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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:12 PM Original message |
St. Pete Times reports on the infamous Florida reform school. The men beaten there 50 years ago |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The men gathered at the Florida School for Boys on Oct. 21, 2008." |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. thanks |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I just plain cried. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Plaque: "In memory of the children who passed these doors" |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. holy shit that's insane |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I wouldn't kill him. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. Times editorial "Waiting for Justice" picture of the infamous "white house" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. The boot camps...Martin Lee Anderson...2006 |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. It is maddening that any adult can do that to kids |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. What is even more maddening is that it is still going on |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. The St Pete Times is owned by a not-for-profit journalism institute. They care about journalism |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks, this needed to be exposed n/t |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. This was always the ultimate threat to hold unruly boys in line. "If you do that |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, I remember teachers doing that. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I wonder if those making the threats knew? Who did know? n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, LeRoy Collins refused to take it seriously. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm thinking of the officers of the juvenile court system. In addition to sending children to |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Juvenile court system officers must have known. They had to have known.. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. St. Pete Times lists actual articles since 1932. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. No words |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. There are no words for such treatment of humanity. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. CNN March 5 this year...Abuse was reform school's lesson, family says |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Investigation? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Clear and to the point. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. The envy of modern-day educators. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I call bullshit. n/t |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I call a teacher in self-denial. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Your posts in this thread are an insult to teachers. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I'm sure that was the intent. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Posted a CBS video of an interview with 2 of these folks who remember the white house. |
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