Re: "Blanks" kill actors

[Robert L Bass <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The news I heard earlier was just a radio blurp...
>
> This morning I read in the paper that the kids
> were only locked up for sleeping.  I guess that
> makes it better.

Additional information indicates that most weren't locked up at
all.  Apparently the "cages" were unlocked and could be opened
from the inside.  The adoptive parents had alarms rigged to warn
them if any of the children got out of bed at night.

Some of the children had serious medical problems before they
were adopted -- fetal alcohol syndrome, HIV, etc.  The parents
said the cages were to protect the children from each other.

If the parents are telling the truth, this thing was all a
misunderstanding.

> If one wishes to adopt special needs kids then one
> better be sure that one is equipped (emotionally,
> mentally and physically) to deal with those needs.
> Adopting 11 of them is IMHO biting off more than
> they could chew...

Maybe not.  Neighbors all said the children seemed happy and were
regularly seen outside playing.  The place is apparently loaded
with children's toys.  Everything is painted like a play land.
These people *might* still turn out to be horrible, but more
likely they're a couple of real saints.

> If they couldn't handle it they should have found
> alternatives.  And, the Psychiatrist (I think they
> said) who told them to put the kids to bed in
> cages should lose his license - if that was in fact
> what said doctor told them.

If the cages were locked and used abusively, yes.  If they were
simply used as a means to protect the children from hurting
themselves or each other, he may have been right.  It *looks* as
though these kids had it much better there than in any of the
state agencies that would have warehoused them otherwise.

> Nothing burns me up more than someone who
> abuses children or elderly.

True.  And nothing impresses me more than someone who willingly
devotes himself to helping children or the elderly.  It ha not
yet been determined which these folks are.  I hope it turns out
they're good.  There are 11 children living there who need more
help and love than most people are willing to give.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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