Twister II Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Last week I found out one of my best friends has pretty much disappeared off the face of the earth. No one has seen him, talked to him, or had any sort of communication with him. His cell phone is out of service, his home phone number has been disconnected. His parents proclaim he is on a mission trip with his church. Yet mission trips threw his church never last 6 weeks, and there wasn't any mission trips scheduled. After one of my friends confronting his parents, they showed they his mission trip photos, but they were 2 years old. As of right now, me, my friends, and his friends think he is at an ex-gay camp. It scares us to death. An ex-gay camp is a camp where the parents sent their children for 2 to 6 weeks, in an attempt to make them not gay. No communication is allowed, not even touching. The only form of touching is between the parents, and can only be a brief hand shake or brief hand on the shoulder. Its horrible. You may ask, "Why?". When my friend came out to his parents, they put him threw hell. He was grounded for 2 months. No Internet, no T.V., no friends, no socializing. That's not even bad enough, but his parents yet abused him. Some I can't even say. Plus, my parents are thinking of sending me to an ex-gay camp this summer, in Salt Lake City. Here is some info on ex-gay camps: http://gaylife.about.com/od/religion/i/ex_gay.htm I want to see your views on these type of camps. Do you agree with them, or disagree? Think they should be burned to the ground, or put up in every town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 that's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 "Today's modern day concentration camps" is pushing it a little, however, my view on them is still... they should be burned to the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Sorry to read and see this still happening, if not worsening for young people having to deal with this at all, etc. My opinion, right? Burn'em all. Then throw salt on the ashes - 'just in case...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 TaeR Em DOwN!!1!1 Thats is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah_killa Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat...that's just a little extreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 That really sucks. Figures the camp would be in Salt Lake City too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I say make a satiricle cartoon lampooning these "Camps" and work your way up through the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I'm still LOL'ing at the line "Today's modern day concentration camps". This is hardly anything like that. Perhaps I don't see what is wrong with this because I am strait. I did a little research, browsing some sites (and NOT ones slanted either way, as the one you liked to is) and I just can't see where this is any worse than a "fat camp" or an other sort of rehabilitative camp for drug abusers or alcoholics. Besides, how many people could possibly be "cured" in 6 weeks? I mean - homosexuality isn't a choice, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 The Gay Camps have every right to do what they do, they aren't beating, killing or commiting genocide. Saying you want to burn them down (I know there are those who were joking) is far more extreme than what these camps are doing. If you have a problem with them take it up with the parents who sent them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Besides, how many people could possibly be "cured" in 6 weeks? I mean - homosexuality isn't a choice, right? Right. Which makes that camp completely pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 "Today's modern day concentration camps" is pushing it a little, however, my view on them is still... they should be burned to the ground A bit hypocritcal don't you think? If you feel so strongly about your homosexuality and the right to practice it, then obviously the best way to express your desire to have freedom in your lifestyle choice is to return the hatred, right? Great way to lead by example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 It might not be abusing people - but kids are being sent to them against their will to be brainwashed into believing they are something they are not. What kind of parents could do that to their child? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 ^ Concentration camps were terrible, terrible things. This doesn't even come close. The worst part isn't even the camps fault (even if i don't agree with what they are trying to do). The parents who force kids to go there against their will are the ones who are evil. Its not a choice anyway, so people should just get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 It might not be abusing people - but kids are being sent to them against their will to be brainwashed into believing they are something they are not. What kind of parents could do that to their child? The camps have the right to do so, you are being hypocritical in saying we want our rights protected by banning yours. If you have a problem with it take it up with the parents not the camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 At concentration camps, they lined people up to shoot them, put them in gas showers, and buried them in mass graves. Are they doing that here? No! Of course they are not as bad as the World War II concentration camps. HOWEVER, as I stated before, I still believe that these are bad places that should be closed/burned/whatever down. This was in response to "Beemer Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Do unto others ... Do you see these camps going and commiting violent acts on Homosexual people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 So no one was ever forced to do anything as a child? Why not condemn my parents for sending me to baseball camps as a child, a camp where I was "brainwashed" into thinking with enough work I could get a baseball scholarship? Having never been to one of course, what makes these places so bad? Beatings? Sleep deprivation? Not being pro-gay? I find it ironic that gay people, those who accuse the people that dont approve of homosexuality of being close-minded, are themselves being close-minded at the thought of any "challenge" to their homosexual beliefs. Is this only a "big deal" because it has to do with homosexuality, and the original poster is gay and worried he might have to go to one of these places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Well, what do you expect from televangelists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 As long as there's no physical abuse, then what's the difference between these and "fat camps," as was suggested earlier? I still say that if you feel so strongly about what you believe in, then grow thicker skin, and endure whatever words are spoken to you. Abuse? That's obviously a different story, and the point where authorities should intervene. "I don't like this, it deserves to be burned down." If everyone who was oppressed in this country thought this way and acted out their thoughts, we'd have nothing left. Hmmm, I sense this thread will be closed in 3....2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Protest the American way, poop in a bag, set it on their porch and set it on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wersigobra Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hm... A bunch of horney gay teenagers in a cabin. A bunch of horney lesbian teenagers in a cabin. Lots of sexual tension and frustration . I wonder what goes on at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 They have nude posters of the pope to keep the hormones in check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I never said they should be burned down or anything. I am just saying if the person wants to be gay - is it the parent's rights to forbid it - and send them to rehab? How does a kid chosing to be gay conflict with the rights of the parents? It really does not violate parents rights at all if a kid wants to be gay. On the other hand, the parents telling the kids they aren't allowed to be gay DOES interfere with the kids rights. That is like saying homosexuality should be banned because it interferes with my right to be straight - when in reality it does not. Me telling you you cannot be gay does interfere with your rights. You telling me that you are gay does NOT interfere with my rights in anyway. That's all I'm saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Again this boils down to what I said to begin with .. the issue you all should be focused on is the parents, not the camps. I also want to stress that the camps should not be attacked for their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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