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June 27, 2003

Ship 'em off to (Mormon Boot) Camp

Alex was officially diagnosed with "Oppositional Defiance Disorder"...

Symptoms?
"often losing one's temper, arguing with adults, actively defying or refusing to comply with adults' requests, deliberately annoying people, blaming others for mistakes, being touchy or easily annoyed, and often being spiteful, vindictive, or angry."

Oppositional Defiance Disorder = normal teenager

WIRETAP - Just Call Them Crazy

Just Call Them Crazy
Stevphen Shukaitis, WireTap
June 12, 2003

Alex Asch probably never thought he would be forced by police, private security, his parents, and the weight of the law to leave his choice of studies for a Mormon boot camp -- but on August 10, 2002 that's exactly what happened.

Alex was attending the Institute for Social Ecology, a radically inclined institution of higher education located in Plainfield, Vermont. It was the last day of summer classes when his parents hired two juvenile transport officers to remove him from the Institute. After removing him from the school he was forced to go to Turnabout Stillwater, a juvenile rehabilitation program located in Utah affiliated with the Mormon church. There he will be held against his will until his 18th birthday in June 2004.

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Alex was officially diagnosed with "Oppositional Defiance Disorder," which is defined as a disorder including symptoms such as often losing one's temper, arguing with adults, actively defying or refusing to comply with adults' requests, deliberately annoying people, blaming others for mistakes, being touchy or easily annoyed, and often being spiteful, vindictive, or angry. In a workshop during the National Conference on Organized Resistance in January it was joked several times that with a definition like that almost all those with radical and anti-authoritarian beliefs could be labeled as "disordered."

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Individuals who would like to support Alex are encouraged to write letters or if possible to send books about animal liberation, philosophy, and other countercultural topics (keeping in mind that they have to pass by the inspection of their "appropriateness" by staff). Materials for Alex can be sent to Alex Asch c/o Turnabout Stillwater 2738 S. 2000 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84109. Questions about Alex can be directed to Darren by sending a message to info@everreviledrecords.com.

Read It Rating: 8
Left/Right Rating: L6
Freedom Rating: -7
Learning Percentage: 55%

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