From what I recall of the book (it was almost 20 years ago... sigh I'm old...), it mentioned the "wild" camps in the context of the ad hoc means they employed to "disappear" academics as a means of intimidating the (needed) remainder.
My own great grandparents fled in 1933, before that became impossible soon afterward, because my great grandfather was a mechanical engineering professor (they haven't told me where--I should ask my dad) and had written articles endorsing left-wing politics, though not outright communism as far as I have been told. My grandmother (dad's mom) was seven, at the time. Luckily, his skills were welcomed in the United States, and he worked as a codebreaker with the Navy.
My own great grandparents fled in 1933, before that became impossible soon afterward, because my great grandfather was a mechanical engineering professor (they haven't told me where--I should ask my dad) and had written articles endorsing left-wing politics, though not outright communism as far as I have been told. My grandmother (dad's mom) was seven, at the time. Luckily, his skills were welcomed in the United States, and he worked as a codebreaker with the Navy.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
