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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Henry W. Schmitt (talk | contribs) at 05:24, 15 September 2007 (Discussion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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A couple of points. Althought they share some features, isn't there a difference between 'tough love' wilderness camps for teenagers who are sent there by parents, and penal institutions to which offenders are sent by the state?

Also you claim the boot camp regime is about" promotion of fear, degradation, humiliation, discipline, respect for authority, absolute strictness, drill, physical conditioning and severe punishment in order to break the will of a person and to make him or her totally submissive" Doesn't such a sweeping statment (which may well be true) need backing up with examples?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cute 1 4 u (talkcontribs)

oops!

i just did a booboo, i'm sorry. somebody please revert this article to the last version. i had no intention changing it to the very first version i wrote last year. i only wanted to look it up and add my name, which i hadn't done, because i wasn't enlisted. sorry, sorry.Sundar1 20:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So done. For future reference, you can self-revert by viewing the article history, then clicking the "last" link in the line of your edit, and finally the "undo" link on the top of the right-hand column of the edit diff page. –Henning Makholm 23:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Boot camp (correctional)Boot camp — The software is located at "Boot Camp", but this page is located at "Boot camp (correctional)". I feel most people looking up this term are looking for the "correctional" page. Also all of the other topics borrow the phrase from the correctional version. I have also requested a move of the current "Boot camp" page to "Boot camp (disambiguation)". —Henry W. Schmitt 18:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

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Are you seriously claiming that "boot camp" came first for correctional programs, and only later was borrowed to stand for military recruit training? –Henning Makholm 23:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No. I think the correctional one borrowed the phrase as well. I am for redirecting boot camp to recruit training. -Henry W. Schmitt 05:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Any additional comments:
This proposal might have merits. However, are "shock incarceration" programs modeled after military recruit training? –Henning Makholm 23:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Seems more encyclopedic sounding but is there citable support of the term being widely used as the primary term for boot camp prisons? All of the cited sources use "boot camp". — AjaxSmack 02:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • New idea: Redirect "boot camp" to "recruit training" and have disambiguation link on that page for the correctional.