officials want them put in foster
> care or put up for adoption.
>
> (without a shred of evidence or even an allegation of wrongdoing on
> the parents part)
>
> txwordpounder: =EF=BF=BD4/16/2008 12:02:00 AM =EF=BF=BD +1 =EF=BF=BD
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> Cal Farley's Boy Ranch is an isolated compound located at the
> confluence of the Canadian River and U.S. Highway 385, 400 miles away
> from Eldorado. It's a privately operated facility for troubled
> children that emphasizes an evangelical Christian perspective. Life at
> the ranch is highly regimented, highly supervised, and the children
> have very limited contact with the outside world. Communicating with
> outsiders is forbidden unless approved and supervised by ranch staff.
>
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDI don't know how they punish children at the ranch
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e days, but
> in the 1970s I witnessed brutal beatings of children by the staff.
> Stiff cor****al punishment was the order of the day back then. Since
> access to the ranch is restricted, it's hard for the general public to
> know what really goes on in there.
one of my mother's good friends (and her husband) have been house
parents at that ranch for years now.
as i've known the woman for years (and was in and out of her home and
saw how her children were raised) i would say in that house, at least.
sitting the offender down and discussing the matter, along with denial
of privileges are more likely than physical punishment.
cat
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