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INTERNATIONAL REPORT

Educating anarchists

by Alan Caruba

June 2, 2003

In Alston Chase's remarkable book, "Harvard and the Unabomber", about Ted Kaczynski, its author says, "The anger that motivated Kaczynski bears an uncanny resemblance to the rage that drove the schoolboys who in recent years have gone berserk, shooting classmates. Like Kaczynski, the Columbine High School killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, were motivated by rage, not only against those they saw despoiling the environment, but also against the dominant school

"Meanwhile," Chase noted, "high schools are even less dedicated to learning than they were, choosing instead to ensure that students conform to the canons of political and behavioural correctness, by the administration of drugs such as Ritalin and Luvox, and what teachers call 'behaviour modification.'"

Virtually every one of the students who engaged in acts of murder in their schools were on some form of drug "medication." It is ominous, indeed, that the widespread use of mind-altering drugs coincides with the rash of school-related violence seen in recent years. It suggests, I believe, a connection with what well may become a generation of Kaczynski's, drugged victims or not, who will act out their inner rage in the years to come. Most certainly, those passing through our school systems have been groomed to despise modern society by virtue of the endless propaganda about the despoiling of nature, the treatment of animals, and the hatefulness of corporations to which they are exposed from kindergarten to graduation. That anarchy is loose in the world is obvious by this nation's announced "war on terrorism," whether it is practiced by Islamic fanatics, or by the growing legions of environmental and animal rights "activists." Regarded as a "prisoner of war" by Green anarchists, writing to Chase from jail, Kaczynski said, "I suspect that you underestimate the strength and depth of feeling against industrial civilization that has been developing in recent years."

One can only guess to what extent our nation's school system is responsible for this, but one thing is known. Testifying before a House panel in May, Dr. William B. Carey, director of behavioural pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, asked, "Why is 80 percent of the world's methylphenidate being fed to American children?" Why has this nation's educational system embarked upon a campaign to mandate the prescription of psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin, Adderall, and Luvox, among others, to insure that any student who shows any sign of so-called hyper-activity be "calmed down"? Why is a nation that has been engaged in a "war on drugs" since the days of the Nixon administration simultaneously engaging in the drugging of an estimated seven million school children every year?

As Dr. Carey noted in his testimony, "These drugs have the potential for serious harm and abuse. They are listed on Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act." They can lead to "severe psychological or physical dependence." As reported in the Washington Times on May 7, "The House subcommittee is considering legislation to prohibit school personnel from requiring children to take such drugs." "Parents," said Dr. Carey, "should never be forced to decide between getting their child into school, and keeping their child off potentially harmful drugs." Just one of these drugs, Adderall, currently comprises 32 percent of the national stimulant market of 6.1 million prescriptions in 2000 and $248 million in sales.

A lone witness for their use was a representative for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, offering a defence based on the view that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, abbreviated ADHD, is real. What if this "disorder," which manifested itself at the same time the drugs to "control" it, is utterly bogus? What if the manufacturers of these psychotropic drugs have identified the students of America as a captive market?

Worse, yet, is the potential for the millions of drugged students to produce dozens, if not hundreds, of anarchists like Ted Kaczynski, all thoroughly imbued with a hatred of anyone or anything that "threatens" the environment or animal rights. "All terrorists follow the same logic and share similar goals, until they (the public) see that their ultimate aim is the destruction of modern itself, no one is safe," writes Chase. "These people, like Kaczynski, feel threatened by civilization."

The rise of anarchist acts by environmental and animal rights terrorists have not escaped the notice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nor have the anti-globalist "anarchists," who have made war in the streets when various international agencies or organizations have gathered, escaped the notice of the world's press. They report the "street theatre" without grasping how widespread the war on civilization has become for those who embrace Kaczynski's views. And his views eerily mirror those expressed by former Vice President Al Gore in his book, "Earth in the Balance."

On May 21, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 425-1, passed the Child Medication Safety Act, intended to prevent a parent from being coerced into medicating a child in order to insure their child could attend school. Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, and Virginia have already passed similar laws, while Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, Utah, and Texas have commissions, or have enacted resolutions, to discourage this widespread trend in our nation's schools to medicate students rather than educate them. So long as the American educational system continues to demand that large numbers of children be drugged, this nation will continue to breed a new generation of potential anarchists, devoid of any knowledge of the original values upon which America was established. And willing to kill to exorcise their rage.

Alan Caruba is the author of Warning Signs, a new book. His weekly column is posted on the Internet site of The National Anxiety Center . A Pocket Guide to Militant Islam is available from the Center.