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Anonymous wrote:Exacerbating the entire situation with the families of the girls who died is the behavior of the Eastland family in the aftermath of the floods. I truly think that had they shown remorse, compassion, openness, and sympathy to the families then they would have avoided so much of the (deserved) vitriol and lawsuits. I understand that they lost their leader and patriarch, but the sons and their wives who were in charge of the 2 camps (especially Edward at Guad who yes I know almost died himself trying to rescue girls) were shockingly tone-deaf and cold in the hours, days, weeks and months following. Tweety is likely on the verge of dementia or some other health issue as well, but the kids seemed unable to take charge and be responsible in the face of this. And by kids I mean 40yo adults. Edward's wife aspired to be the next Tweety and IMO was also the reason the camp was becoming more evangelical. I know they relied on their faith to get through it and assumed everyone else would too, especially the families of those killed. This only infuriated the families more. I could go into details but that is the gist.
Interesting. I went to Mystic in the late 80s and early 90s and it wasn’t very religious. Religion certainly played no role in why my parents send me there. My camp BF was Jewish. Sunday vespers was optional and most of us didn’t go.
I know a ton of people who have sent their girls there in recent years and they’re not particularly religious. If you read DCUM and other articles it sounds like an evangelical Christian camp. That’s not what it’s been historically at all. Perhaps the younger generation of Eastlands was trying to make it so but most people attend Mystic bc it’s a great camp that’s been around for generations. The fact that it’s Christian is incidental.
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