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Volume 31, Issue 2 $2.50 Investigative reporting in the public interest Published by the Church of Scientology since 1968 The Hidden Hand of Violence Recent investigations shed new light on causes of violence in society. Also in this issue: Bringing Back Morals with The Way to Happiness From the Editor’s Desk has been eroded through the last four decades of “progressive education” — a system designed more for psychological conditioning than academic success. The Add the wholesale labeling of children with psychiatric “disorders” (such as “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” and a host of “Learning Disorders”) for exhibiting much of what was previously considered normal childhood behavior. Erosion These labels not only excuse the educa- tional shortcomings of our schools, but the youth who receive them are told that they are responsible neither for what they do nor for the decisions they make. In fact, and of Right perhaps not so coincidentally, the Denver Post reported in December 1996 that federal law prohibited the expulsion of three kids who passed a gun around at school because they were classified as and “special-education” students. These stu- dents were not considered responsible for what they did. Finally, add a chemical catalyst of mind- altering psychiatric drugs and the result is volatile and even deadly. Keep in mind, too, Wrong that the types of “special education” students who are not held responsible for nalert Feeding Christians to lions was once popu- passing around deadly weapons at school columnist lar “sport.” For centuries, public executions are the ones most likely to be on such drugs. pointed drew large crowds in London regardless of We explore, in our cover story, how out after what king or queen ruled — as they did in these youth are catching up to the society Colorado’s other cities at various times in Europe and that created them. AColumbine High elsewhere. Our culture before television We also present other aspects of School massacre in and film is strewn with explicit violence, violence in this issue. While much has been April that this was mayhem and death. written and said on the subject, we hope we not the first time Even so, people were not driven to take have provided new perspectives — ones the school had been each others’ lives. In fact, statistics recently which will help open doors to more effec- in the news. Col- compiled from historical records reveal that tive and lasting solutions to this societal umbine High hap- in battles between the third century B.C. problem. Gail Armstrong pened to be fea- and World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of And as with all issues of Freedom, we Executive Editor tured in a 1991 the men engaged in fighting actually tried welcome your views. ABC 20/20 seg- to kill the enemy. That was despite going ment for its highly into war with the stated purpose to kill, and debated “death education” class — in with their own lives at stake. which students discussed such macabre One could conclude that it requires Visit Freedom topics as how they wanted to look in their extreme persuasion to get a human being to caskets. want to kill another, let alone to do the The segment offered a glimpse at just deed. And although some need less on the one aspect of the “values” education that prompting than others, they are few indeed insinuated itself into our national school — especially when young. World Wide Web curricula over the past four decades. The Yet with psychological manipulation, irony is that programs implemented ostensi- military forces solved their problem after Freedom Magazine has its own web bly to shape values have had the opposite World War II, rousing the “kill will” in up to site at http://www.freedommag.org effect. Educational experts have long since 95 percent of soldiers through programs featuring the most recent issues of our sounded an alarm over an “anything goes” designed to inure them to taking another’s attitude born and bred with these programs, life. U.S. edition, as well as foreign issues as we cover in more depth inside. These programs manage to overcome including British, Italian, French, Much of the current public discussion an individual’s innate sense that it is wrong Spanish, Danish, German, Swiss, about youth violence focuses on depictions to kill another human being — a sense Austrian and Greek editions. Back of violence and brutality in entertainment, strongly present even in soldiers who are whether movies, video games or music. there to kill. issues and additional international Explicit, exploitative violence is It is time to take a closer look at the pos- editions are being added regularly. unhealthy for anyone’s outlook on life. But sibility that the reason violence more Join the many users who browse if one stops to consider it, it becomes strongly influences youth in our schools our site. readily apparent that this is nothing “new.” today is that the sense of right and wrong | FREEDOM Cover Report The Hidden Hand of Violence 2 The Case of Spencer Day 10 Investigative reporting Published by the Church of Scientology Disorienting a Generation 12 in the public interest since 1968 Cover: Youth Human Rights violence and its Ending the Balkan Nightmare 14 increasing death toll The “Ethnic Cleansing” Agenda 21 keep the nation Making Human Rights a Fact 23 asking “why?” Freedom’s Society investigation of the Bringing Back Morals 26 seemingly random acts of violence About The Way to Happiness 29 establishes a clear pattern — and a Human Rights Leadership Profile U.S. Representative Matt Salmon 30 cause. Book Review Right: An in-depth report on the Balkan crisis reveals an overlooked Lasting Valor 33 source of ethnic rivalries. (See page 14) Far right: A program based on a L. Ron Hubbard common-sense moral code is The Failures of Psychiatry 36 achieving remarkable success in schools. (See page 26) Australia Germany Russia Freedom Offices Austria Greece Spain Canada Italy Sweden Church of Scientology International Denmark Japan Switzerland 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 1200 France New Zealand United Kingdom Los Angeles, CA 90028-6329 Phone: (323) 960-3500 © 1999 Church of Scientology International. All Rights Reserved. Grateful Fax: (323) 960-3508/9 acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce PHOTO CREDITS: Cover: Comstock Stock Photography, a selection from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard. FREEDOM, FPG, Tony Stone Images, Corbis. 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Editorial office: Human Rights. 26-28: The Way to Happiness Phone: (202) 667-6404 Freedom Magazine, 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90028- Foundation/Concerned Businessmen’s Association of Fax: (202) 667-6314 6329. (323) 960-3500. This is Volume 31, Issue 2. September 1999. America. 34: White House Office of Photography. FREEDOM | 1 Cover Report 2 | FREEDOM The Hidden Hand of violenceviolence by Thomas G. Whittle & Mark Stout Seemingly random scenes in society’s patchwork quilt of senseless violence contain a common thread n the aftermath of the recent spate of assaults by students upon their classmates and teachers, an appalled nation asked: Why? That question continues to reverberate in discussions about the tragedy of senseless violence Iamong youth. FREEDOM | 3 Cover Report LETHAL VIOLENCE by youths has risen with the increase in psychiatric drug prescriptions. A sample of recent On September 27, 1997, Sam Manzie, 15, On May 21, 1998, Kip attacked, raped and Kinkel, 14, killed his killers strangled to death an 11-year-old boy parents and went on a who had come to his family’s New shooting spree at his Springfield, Jersey home selling items door-to- Oregon, high school — killing two documents the door for the local PTA. Manzie had more people and injuring 22. been receiving regular psychiatric Kinkel was taking both Ritalin and trend. treatments including the drug Paxil. Prozac. Bloodshed in films and on television, bru- a series of brutal incursions into its previously Four months after James Wilson’s ram- tality in video games and availability of sacrosanct schools. page, on January 17, 1989, another incident firearms may well be contributing factors in The first came on May 20, 1988, when exploded onto the national stage when some violent situations.

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