<i>llegal would be the least of it... are you a closet psychopath? it would seem you'd have to be to suggest such an experiment.</i>

Excuse me, but I was kidding. In part it was a reference not to feral children cases like Kaspar Hauser, but to an alleged experiment that a king in Ancient Egypt ran: he had two children raised in silence with mute servants caring for them. They started speaking Phrygian after a while or one of them at least uttered the Phrygian word for bread. See <A HREF="http://www.feralchildren.com/en/language.php" target="_new">http://www.feralchildren.com/en/language.php</A> about "forbidden experiment". Guess I have to remember to put in all the smiley faces for implied sarcasm. Take care.