I was shocked to read the article in the laters Freedom Magazine on about tens of thousands of children who were falsely labled "mentally retarded" and were forced into virtual slavery in psychiatric institutions in Canada in the 1940s.

 The story tells about Clarina Duguay who, at the age of 11, was sent to an orphanage along with  her sister, when her mother contracted tuberculosi.  Her father, a lumberjack, couldn’t care for her so she was sent away "to get a good education." 

From there ensued a horror story of children being forced to do hard labor, take heavy doses of thorazine, and being electric shocked, lobotomized and even killed.

Apparently Freedom has been researching this story since 1999, and it shows.  It is very well written and it is very hard to believe.

Regarding the new tsunami that hit Java on Monday  The Mumbai Mirror says:

"Within minutes of the earthquake on Monday, regional tsunami centres knew it had the potential to send a deadly wave speeding toward Indonesia’s Java island, but no way of passing the information onto those in its path until it was too late.

"If they had the means, people would have had almost an hour to take preventive measures before the tsunami struck."

"Indonesia was the worst hit by the 2004 tsunami, and Monday’s disaster shows how unprepared the sprawling island nation remains in dealing with the threat of tsunami triggered by the awesome seismic forces that lie beneath it."

 There has to be greater priority given to human life.  The means to provide faster communication exists.  There’s no reason it can’t be developed for these circumstances.

The  Worldwide Help Blog is trackings the events as they unfold. 

I know some of the Scientology Disaster  Relief Team members who have been in Jogyakarta since the earthquake in May.  I don’t know whether they are going to help the tsunami victims.  I hope so.