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To: Carolyn who wrote (2177)	7/5/2001 2:29:45 PM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Gus is persona non grata in the United States! ggg He was refused visa several time! Then he tried to visit Israel and convert but found no rabbi to convert him, to old for brit mila! So he remains in Belgium. No problem though, we like Gus all the same! GGG

To: Carolyn who wrote (2177)	7/6/2001 5:07:49 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23908

I've been in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. You Americans have a sense of humor indeed... But, as an agnostic, I find your religious "fanaticism" even more funny (tip: Jimmy Swaggart). However, from a European viewpoint, it seems that violence (be it physical, political, ideological, whatever) pervades the whole American fabric --here's a clue: 14-year-old dies in Arizona, latest casualty of "boot camps" By David Walsh 6 July 2001 The death of a 14-year-old boy at a private "boot camp" for troubled youngsters in Arizona has once again cast light on the horrific conditions at such youth facilities, both private and state-operated, in the US. According to a story in the Arizona Republic, the boy died after vomiting dirt in the desert. Officials at the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association camp near Buckeye, Arizona told the youth's mother, Melanie Hudson, that her son had eaten dirt and refused to drink water. The boy was in the first week of a five-week program. The stated aim of the Buckeye boot camp and similar facilities around the US is to provide "tough love," on the theory that previous forms of treatment, that supposedly coddled youngsters, have failed. The camps, organized on a regimented, paramilitary basis, make the claim that through various forms of intimidation they can instill self-discipline, self-confidence and self-esteem. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told the press he was treating the death as suspicious and was awaiting the results of an autopsy. Noting that, "There have been some serious allegations of abuse at that boot camp," Arpaio shut down the camp on Monday, returning about 50 children to their parents. Former drill instructors at the camp have said that youths were regularly subjected to corporal punishment and forced to swallow mud. Bill Lanford, chief of the Buckeye Valley Fire District, told reporters that when paramedics arrived at the camp Sunday, camp counselors were telling children, some of whom were crying, to lie down on concrete slabs. "It was very disturbing," he commented. "We were working ... and the counselors were more interested in disciplining the kids and telling them to lie down." The regimen at the camp included forced marches, black uniforms, "in-your-face" discipline and a daily diet limited to an apple, a carrot and a bowl of beans for the day. The inmates slept outdoors in sleeping bags on concrete slabs. [...] wsws.org