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Deprogrammers devious, -SSSsS&J&SSSi
East Park Plaza
203 North CSth Street
402-464-01 S3
Downtown
427 South 13th Street
v 402-475-0204
I vcu!4 like to take exception to the article (Dailj
Nebraskan, Nov. 14) in which "Keren Smith", a UNt
student, recalled her nightmare" experience with
the Unification Church.
. The article . portrays deprogramming with too
much legitimacy.. Deprogrammers supposedly res
cue young people from "vicious cults" who seek to
"brainwash" their converts. I want to declare that
"Karen-Smith" is not a victim of the Unification
Church, but rather is a victim of deprogramming.
Deprogrammera CIrgaKy abduct people against r
: their own will, subjecting them to threats or even
physical abuse so that the convert to the new reli-
gious movement will renounce hi3 or her beliefs.
"Karen Smith" was kidnapped and draped into a
van and driven around for 12 hours. I know that in
her 12 hours in the van, she was thoroughly pro
grammed by her captors. They fed her mind with
fear, doubt and half-truths about the Unification
she would be completely indoctrinated, and that
she would fee a dooi ior f ioon wno is oniy m n ior ir.e
money." This b a consistent practice of depro
grammers to discredit the Unification Church. I
Know this from my own experience with depro
grammers and the experience of others who es
caped from their deprogr&xnxncr captors.
' , '' ' . ; . William D. Ecgg
' " . director
, Unification Church of Nebraska
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As humans, we call ourselves the .
"superior species." We are able to
think, to reason and to manipulate
resources to fill our wants and.
needs. In light of these capabilities.,
we declare our existence superior
to all other species that inhabit the
earth. After all, their purpose in life ";
is only to survive. We, on the other
hand, seek to live lavishly with every
possible convenience. "
In that distinction lies a crucial
difference between humans and xiU
other species, something that we
have that no ether life form on earth '.
' will ever have: greed. ' - 3;
No other species is greedy. Other
species hunt prey when they (or
' their ofSpring) are hungry, r?ck-,
shelter in inclement weather . and
are mutually tenefkiol to nature's
: life cycles.;, ;; ':-:. -S-.'-J- - .
We no longer rely on hunting for
food. There now are much more
, sophisticated means of feeding our
selves. For instance, we raise cnim-,: :
als in confinement and isolation,
supplement their diets with chemi
cals to make them grow larger and '
faster, slaughter them when they
attain proper weight, and freeze
their flesh to be eaten at some later
date.
The huntir.3 that humans partic
ipate in is not for survival, but for
pleasure. It is true that same of the .''
' animals we MH are eaten, but that
doesnt make up for the thousands
that are killed and beheaded, their ; ;
. carcass leSt to ret, their kzzs !&
played as trophies. . :
. Another index of human greed is
our treatment of land and resour
ces. We require a certain amount of
land and resources for survival, but
we must realize that in order for the
earth and all life forms to survive we
cannot use them alL
In the last few decades, encourag
ing new alternative methods of en
ergy have been discovered. How:
ever, certain groups of our superior
species are doing their best to keep
the alternatives from developing in
to viable energy sources. For in
stance, we have the technology to
utilise solar energy and petroleum
power substitutes. But developing
:lthem further could mean the giant
ell,' gas vd coal companies would
lose a great deal of money.
ferhaps the most frightening as
pect of human greed is our inability
to live in peace. One country wants
to impose certain ideologies that
other countries object to, and they
fight Another country wants the ,
minerals and resources that a dif
ferent country has, and they fight
We are killing off each other to get
more land, more resources, and in
order to gain superiority over the
rest of our superior species.
It seems ironic that humans, rela
tive newcomers to earth, are the
species that will eventually destroy
the planet. If only we could learn a
lesson in living from the subordi
nate, species around us, maybe a
.- more acceptable fate would destine
our lives. Because if we are to sur
vive, we have no choice but to
" change our way cf ISfs. If we dont
: charts, if we dent brin to respect
' the earth 'and all species ir.cludlr.g
our own, oar only dectiny xrZX be
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