Hi Dant et al - well I admit I overshot that one - but believe me, I’m certainly not trying to diminish the Jews’ suffering by comparing it with that of premies. However, I would be a premie who would strongly object to having to wear a wristband, for a number of reasons. I would be wondering why it’s necessary for someone not registered or owning a Smart Card to be banded in the first place. I would feel singled out as someone who could possibly voice any objections or cause disruptions. Call it another reaction to how stifled the program set-up is. Anyone with objective questions are simply not dealt with - just marked and shooed away.
There was an occasion in which I did choose to object to something, but was completely ignored. I thought the whole scene quite funny actually. Yes Cynthia, that was during my last training session in a group of about 20 premies with 2 instructors. One instructor was telling us if we can’t answer a question, we should simply tell them to watch a video of Rawat. That was it for me. No way was I going to let that fly, after decades of saying "okay, whatever". I finally felt this huge surge to say "But! Ask her - tell her why that’s the most idiotic thing you ever heard!" So there I was, sitting in the 2nd row directly in front of this instructor, waving my hand like crazy to ask the question politely (I was almost standing at one point) all the while she just went on with her idiotic spiel. I call it temporary blindness on her part, as she pretended she couldn’t see me and skipped on to the next item. Nor did anyone else say "you had a question?" It was completely ignored as if it didn’t happen. I finally gave my arm a rest, sat down again and just shook my head - unbelievable. It’s fear - fear to face an objection. But why? What harm can come from entertaining a question and answering it honestly? It particularly struck me as typical of extreme group thinking where heads are buried in the sand so deeply no one wants to consider anything different - as if doing so would negate their position somehow.
But when the actual step is taken to put wristbands on someone who would be deemed as someone who could possibly disrupt this sand in any way, doesn’t that cross the line into paranoia? What IS the reason unregistered premies are marked?
- ATS
