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Perth SOP

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:18 am
by Dissenter
Does anyone know the leaders of the Perth School?

Can anyone tell me anything else about the Perth SOP as I would like to know how prolific it is, and how long it has been running for.

DM

http://secretcult.tripod.com

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:55 am
by a different guest
Hopefull someone like Anton can answer your questions.

I must admit the existance of a Perth school was unknown to me - do they have a website.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:13 am
by bella

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:22 am
by a different guest
Thank you Bella.

Well I have just had a quick squiz...

umm why the American spelling????

Practical Parenting - surely the "three fundamental needs of children" are eat/shit/sleep? Why do I need a course in 'meeting' these needs?


I also notice "true discipline" gets a mention. Elaborate please. Have you done one of these "practical parenting" courses"?

But back to the basics, if the esstional teachign is Hindu why say this? " It has been said that all of Western philosophy is a footnote to Plato. "

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:22 am
by Goblinboy
Opening lines of WA school website:

When people think of philosophy, they usually think of something academic and purely intellectual.


Sheesh. Anti-intellectualism is alive and well in Australia.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:24 am
by Goblinboy
a different guest wrote:Practical Parenting - surely the "three fundamental needs of children" are eat/shit/sleep? Why do I need a course in 'meeting' these needs?


ROFL a lot.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:31 am
by a different guest
Sheesh. Anti-intellectualism is alive and well in Australia.


Has been for the last 10 years.

Anyone know if JH is a member of the SES?

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:10 am
by AntonR
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:53 am
by AntonR
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:45 pm
by mgormez
Dr Gerhard Grohmann is at least responsible for the CD production:

http://www.philosophywa.com.au/CDsForSale.php

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:38 pm
by bonsai
I couldn't help noticing the on the website for perth school a parenting course.

http://www.philosophywa.com.au/ParentCourse.php

The meer thought of it is horrifying. Anybody know anything about it?

Bonsai

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:48 am
by bella
Dr Grohmann is Canberra, not Perth, I believe. His classical CDs are distributed at quite a few schools, though. Yeah, Brisbane started up around 1994.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:15 am
by Free Thinker
Parenting course - I also shudder to think.

I hope they have dropped the "stop breastfeeding your child by 4 months because it is bad for them after that" line.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:21 am
by mgormez
Free Thinker wrote:Parenting course - I also shudder to think.

I hope they have dropped the "stop breastfeeding your child by 4 months because it is bad for them after that" line.


What is it with cults and breastfeeding? Look here, from another group:

Breast feeding babies may have a nostalgic background, particularly to a Freudian oriented medico, but real breast milk again is usually a poor ration. Modern mothers smoke and sometimes drink. Smoking makes the milk very musty. Anyway, a nervous modern mother just can't deliver the right ration. Maybe it's the pace of the times or the breed, but there are few modern Guernsey-type mothers. So even without drinking or smoking, one should forget breast feeding.



It is utter bollocks. It was reported in The Lanclet (1998;351:1160-1164) that addition to infection-fighting antibodies, human breast milk also contains a compound that helps babies fight rotavirus infection, the leading cause of serious infant diarrhea.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:52 am
by Free Thinker
There are a million and one reasons why babies should be breastfed as long as possible. I don't need to go into them here unless asked.

I think it's because it promotes such a bond between baby and mother, and cults don't want that. Plus it makes the mothers not able to leave the babies until they are no longer breastfeeding, thus making them unable to attend "residentials" or classes. Unless they are able to or willing to pump. And not all of them are.