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Article #4779Re: "Satanic Ritual Abuse" in the media
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:47
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:47
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In article <C0M0r8.5I8@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca says: (Many lines of debate deleted...) >>And what purpose is served supposing that >>the survivors *did* concoct the stories? Think!! > >For therapists, $$$. For journalists, $$$. For the 'survivors', attention >and maybe $$$. ------------- Well, I'm as cynical as the next guy, but even I can't believe that the "survivors" adopt these "memories" for money. It's much more likely that they really believe in what their therapist is telling them: that their current problems stem from horrible abuse when they were children. This is what sickened me about the PrimeTime report. One of the video segments showed a woman lying on a couch, clutching and tearing at a pillow as she screamed in terror, pain, and hate at the "memory" of being abused. If in fact she was not suffering at the (however remote in time) hands of satanic abusers, then her therapist is the abuser.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!vm.sas.com!sastph Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:47:50 EST From: <SASTPH@vm.sas.com> Message-ID: <93011.084750SASTPH@vm.sas.com> Newsgroups: sci.skeptic Subject: Re: "Satanic Ritual Abuse" in the media References: <C0Iors.Mp8@cs.uiuc.edu> <1519600010@igc.apc.org> <1993Jan9.204153.2754@icaen.uiowa.edu> <C0LwJ6.4K7@cs.uiuc.edu> <C0M0r8.5I8@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Lines: 20