Word: brainwashing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wife started crying. He was physically and mentally strong and happy. I never saw him complaining about life. [Moore and co-worker and fellow cultist Real Steele] never tried to advertise for their religion. Both of them were strong, so I don't see how anyone could brainwash them or make them do something like that...
...Brainwash those little rascals who supposedly belong to your house tutors. They have two legs, they can run some of your brands. Got any dirty laundry? Want your mail? Breakfast in bed? Just think of the possibilities. And you can probably get it all for the price of a couple of soggy cookies...
...familial childhood abuse sound fanciful, the recollections of satanic-ritual abuse are downright bizarre. These tales have proliferated since the publication in 1980 of Michelle Remembers, a book about a belatedly aware satanic-ritual victim. They describe a massive secret conspiracy to abuse children sexually in order to brainwash them into worshipping Satan. Victims recall being raped by their parents and then by members of a cult who drink blood and sacrifice fetuses. More often than not the abusers are pillars of their communities -- the mayor, police chief or school superintendent -- who come out at night and join their parents...
...Evil scientists try to brainwash a cheerful young man who simply wants a Coke, chanting in unison, "All colas are the same, all colas are the same...