tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9236633033711336552024-03-14T05:23:42.218-07:00FOR GREAT JUSTICESCIENTOLOGY CALLED TO ACCOUNT IN THE EYES OF SOCIETY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS.Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-45435991104033575112013-02-09T07:18:00.001-08:002013-02-09T07:18:45.124-08:00Victoria Britton breaks her silence on the Scientology death of her son Kyle Brennan on Friday, Feb 15<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">From <a href="http://justiceforkylebrennan.blogspot.com/2013/02/victoria-britton-to-speak-in-live.html">Justice For Kyle Brennan</a>: </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The God Discussion Show</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> has announced that Victoria Britton – whose son Kyle Brennan died
in Clearwater, Florida, the Scientology Mecca, under very suspicious circumstances
while visiting his Scientologist father -- will be the featured guest for the program’s
two-hour Friday, February 15 live podcast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the first time, Victoria will share with radio host <b>Deborah Beeksma</b> her 20-year-old son's story: what he was like
growing up; how Kyle, a non-Scientologist, felt about the Church of Scientology;
and how he became a victim of the church's dictatorial "handling"
mandate and its well-known war against psychiatry and psychotropic medications.
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about Narconon, the Scientology-run facility that bills itself as a legitimate
drug rehabilitation center. Victoria's segment will last one hour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the show's second
hour, ex-Scientologist <b>Lance Marcor</b>
will discuss "handling" and "disconnection", two of
Scientology's most injurious policies; <b>Dr.
Stephen Wiseman</b> will talk about the church from a psychiatrist's point of
view; and <b>David Love</b> will talk about
Narconon - how the facility treats illegal drugs and medically approved medications
as being one in the same, and post traumatic stress reported by participants in
the Narconon program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Friday, February 15
show will air at 6pm Pacific/7pm Mountain/8 pm Central/9 pm Eastern/times, and 2am
GMT. The show can be accessed through the </span><a href="http://www.goddiscussion.com/god-discussion-show/upcoming-shows/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God Discussion Show</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> page. A podcast will be posted at the site after the broadcast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Stephen Wiseman</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a psychiatrist and the medical director of the Complex Pain
Centre at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. He has researched and
presented on Scientology's relationship with psychiatry for many years,
conducting workshops at both the American and Canadian Psychiatric Association
annual conferences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Wiseman is a
proponent of evidence-based medicine, and believes that the fear and
mis-information presented by Scientology about psychiatry over the years has
perpetuated the stigma against patients and their families and has been very
destructive to the cause of rational mental health treatment for all who
require it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David Love</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
who was born on the West Coast of British Columbia, now resides in the Montreal
area. David formed a charitable organization in 1990 and was the director of a
rehabilitation center for substance abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David was both a patient and a
staffer at the Narconon facility in the province of Quebec and is completing a
book on his experience there. He has appeared on several God Discussion shows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lance Marcor </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">joined
Scientology’s “Sea Org”, the unit comprising the church’s most dedicated
members, in 1978. Two years later, after arriving at “Flag Land Base”, the Fort
Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, Scientology’s spiritual headquarters, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lance was fully trained in the
church’s “ethics policy”, a bedrock principle <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>of founder
L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings, and put in charge of 300 staff members’ “ethics.” Lance
left the church in 2007, and he is uniquely qualified as a former Scientology
insider to speak about the organization’s inner workings and little-understood doctrine,
policies, and procedures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was born April 2, 1986, and died on February 16, 2007. He was a talented artist
and prolific writer of short stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though he was only twenty at the
time of his death and a sophomore in college, he was a man of international
connections. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His maternal grandmother is from
Montreal. His step-grandmother is from Argentina and lives in Buenos Aires. The
Brittons' plans to take to him to visit her were cut short by his death. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kyle's father's family were
Irish-American Catholics. Kyle dreamed of visiting Ireland with his oldest
brother Scott and then returning to open a restaurant in their home town. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kyle spent a good deal of time
visiting Berlin and other cities in Germany since his older brother Sean was
stationed with the US military there. A visit Kyle made to the great church of <a href="http://www.kylebrennan.com/angelsbamberg.html">St. Michael in Bamberg</a>
left a profound impression on him and strengthened his resolve to fight against
evil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Victoria Britton</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> has been seeking the truth about Kyle’s death—and
fighting for justice for her son, despite tremendous adversity—since his death
in 2006. She believes that Kyle’s story is an important one that must be told.
It can serve as a warning to others. It can save lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deborah Beeksma</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is the founder of GodDiscussion.com, a news and review
service for the growing number of people not affiliated with an organized
religion. It is a Google news site, ands she is one of the hosts on the God Discussion shows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.goddiscussion.com/">God
Discussion</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a site “for believers who don’t
go to church.” The views expressed on the site are not expressly denominational.
It honors points of view from many traditions in discussion about God and how
beliefs impact families, government, and culture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For background we refer readers to
the article at </span><a href="http://justiceforkylebrennan.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-death-of-20-year-old-kyle-brennan.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Justice For Kyle Brennan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
- </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://justiceforkylebrennan.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-death-of-20-year-old-kyle-brennan.html">The death of 20-year-old Kyle Brennan as an Enemy of the
Church of Scientology.</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-38077607566088141212012-03-08T06:34:00.006-08:002012-03-08T07:28:52.154-08:00John P. – Hedge Fund Commentary on Scientology at the Village Voice<w:sdt contentlocked="t" sdtgroup="t" id="89512093" style="font-size: 100%; "><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr><w:sdt xpath="/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle" docpart="9C0FCD99CEF54A21A163581798EE9087" text="t" storeitemid="X_14015CBB-22A0-4851-B18F-648E4EA0785C" title="Post Title" id="89512082"></w:sdt></span> <p class="Publishwithline">John P. – Hedge Fund Commentary on Scientology at the Village Voice<w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr></p> </w:sdt> <div style="font-size: 100%; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 0in; "> <p class="underline"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <p class="PadderBetweenControlandBody" style="font-size: 100%; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; ">Among the most insightful and amusing commenters in the community that has gathered around Tony Ortega’s daily postings on Scientology at the Village Voice is John P. , who is apparently gainfully employed in the hedge fund industry. He is also the international spokesman for Internet Barratry. (See our <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2012/03/rtc-vs-internet-barretry-duel-at.html">RTC vs Internet Barratry duel at the Village Voice</a>). Below is a selection of posts by John P. which will be continually updated for as long as he continues to be insightful and/or amusing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; ">Comment on Tony’s article of March 8, 2012: <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_nat.php#comment-459723478">Scientology + Nation of Islam Charter School to be Exorcised from the Earth Forever and Ever.</a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; "><a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_nat.php#comment-459746237">John P</a>.:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">It's no surprise that Scientology would try to "perfect" their techniques for infiltrating education at a school practically on their doorstep -- it turns out that Life Force Academy is only three miles from Flag in Clearwater.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">But it <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in; padding:0in">is</span></i> surprising that when they're caught red-handed, they have folded almost immediately. I'm not seeing any reports that they are trying to keep the school open. No "human rights" protest. No astroturf campaigns featuring lots of identically worded letters from local "concerned citizens" (i.e., all the Sea Org staff). Just lots of dead silence. They're apparently not fighting back at all <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in; padding:0in">on their home turf</span></i>. That ought to embolden other school districts who are confronted with this idiocy. I'm not sure why the Church is going down without a battle, because the issues are not only the financial fraud of "Doctor" Islam but also the use of "Study Tech" and the Church's usual punish-first attitude towards kids, turning them into janitor's aides. This stands in stark contrast with the epic war being fought in a Texas courtroom. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The fact that Scientology is backing away without a peep should send a message to the Nation of Islam, who seems to be cozying up to the Church. Scientology will sell you on all sorts of interesting joint ventures for your members to make money (I'm sure "Doctor" Islam was using "management tech" from the Hubbard College of Management to decide how much to pay herself from the school's operating budget), but when the shit hits the fan, they're nowhere to be found. So much for "standing tall" with your partners.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Another recent example of the Church leaving partners twisting in the wind when they get caught: actor Michael Fairman sued his chiropractor last fall for disconnecting from him and refusing to provide medical care, a suit he'll probably make some money from, and which the doc's insurance probably won't cover. Once again, they'll tell you how to run your business but they're nowhere to be found when you get caught in the sleaze that they preach. And you get caught holding the bag. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">It would be interesting to see if "Dr." Islam ends up being charged criminally due to bankruptcy fraud. Bankruptcy courts tend to take a dim view of executives enriching themselves by looting the corpse of a company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, especially when the company is in a position of public trust (i.e., running a public school). And doing so in the face of a written agreement to the contrary, which "Dr." Islam had signed with the Court, is particularly egregious. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Note to "Dr." Islam: bankruptcy judges and attorneys are compulsive numbers geeks that put me utterly to shame. They take their jobs very seriously. Even at the rushed pace of court hearings there, they have an uncanny ability to find the numbers that indicate bad behavior. They live and breathe for that sort of thing and they're generally quite good at it. They honed in on your extra $15,000 check in seconds. Mess with bankruptcy court and they <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">will</span></i> catch it. One can only hope to see this third-rate grifter doing the perp walk soon. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Scientology's cowardice in Pinellas County, where there are more Scientologists than anywhere else on earth, is telling. An attempt to take over a public institution is apparently easily rebuffed, and they skulk quietly away. I'm guessing that's because they don't think any members will bolt over this latest flap. By contrast, the Church is starting WW III in Texas, because members who attempt to get some measure of independent thought after leaving the Church must be destroyed at any cost. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">I am looking forward to "The Master," which I hadn't heard about previously. Coming practically on the heels of Sasha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator," which ought to lampoon the Sea Org command structure as much as it sends up Middle Eastern despots, it ought to be a really bad year for Scientology at the movies. I am sure you'll be able to milk Hollywood contacts to dredge up lots more advance information over the summer, giving us lots more opportunities for fun. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">My guess: Joaquin Phoenix is going to play Captain Bill Robertson in "The Master." I am sure the ladies will swoon to see him in that tight-fitting silver mesh Galactic Patrol costume. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Great reporting, Tony, especially on picking stories #2 and #3 for the Thursday Stats roundup that we hadn't seen previously.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Vi5aL8tVQj8/T1jHPRSTA9I/AAAAAAAAG8k/baqyUUD6Ty8/s640/LifeForceFucked.jpg" /> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; "><span>Shoop credit: Anonymous</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The TinyUrl for this post is: http://tinyurl.com/JohnPvsTheCult</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 100%; "> </p>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-4649559862383880942012-03-07T20:10:00.007-08:002012-03-08T14:14:27.126-08:00Updated: RTC vs Internet Barratry duel at the Village Voice<p class="MsoNormal"><w:sdt contentlocked="t" sdtgroup="t" id="89512093"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr><w:sdt xpath="/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle" docpart="C50DCC811E154882A31791E7BBB5BBDF" text="t" storeitemid="X_796A1F61-FC7B-4D97-9B04-E61060419783" title="Post Title" id="89512082"></w:sdt></span> </w:sdt></p><p class="Publishwithline"><w:sdt contentlocked="t" sdtgroup="t" id="89512093"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr><w:sdt xpath="/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle" docpart="FB2824C0774444ECB4F40A88B9900908" text="t" storeitemid="X_796A1F61-FC7B-4D97-9B04-E61060419783" title="Post Title" id="89512082"></w:sdt></span> </w:sdt></p><p class="Publishwithline">RTC vs Internet Barretry duel at the Village Voice<w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;padding:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in"> <p class="underline"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <p class="PadderBetweenControlandBody"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 100%; ">A lively community of commenters has grown up around at the Village Voice blog, Runnin’ Scared, where Voice Editor In Chief Tony Ortega posts daily on Scientology. He has become the number one source of breaking news on Scientology in the US.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The commenters are knowledgeable with several people with keen understanding of legal issues. They are also lulzy. None more so than John P. and OTVIIIisGrr8!! in their respective roles as Internet Barretry and RTC – the Religious Technology Center of which Scientology cult leader David Miscavige is the COB – Chairman of the Board. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here is their exchange from <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_dea_1.php#comment-459137295">Scientology: Dear Judge, Protect Us from Rathbun and Rinder!</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">RTC:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in RTC are quite enturbulated by John P. and his so-called analysis of OSA Legal tactics and strategy. We do not want or need this sort of internet meddling that gives Ray Jeffrey any advantage.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Accordingly, we will be filing a motion in court to have John P. sanctioned for malicious internet lawyering. While this is not technically a crime, it should be outlawed along with the rest of the internet.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">This speaks to the larger problem of how Religion itself is to survive in the internet age. The Vatican website was just hacked by the Psychiatric-Terrorist group Anonymous and now Scientology is having its good name and reputation dragged through the mud in Texas by several defrocked bitter apostates. These people are acting in concert with Big Pharma and yet the Texas court is blind and does not see the conspiracy to destroy Scientology. If there were a God, God would be on Scientology's side -- this assuming God did not have any evil thoughts about COB RTC David Miscavige. We in RTC would sec check God, but we digress.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in RTC think that there should be at least two internets:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">1. An internet for insane wogs where they can have their porn, drugs, politics, and the "Free Speech" that is actually Hate Speech. This would be the Reactive Mind Internet where anything goes.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">2. A religious internet where only wholesome pro-family value content is allowed. No entheta would be allowed. These made up stories of pedophile priests or "fair game" would not be allowed. Religious people do not want Jesus laughed at, Islam insulted, or Mankind's only hope for salvation -- and here we speak of Scientology -- mocked and ridiculed.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Scientology's legal matters do not belong on the internet. Our legal matters belong behind closed doors in a courtroom we control. The Inquisition worked for the Catholics for hundreds of years. We in RTC favor a Neo-Inquisition where religions have rights. As it now stands only criminals have rights and this is why drugs and illiteracy are on the rise and SP's like Tony Ortega are free to walk the streets at night.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Internet Barretry:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in Internet Barratry are delighted to note the level of enturbulation experienced by you in RTC. We view this as the ultimate validation of our existence, given that our insightful commentary comes despite our lack of fancy law degrees or other actual qualifications. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">If annihilation of the omnipresent, rapidly expanding, peaceful, kind and indeed almost Vestal-virginally innocent Church of Scientology is beyond the ken of our sharp, flawless reasoning, we'll settle for a good dose of enturbulation. And caek on the side. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">You in RTC seem to be especially strident in your comments about porn. We in Internet Barratry observe that without porn, the Internet would quickly collapse and go out of business. The billions of dollars spent on untold miles of fiber optic cables would quickly go to waste. Mighty companies would fail, and thousands of jobs would be lost. And many lawsuits would be filed, all of which we could comment on <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ad nauseum</span></i> in our various forums. When people are happy, they stop suing each other, and we have less to do. When they are mad, they sue, and then we in Internet Barratry swing into action with our main weapons: wit, snark and an almost fanatical devotion to the lulz. So the collapse of the Internet would be good for us even though we, like anybody else, would miss our porn. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">But we don't think the collapse of the Internet would be good for you in RTC. Porn subsidizes RTC's digital pulpit for dissemination, Scientology dot org, which is the 70,761th most popular web site in the world (down only 30% in visitors in the last week, per Alexa dot com). Those stats are dismal enough. But where would the stats go if millions of households cancelled their internet service because porn went away and all there was left to do on the Internet was to buy cheap costume jewelry from QVC dot com? <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Let's face it. Nobody is going to go to the trouble of reading about Scientology at work. Everybody accesses porn at work because of the faster bandwidth. But it would mark you as some sort of loser if you were caught trying study up on your HCO Policy Letters from 1963 on your lunch break in your cubicle, while everybody else is kicking back and checking out the classic "Young High School Cheerleaders in Bondage." <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">You also have to have people with home Internet service to get them to listen to your main man of psych-busting dissemination, Chill E.B., and his latest lyrical masterpiece. Companies won't tolerate the noise of "Yo, kill psychs, bro!" echoing across the cubicle tops. All we're saying is that if you want to clear the planet, you have to let people have their porn. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We also note an interesting flaw in RTC's reasoning about the separate Internet. Some of the biggest consumers of porn are the leaders of the wholesome pro-family movement. Remember Pastor Ted Haggard? He's just the first example that comes to mind. A separate Internet would mean all those holier-than-thou types would be denied their porn unless they had two Internet subscriptions. Those people who tell their wives that the occasional "Oh, god! More! More!" coming out of their computer's speakers is an "on line prayer group" are going to be in a world of hurt once they have to pay for the unholy internet as well. Republicans would scream about how any government-mandated personal expenditures for a second internet subscription are patently unconstitutional, so the puritanical anti-porn types aren't likely to get anywhere with the walled off Internet idea. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">It was speculated in a brief comment last night that the identity of OTVIIIisGrrr8! is actually a sock puppet for Tony Ortega. However, we note RTC's obsession with the Catholic Church, the consistent ascribing of super hacking powerz and other assorted omnipotence to Anonymous, the Inquisition (which involved an early form of sec checking) and the vicious contempt for all things to do with the porn, drugs, politics and Free Speech that we in Internet Barratry live for. Ortega may be into the latter but doesn't seem to spend a lot of time writing about Catholicism or the Inquisition. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Thus, in line with our propensity for stating definitively things we can't actually find the evidence for, we conclude that OTVIIIisGrrr8! not a sock puppet for Ortega but is in fact a sock puppet for Rick Santorum. Or Cardinal Tomas de Torquemada, the guy in charge of that whole Spanish Inquisition thing a few years back. Or, maybe, following the most holy Scriptures of Scientology, OTVIIIisGrrr8! is the whole-track thetan Rick Santorum, who just happened to occupy the body of Torquemada back in the day.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Update:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">RTC <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_dea_1.php#comment-459479962">renews the attack</a>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">People keep talking about Scientology here. This is good news as it proves that Scientology is the most popular topic of conversation everywhere in the world. We in RTC were just assuring our friends in the Nation of Islam how very well loved Scientology is on a global basis. Sure, we reassured NOI officials, there are isolated pockets of hatred against Scientology, but these instances of hatred are the work of a handful of bitterly decaffeinated apostles.<br /><br />We showed NOI officials our Alexi search result which clearly proves that Scientology.Zrg is the #1 site on the entire internet. Higher than even NASCAR and NFL football websites, Scientology.Zrg is visited by a lot of people everyday who come in search of answers to life's toughest questions. People ask us why there is injustice. They ask us how it is that a good and decent church like Scientology is tried in the wog courts of opinion. We tell these seekers the same thing that we tell the Nation of Islam: It all began in a catastrophe 75,000,000 years ago that created tremendous Suppression and Suppressive People.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">These "Suppressive People" congregate at places like the VV or at John P.'s home where they plot to destroy Scientology.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is why we in RTC fight.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is why we in RTC will win this battle with Debbie Cook, a battle that is far worse than the one we waged with the IRS. We won that battle too. We won against all odds. We proved that Scientology is religious-ish.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Once we in RTC win this open and shut case in Texas, we plan to open Ideal Org San Antonio in celebration. Our plans call for a 5,000,000 square foot highrise building of 170 stories. At 2.800 feet in height, Ideal Org San Antonio will be taller than the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building located in one of those countries overseas whose name we forget.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, our new Ideal Org will dominate the San Antonio skyline to celebrate our legal victory that has been ordered and decreed by COB RTC David Miscavige, the World's most compassionate person as attested to do by the stack of sworn affidavits that are on file in our offices.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">From comments on Tony’s article: <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_nat.php#comment-459723478">Scientology + Nation of Islam Charter School to be Exorcized from the Earth Forever and Ever</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_nat.php#comment-460027948">RTC:</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">The reason that we in RTC were assuring our friends in the Nation of Islam about things only yesterday is that we knew. We knew that NOI was about to face a baptism in fire courtesy of Big PharmaPsychiatry (BPP).<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We knew that BPP was going to destroy the baby in its crib by nuking the Life Force school and Dr. Islam. Reason: Dr. Islam opposed shoving a funnel down the throat of every child under her care and force-feeding them a diet of Psych drugs and birth control pills as dictated by the Psychiatric Illuminati who run public education in the West.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We knew that that Tampa Bay Times, a division of BPP, was behind it.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We knew all of this because we in RTC are embedded in Fox and Fox is Rupert Murdoch and Murdoch is a crypto-Scientologist who has the means to get intelligence in many ways. Not all of the means are apparently 100% legal, but we in RTC never ask, we don't know, and we deny everything.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">What we do know is that Fox Signals Org (FSO -- not to be confused with Flag Service Org) used a special "green scanner" to intercept NRO data on the BPP's sinister plan to drive a wedge between the Church of Scientology and the Nation of Islam.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">BPP feared our united power to steer the minds of young people towards Sanity and away from both dangerously addictive street drugs and the "prescribed drugs" forced on children by drug pushers in white lab coats called Psychiatrists: That stethoscope Psychs wear might as well be a Mac 10 assault rifle because they are slowly and legally killing at least 3,000 children every hour of every day. The Tampa Bay Times never reports on the Psychiatric Killing Machine because BPP has ordered its lackeys there to attack the Scientology religion.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">By way of closing, if only to cap it all, we in RTC work to expose the the double-teaming play of the Psychiatric Illuminati: If a drug pusher on the street can't get twelve year old kids hooked on crystal meth, why then Plan B calls for the schools to do it using Psychiatrists. Either way, BPP makes money and so do the fellows in Global Capitalism HQ who own all of the Psych drug companies that feed their very lucrative War on Drugs and Prison Industry.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">The boat shoe-wearing magnificoes in Global Capitalism HQ are the Psychiatric Illuminati. They are Monsters in Khaki out to fiendishly destroy the planet.This is why Scientology Technology is so vitally needed to break up the stranglehold of Big PharmaPsychiatry aka the Psychiatric Illuminati.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in RTC wear shiny black jackboots when we are fired on a mission. Well, we are on a mission to obliterate Big PharmaPsychiatry. We are about to kick down BPP's door using our shiny black jackboots. When these fellows are all in prison we will burn their boat shoes and khakis as a way of symbolically destroying them. However, we will keep their Ralph Lauren shirts as those shirts are actually quite nice. We in RTC agree with Global Capitalism about quality shirts.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_nat.php#comment-460105356">Global Capitalism</a> (Internet Barratry):<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in Global Capitalism HQ applaud the ability of you in RTC to dodge out of the way at the last second and leave the Nation of Islam holding the bag after the school board stomped so harshly on your Life Force Academy gig. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">That is exactly what we in hedge funds do thousands of times a day... we hold on to a stock until the last possible moment before bad news comes out then we sell it to legions of unsophisticated senior citizens who like to "play the market." They are the ones holding the bag when the music stops. Our game of market musical chairs is like the one you in RTC play every so often with executives in the Hole, except that ours takes less time and it looks more civilized on the surface, so it is a tolerated, if misunderstood, ritual of daily life. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in Global Capitalism HQ wish to point out for the sake of factual accuracy that the Tampa Bay Times, like all our media properties, does not report to our Big Pharma Psychiatry operating unit. In RTC terms, it's on a different org board. We have a much more flexible governance structure that allows any of our various corporate entities to get story ideas into print as fast as necessary. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">How do you think several of our tourism-related businesses generated so much interest in your legal tribulations in San Antonio practically overnight, which got you panicked enough to hire 62,000 lawyers as you remarked the other day, which immediately drove record profits in our area hotel properties and an "unprecedented expansion" in the occupancy rate for the AlamoDome? If the Times reported up through BPP, the tourism people would probably be still negotiating with the pharma advertising guys to cut down the ads for erectile dysfunction ads in the paper to make room for a story that, once planted, will make us millions. Instead, the cash from your legal adventures is already rolling in. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">We in Global Capitalism HQ wish to disagree respectfully with RTC's analysis of the demand for the psych drugs we sell. We in Global Capitalism HQ point out that you in RTC are actually our best salesman. If you had not raised prices for attaining OT VIII at a rate ten times faster than inflation over the last 40 years (as we showed a couple weeks back in our analysis), we might be worried about you as competition. Today, a course of some of our personal favorite anti-depressants costs perhaps $4,000 per year. But going from OT III to OT IV costs at least $25,000 and takes at least a year to complete. So even if your "tech" worked, an admission that we do not make, it's still six times what it costs for us to push pills. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">The insurance companies we own pay for the psych drugs made by other companies we own because we tell them to. But if you came along with something that worked, even, say 30% of the time, but which cost only $2,500, we'd kick the pharma companies to the curb overnight. Actually, since we wear boat shoes, which lack steel toes and offer far less ankle support than your jackboots, we'd basically nudge them in the right direction with our toe to get them to take themselves to the curb, so it would take a couple days, rather than literally happening overnight. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">If you cut prices to competitive levels, we'd make the insurers pay for OT IV auditing instead of psych drugs. We'd save $1,500 per head per year, and we'd keep the premiums the same. With 48 million Americans on psych drugs, $1,500 per year translates into incremental profits for our insurance companies of $72 billion per year. The offsetting hit to Big Pharma is only a small percentage of that because of the manufacturing cost and R&D bills that we have to pay. We in Global Capitalism HQ revel in the fact that RTC thinks it is shutting us down but all RTC's amusing little schemes seem to end up making us richer than they make you. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Since you in RTC are hell-bent on your strategy to maximize your unit price rather than aggregate revenue, we tell companies that allowing us to reimburse Scientology auditing services would make premiums soar even further than the 20% annual increases we shove down their throats. They are grateful at the apparent fiscal restraint we exhibit on a daily basis and invariably sign up for the optional "Psych Prescription Plus" coverage module. <br />Speaking of jackboots, thank you for letting us know that you have fired a mission to kick in some pharma doors using your shiny new kicks. Fortunately, we put that information to work buying a bunch of out-of-the-money "put" options on the NYSE Pharmaceutical Drug Index (the "DRGX"), in sufficient size that we have more than covered our long positions in the underlying stocks. So thanks to the magic of the markets, we've priced in a realistic assessment of what you might accomplish should this be more than mere bluster, and we make money either way. That is the beauty of hedge funds. We in Global Capitalism HQ love our life. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Even more amusing, by announcing your intention to deliver market-moving news in this public forum, there is no way, no how that we have engaged in anything close to insider trading. Not that anybody ever really goes to jail for that anyway, but we prefer to be tidy with respect to loose ends. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; background:#FCFCFC;vertical-align:baseline">Finally, we are glad that we are in complete agreement with RTC about the value of nice shirts. We find that Ralph Lauren not only washes up nicer but also holds a pressing longer than less expensive haberdashery, including those awful poly/cotton blends put out by that Trump fellow, one of the few real estate tycoons we don't own. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The following is the TinyURL for this article: <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/RTCvsInternetBarretry">http://tinyurl.com/RTCvsInternetBarretry</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p></p>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-78511851652902120902011-07-28T11:36:00.000-07:002011-07-28T18:49:27.203-07:00Scientology ex-gay reparative therapy inflicted on a 19-year- old gay man<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Scientology ex-gay reparative therapy of Allen Averay-Jones<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">When Australian Allen Averay-Jones was nineteen he was pressured into signing a contract to work for the rest of his life for the Sea Org, the Church of Scientology elite corps who occupy all middle-level managerial and executive positions in the transnational corporation, which aggressively markets unlicensed medical and psychiatric counseling based on the pseudo-scientific theories of L. Ron Hubbard.<br /><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Allen has always known that he is gay. He had never shared the fact with anyone in his family. He was also married and had a new-born daughter. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">He was outed during interrogation upon entering the Sea Org. He was subsequently subjected to seven to ten hours a night of ex-gay reparative therapy for three weeks.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">L. Ron Hubbard despised homosexuals and considered them to be "covert hostile" sociopaths and recommended that if they refused his brand of psycho-therapeutic processing they should be quarantined from society and "disposed of quietly and without sorrow."</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">In 2009 the Church of Scientology in San Diego signed on with the opponents of Proposition Eight in California that would have legalized gay marriage.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis defected over the Church of Scientology's intense homophobia. He said, "I spent thirty-four years in a cult." Lawrence Wright has written an extensive account of Paul Haggis' defection in <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright" id="c4w8" title="an article in The New Yorker.">an article in The New Yorker.</a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Allen had to quite literally escape from the Sea Org in the dead of night running as he was pursued and dropping all his belongings.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">We include below the full texts of Allen's two accounts of his ex-gay reparative therapy. We have left errors of spelling etc. untouched., and itlaicized passages of significance such as the following:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">That night i was also told that it was required that i "Dissconnect" with the mother of my new born daughter because quote "You need to dedicate yourself to this, you dont have time for a Surpressive Person like a woman who would have a child of a homo"</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">...</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">As part of this process i was again audited and asked a very long series of questions.Some were very disgusting like had i had sex with children or animals i was disgusted that they would even ask that questions... then in amongst all theses filthy things they ask have you had sex with another male . </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The e-meter reacted. I had been outed. My worst nightmare was about to come true. None of my family at this point knew i was gay. </span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">From the Ex-Scientologist Message Board (ESMB), December 11, 2009<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?15283-My-breif-story" id="aj4c" title="My breif story">My breif story</a><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Hey Guys,<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">My name is Allan Averay-Jones, i am 21 years old and the Cousin of Fiona Peachy and nephew of Jame & Liz. I share quite alot of personal details in this story and trust noone will judge. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">My experience with Scientology is not expansive i have completed several couses in both the Canberra and at AOSH ANZO. Originally i simply completed a Communications course to assit me in my job working for my Aunty at a Cd store in the Canberra Org.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">A few years later i went to visit my other cousin at AOSH ANZO just to check on her because i was feeling a bit apprehensive about her being so young and living and working for COS. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Before i knew it i had been forced to watch the Sea Org recruitment movie about 10 times and before i knew it caved and signed my life away.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was then that after noon driven from sydney to my apartment in newcastle (about a 2.5hr drive) by my handler and made to pack my belongs and leave with him (much to the devestation of my friends who i was living with).</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was then placed on a project prepare and completed a further number of couses (not before being coached on how to call my mum and convince her to pay for said courses) eventually about 2 months later going though my E-metering it became evident that i was a homosexual (something my family did not know at the time) despite having a new born daughter.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Instantly i was sent down to Ethics [Ed. - the Church of Scientology's internal police force who administer punishments] and banned from seeing my cousin any further. I was left in eithics for a week and then body routed to the Sydney City Org being told we had to handle the situation before i could become a working member of the Sea Org.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">About a week after arriving at the Sydney City Org, i was being taught how to administer a "Free Personality Test", i was approached by who i now believe was the special affiars officer [Ed. the Office of Special Affairs (OSA) Scientology's external relations <i>cum</i> intelligence agency in charge of security] who told me that one of my friends had reported me as being kidnapped by the church.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was told to call the police instantly and tell them i was safe and well and here of my own violition. I was then told to contact this friend and "Dissconnect". </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>That night i was also told that it was required that i "Dissconnect" with the mother of my new born daughter because quote "You need to dedicate yourself to this, you dont have time for Surpressive Person like a woman who would have a child of a homo"</i></b><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was staying in glebe with a number of Scientologists who were very dedicated and spent as much of their free time avaliable trying to assist in the brainwashing process feeding me full of Scientology information.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">As soon as this happend i became weary of COS but decided to try and stay close to my cousin. Eventually i had to just walk away, i had managed to stay in contact with the mother of my daughter she came to sydney one day and i just left everything. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">A hand sketched picture of my mother and me form when i was a small child, a $5000 Mason Gutair, all my clothes except the ones on my back and all my other possessions.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I hoped and prayed my cousin and family would one day come out the other side of Scientology. Fortunatly most of them have and i am so happy for them. I just want to see Fiona Peachy back with her family who love her dearly. I miss you Fiona please come home....<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">++++++<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">From ESMB: 30 March 2010</span><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><a href="http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?17192-Scientology-and-Homosexualty-my-story-from-the-inside...&p=395059#post395059">Scientology and Homosexualty - my story from the inside...</a></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Dear Reader;<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The following is my account of how i got involved in Scientology and how i was treated when they discovered i was gay. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">There is more to my roller coaster ride in this cult that i will share later but this is about the homosexual discrimination and the physical and mental abuise i suffered as a result.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">In year 10 i was working for family in a CD store in Albury, NSW. I really loved my job and loved this part of my family, they always seemed so happy and in charge of life. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was a very shy teenager and for as long as i can remember had been a gay., tho i dared not tell anyone or act upon it. My Auntie and Uncle suggested that i come and do a Communications Course to help me get more confident. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was a bit hesitant about this but went ahead and went to Canberra where the place was. I wasn't really sure what "Scientology" was but i always knew that only this part of my family was into it. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The course was a tad odd and i remember thinking of several occasions how is this meant to help me. Well i am one that can testify now this course changed my life. I came right out of my shell and finally could look people in the eye when i spoke with them.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">After this i moved a few times with my mum and had no further training for a few years. In this time i had also had 1 heterosexual relationship and we had a daughter. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">My next experience with the Church was hearing that my cousin that i was very close to had joined the "Sea Org" and worked and lived with them in sydney. Well i didn't really know what "Sea Org" was but i just wanted to visit my cousin and make sure she was ok.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">When i arrived in Sydney from Newcastle i found my way to Greek St in Glebe where i was told my cousin was. I walked in the reception and there she was. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Well this didn't seem to bad, the place was immaculate, and expensive. My reservations were somewhat relived. A lady saw me talking to my cousin and swiftly came over to enquire what i was doing here. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I said my cousin worked here and i just wanted to see her. I was told she was about to come off shift and if i wanted to watch a quick movie to past the time she would put one on. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I agreed. Well i was led to the projector room. The "Sea Organisation" recruitment video came on. They were saving the planet, it needed to be done now, they need more people. It stopped and started to replay... This went on over and over i estimate between 10-20 times... </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Finally a lady came in and said she wanted me to answer a questionnaire. I was feeling quite drowsy and went along. I was suddenly on a body routing form all i wanted to do was see my cousin.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I answered the questionnaire and then was body routed back to the movie theater to watch another film this time about LRH. After this was played 3-4 times the lady came and got me and handed me back to my cousin. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">She explained that they wanted me to join the Sea Organization as well but it was completely up to me and all we had to do was wait for the Personality Test results to come back and in the mean time we caught up.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The results arrived and they said that the results were ok and i would just need to meet with an Auditor [Ed. - a Scientology pseudo-psychotherapist]. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was led to a very small room and told to sit at the table. I had seen an E-meter before and knew the process. I was asked a series of questions about the exam and weather i answered the questioner truthfully.This was all fine. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">When i returned to the lobby my cousin said that i would need to complete a project prepare. I was told i needed to sign a billion year contract as a "token" of my dedication and that everyone just did it. I was led to believe that it was meaning less anyways and at the time did not know the consequences as a result of my defection.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was told that i would need to complete a number of courses at my own expense to complete this. They said i was to call my mum and tell her i need her to pay for one of the courses and it was really important. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><b>I was drilled through the entire process prior to calling her and actively coached the entire way through it</b>.</i> I felt a bit weird doing this as i had never asked for big sums of money like that before. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I completed my next course in my project prepare fairly quickly it was the Ups & Downs Course ( A course designed to help you improve you outlook on life and deal with any situation). Part of this course was writing down all your Overs [Ed. - bad deeds or sins] and Omissions that you have ever done. This is where the truth came out.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">As part of this process i was again audited and asked a very long series of questions. <b><i>Some were very disgusting like had i had sex with children or animals i was disgusted that they would even ask that questions... then in amongst all theses filthy things they ask have you had sex with another male. </i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>The e-meter reacted. I had been outed. My worst nightmare was about to come true.</i></b> None of my family at this point knew i was gay.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The Auditor quickly left the room and after about 40 minuets of sitting alone in the room a lady walked in and said I had to go to ethics and we would "handle" the homosexual situation. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was then led to Ethics and told to study a booklet "The way to Happiness" i had to word clear (look up the meaning of every work contained in the booklet) and i had to memorize the meanings and the entire booklet and i would be tested. This took me almost a week. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">During this time<b><i> i was spending 8-10 hours a day in ethics</i></b> and then taken to an apartment close by and audited away from the church <i><b>by a special auditor to handle the gay topic</b>. </i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">This involved the auditor demanding <b><i>specific, detailed and very private information out of in of my sexual experiences with men and other various aspects of my life.</i></b> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>This would go on for anywhere between 7-10 hours a night.</i></b> After i completed that course i was going to be put to work with the e-meter doing free personality test on the street.. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">However a PTS (Potential Trouble Source) situation occurred where a friend reported that he was concerned i was being held against my will.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was coached by 2 handlers how to handle the police and i was told exactly what to say over and over and<b> <i>there were severe punishments for not following what you are being told. </i></b><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I was sleep deprived and violated by these questions. I was also given a status of "Non Exsistance" by the church as well. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>This meant that no one could look at me or speak to me because they believed that homosexuality is a contagious disease. </i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><b>I was victimized and abused about my sexuality in that apparent and it still scares me to this day</b>.</i> I wanted to help save the planet so bad and be with my cousin to look after her. But my ice was wearing thin..<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The final straw came when the Church some how found out i had regained contact with the mother of my child and i was told to instantly disconnect from her because <b><i>"What type of woman would want to have a child with a poof.. She must be an SP". </i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><b>She was the only contact that i had still to the outside world</b>.</i> And that pissed me right off. I remained calm because i knew that i had to be smart to get out.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I snuck out to the tree where i had my mobile phone hidden that night and made a distraught phone call to her. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Come and rescue me please. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">She said she would meet me tomorrow at this time. The plan was set.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The next night i tried to organised all my stuff together and pretended to go to sleep with everyone else. I got up about 4am and started to sneak off i tried to grab all my stuff but before i could <b><i>someone woke up and noticed i was running. He chased after me i had to drop most of my belongings and got in her car and left. I had finally escaped. </i></b><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I share this story as i believe it shows you<b> <i>the Church of Scientology's total disregard for Human Rights and their attitude towards homosexuals.</i></b> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">There is so much more that happened and i will share those stories when the time is right. This shows how ruthless the cult is and will take advantage of their control over you the second they have it.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Please feel free to support this facebook group or share with any people that you think would support this cause. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112320742113591&ref=ts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 156); ">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...2113591&ref=ts</a></span></div></span></div></div>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-54400267847509692572011-07-28T06:51:00.000-07:002011-07-28T07:03:47.470-07:00Church of Scientology: Physiotherapist Reprimanded for Proselytism<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Church of Scientology: Physiotherapist Reprimanded for Proselytism</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">by Caroline Touzin<br /><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><i>La Presse</i><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; ">July 28, 2011<br /><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/justice-et-faits-divers/201107/27/01-4421522-eglise-de-scientologie-un-physiotherapeute-blame-de-proselytisme.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -3px; ">Église de scientologie: un physiothérapeute blâmé de prosélytisme</a><br /><br />A Quebec physiotherapist has been reprimanded by his professional order for promoting the Church of Scientology to his patients.<br /><br />The Church of Scientology is classified as a religion in Quebec, but as a sect in France and other European countries.<br /><br />Regardless of whether this is a religion or a sect, the code of ethics of the Order of Physiotherapists prohibits its members from promotional activity that is "likely to unduly influence persons who may be physically or emotionally vulnerable."<br /><br />It was a patient of Raymond Soucy who complained after she noticed pamphlets about the theories of the Church of Scientology placed in the waiting room of his clinic in Shawinigan.<br /><br />The physiotherapist also sold some of the church's books to his patients. In addition, he posted a petition asking people to denounce the use of medications prescribed in psychiatry.<br /><br />At the hearing held last year regarding the complaint, the physiotherapist pleaded not guilty, claiming that the literature was public information because it was already on the web.<br /><br />"The informational and promotional materials about various theories specific to the Church of Scientology have nothing to do with the profession of physiotherapy. Moreover, it is certain that this literature may have a harmful influence on some patients," wrote the disciplinary board of the Quebec Professional Order of Physiotherapy in its recent ruling [official name: <i>Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec</i>].<br /><br />Raymond Soucy "failed to distinguish between his personal beliefs and his professional role, therefore he is guilty of the infractions charged in the complaint," concluded the disciplinary board. Last month, the physiotherapist was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. <i>La Presse</i> reached Mr. Soucy by telephone at his clinic yesterday, but he declined to comment on the board's decision.<br /><br />The spokesman for the Church of Scientology of Montreal, Jean Larivière, said he was "surprised" by this disciplinary decision. The Church of Scientology encourages its followers to promote its teachings, he said. "Those who practice Scientology experience benefits on a personal level. It's normal that they want to tell others about it," says Larivière. Nevertheless, a person must be sure to have the employer's permission, he insists, not wishing to comment on Mr. Soucy's case, whose details he does not know.<br /><br /><b>A controversial movement</b><br /><br />"The Church of Scientology is one of the most controversial movements in the world," says the Executive Director of Info-Cult, Mike Kropveld, "But here in Quebec, we receive few questions and complaints about it."<br /><br />The fact that the Church of Scientology is classified as a religion here does not mean that the movement is approved by the authorities, says the specialist on new religious movements. "This classification does not guarantee anything," warns Mr. Kropveld.<br /><br />Canadian film director Paul Haggis, who won an Oscar for his film <i>Crash</i>, was one of the celebrities of the Church of Scientology. He was a member for 34 years, but left in 2009. Last winter, he gave a revealing interview to an American magazine that published a stunning article on the organization's inner workings. He accused his former church of exploitating minors and of justifying violence. He also criticized its opposition to gay marriage and the way it treats its critics.<br /><br />The movement was founded in 1954 by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and claims 10 million followers worldwide. The Executive Director of Info-Cult questions this. "We do not know what their definition of a member is. Do they count people who are only subscribed to their newsletter? Who took one of their courses? Who bought their book?" asks Mr. Kropveld.<br /><br />In the latest Statistics Canada census, 1,525 people replied that they are Scientologists. The movement has religious facilities in Montreal and Quebec City.<br /><br />The Montreal spokesman, Mr. Larivière, believes that the Church of Scientology has many more followers in Canada, including "several thousand" in the province of Quebec. "Many people have read our teachings, but the level of involvement varies. Some come see us every week, others once every three years," he says.<br /><br />The Church of Scientology bases its practices on Dianetics, techniques that, according to its followers, eliminate illness, anxiety and aggressiveness, among other things.<br /><br />In the United States, the organization has many public faces, including actors Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Juliette Lewis. In Quebec, singer France D'Amour revealed that she has been a Scientologist for many years on the popular talk show <i>Tout le monde en parle</i>.</span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Source: La Presse, 28 July 2011: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; padding-right: 3px; padding-left: 3px; margin-right: -3px; margin-left: -3px; "><a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/shawinigan-physiotherapist-fined-for-proselytizing-scientology.91597/"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Église de scientologie: un physiothérapeute blâmé de prosélytisme</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; ">Translation: <a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/shawinigan-physiotherapist-fined-for-proselytizing-scientology.91597/">Anonymous</a>, Why We Protest</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; "><div><br /></div></span>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-74455697994652437742011-07-28T03:21:00.000-07:002011-08-07T06:04:40.358-07:00David Love: Scientology Narconon - Cult Rehab Center<div>David Love has published a new video on the connections between the Church of Scientology and its front group Narconon at Trois-Rivieres in Quebec. We have previously written about him <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2011/07/david-love-shakes-narconon-canada.html">shaking Narconon in Canada</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Seen in the video are damning emails evidencing Church of Scientology control of Narconon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of Catholic interest you will note at around 1:40 an image of the address sign in front of Narconon. It includes <a href="http://www.maisoncarignan.qc.ca/">Maison Carignan</a>, a detoxification clinic founded by <a href="http://thepeerage.com/p34796.htm">Dr. Yvon Carignan</a>; and Institut Seculier Les Oblates M.M.I. (OMMI)</div><div><br /></div><div>The Oblates are known in English as <a href="http://www.ommi-is.org/en/obla.php">The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate</a>, and are a Roman Catholic secular institute for women equivalent to a religious order. They were founded by French Canadian priest <a href="http://www.ommi-is.org/en/hist.php">Fr. Louis-Marie Parent</a> in 1952. In 1958 he founded the <a href="http://www.voluntasdeiusa.org/index.htm">Voluntas Dei Institute</a>, another secular institute for laymen, couples, and clergy. It has its headquarters office at the same address as Narconon Trois-Rivieres.</div><div><br /></div><div>The buildings on the property occupied by Narconon appear to have belonged to OMMI since there is a chapel there. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6vZq33L6yLE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>David Love has also recommended these videos as evidence for Church of Scientology control over Narconon:</div><div><br /></div><div>Scientology - Narconon TR Expose</div><div><br /></div><div>The video shows Church of Scientology Training Routines (TRs) that are used in Narconon.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xlWf_bW4Pv8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Narconon Arrowhead Colinh.mp4</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a video by Christian <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/45083371/My-Narconon-Experience-by-Colin-Henderson">Colin Henderson</a> of Lawton, Oklahoma, on his experience at the Narconon Arrowhead facility in Oklahoma. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Shc0CE2iTDU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-19092433999430522352011-07-16T10:19:00.001-07:002011-07-16T10:48:23.758-07:00David Love shakes Narconon CanadaDavid Edgar Love is about to shake Narconon in Canada. Narconon is Scientology's most lucrative front group and sells its dangerous pseudo-scientific treatments for drug rehabilitation through private rehabilitation centers and taxpayer funded government contracts. Sixteen Narconon facilities in the US generate more than $50MM in revenue every year.<div><br /></div><div>David Love, originally from British Columbia, was both a client and a staffer at the Narconon rehabilitation facility in Trois-Rivieres, half way between Montreal and Quebec City. He left in disgust taking with him masses of documentation on fraud and abuse in Narconon (NN) Trois-Rivieres (TR) facility in 2009.</div><div><br /></div><div>He was befriended by members of Anonymous Quebec, whose right to free speech had been defended by Cardinal Marc Ouellet at his annual press lunch in 2009. Anonymous developed very good relations with the media and government offices. </div><div><br /></div><div>Love has since then written several petitions and is preparing a lawsuit. As Love has being doing his work preparing his complaints, former Narconon staffers and clients not only from NN TR but US facilities have come forward to share with Love their stories of fraud, abuse, and dangerous detoxification protocols. </div><div><br /></div><div>Among the most irate are the families of NN clients who have paid $25,000 - $30,000 for Narconon's program only to see their loved ones relapse.</div><div><br /></div><div>We expect there to be much more reporting in the media over the next several months as Love files his petitions and prepares is lawsuit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the ex-clients to come forth is Robert Vincent Piro, who has recounted his experience of NN TR is his <a href="http://www.whengodcalledonmycellphone.com/">When God Called On My Cellphone</a>, now available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-God-Called-my-Cellphone/dp/1462872077/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310838075&sr=8-1">Amazon US</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/When-God-Called-My-Cellphone/dp/1462872085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310838126&sr=8-1">Amazon Canada</a>. Piro writes his eye-opening story from his perspective as a grateful Catholic Christian in recovery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Piro is the first former client to publish a book exposing Narconon, which contains much evidence that Narconon is nothing but a Church of Scientology operation despite Narconon's protestations that it has nothing to do with David Miscavige's violent and abusive organization. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-11144614210952980892011-07-16T10:01:00.001-07:002011-07-16T10:01:26.288-07:00Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet's Three Momentous Statements on Scientology<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; ">Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet has spoken out strongly in criticism of the Church of Scientology and warned Catholics about it on three occasions over the last two years including his last two annual press lunches in 2009 and 2010 before taking up his present post as head of the powerful Congregation for Bishops in the Vatican. He is regularly cited as a leading candidate to succeed Pope Benedict.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>We are proud that </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://lightinthedarknessanon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: inherit; ">Light In The Darkness</a></span><span> and </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: inherit; ">For Great Justice</a></span><span> have been the only places that Cardinal Ouellet’s momentous remarks have been reported outside the French-language media in Quebec.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>The assistance of researchers and translators from Anonymous Quebec has been indispensable. The Cardinal’s statements deserve to be widely-known throughout the Catholic and secular worlds.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>Cardinal Ouellet is by far the highest-ranking hierarch in the Catholic world to warn Catholics about Scientology and to publicly criticize it. He has repeatedly posed the question of what the criteria are that tax authorities in Quebec extend tax exemptions to religious organizations.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>He raises sharply what the distinctions are in society and government between organizations like the Catholic Church and the great world religious traditions of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism and organizations like the the Raelians and the Church of Scientology.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>We have previously reported </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/canadian-cardinal-on-scientology-its.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: inherit; ">his remarks at an ecumenical retreat in 2010</a></span><span> when he stated flat out that Scientology is not a church, f</span><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/cardinal-speaks-on-scientology-second.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: inherit; ">ollowed one week later by his annual press lunch</a></span><span> in which he took note of Scientology’s penchant for suing its critics for libel and government action in other countries, by which he undoubtedly referred to moves of the French, German, and Belgian governments to investigate and curb Scientology’s harmful activities in those countries.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>The other major hierarch in the Western Hemisphere and the only prelate to speak out against Scientology has been Archbishop Robert Rivas of Castries in St. Lucia. He devoted the last third of his Easter Homily last year to <a href="http://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/a-challenge-to-faith-and-catholic-identity-scientology-in-view-archbishop-robert-rivas-o-p/">denouncing infiltration of the island by The Way To Happiness International</a>, a Scientology front group that promotes Hubbard's booklet of moral maxims of that name. </span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>The following is a translation of an article on his remarks at his 2010 annual press lunch from the Quebec City newspaper, </span><span style="font-style: italic; ">Le Soleil</span><span>.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Scientology: Cardinal Ouellet Serves A Warning</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>(Québec) </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Cardinal Marc Ouellet served a warning against the Church of Scientology inviting Catholics to be cautious and again asking the Quebec government for clear criteria for an organization to be recognized as a religion.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>Even in a country where people respect the pluralism of opinions, the archbishop of Quebec said that he does not want prohibition, but recalls that some countries like France and Belgium consider Scientology as a cult.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>"In Quebec, there should be a clearer definition of what constitutes a religion," he declared at its annual meeting with the press of Quebec, Thursday morning, taking care to point out he does not know enough the foundation of Scientology to criticize.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>"There are historical religions, he says, but we should not forget that there are cults and all religions cannot be treated equally."</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">The Cardinal mentions the excesses of the Solar Temple and the mass suicides due to other sects, stressing that the vigilance of the State and citizens was necessary to protect the public against abuse of all kinds.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>To the journalists emphasizing that the first apostles of Christ were only a dozen in the Jewish world, the cardinal admitted that strict rules could be wrong for emerging groups. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">However, the Cardinal stresses that techniques of manipulation and the use of money are things that should motivate people to be vigilant.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>In Belgium, Scientology </span><span>could not meet</span><span> the criteria for the status of religion. In France, Scientology is also regarded as a cult, not a religion.</span></p><p style="min-height: 11pt; direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>Source - </span><span style="font-style: italic; ">Scientologie: Le Cardinal Ouellet sert une mise en garde</span><span> by Yves Thierrien, </span><span style="font-style: italic; ">Le Soleil</span><span>, Quebec City, 04 February 2010. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ye7g2mb" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; ">http://tinyurl.com/ye7g2mb</a></span></p><div><br /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-48365329862064804202011-05-04T11:00:00.000-07:002011-05-04T23:57:53.035-07:00Tom Cruise's Responsibility for Scientology's Abuses<div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is bestowing its humanitarian award on Tom Cruise at a swank dinner in Los Angeles on May 5.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span">The award has provoked controversy. SWC is a high-profile Jewish human rights organization devoted to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and promoting tolerance, and there has been a stream of reports on violence and abuse in Scientology, and in some cases, criminal activity in the mainstream media. Lawrence Wright's revealing article in the New Yorker on Scientology-defecting Oscar-winner Paul Haggis is the most recent.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A key question is: What is Tom Cruise's responsibility for Scientology's violence and abuses?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Danielle Berrin at the Jewish Journal <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/should_the_simon_wiesenthal_center_honor_tom_cruise_20110414/">spoke with SWC Board Member</a>, film director Brett Ratner:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span">“Tom Cruise cannot be responsible for an entire religion,” film director Brett Ratner, who sits on the Wiesenthal’s board of trustees said to me by phone last week. “You can’t say he’s the reason the religion is doing what it’s doing. That’s like saying, ‘The Jews killed f———Jesus; why am I a Jew?’”</span></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Ratner is flat-out wrong. There <i>is</i> one man who is responsible for the entire religion, or as it is known in Israel, the cult of Scientology: Tom Cruise's best friend, "ecclesiastical leader" David Miscavige, who pimped out motorcycles for Cruise and himself using Church (slave) labor - arguably a <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2011/03/the_case_for_inurement_against_the_church_of_scientology.php">case of innurement</a>.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Scientology is quite small, having to shrunk to around 25 - 30,000 active adults. Tom Cruise is the second most powerful figure in Scientology after Miscavige. Arguably he is its most powerful member since Miscavige lives in fear of displeasing him.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Cruise is the mega-promoter of Scientology and its main ambassador to The Wog World as Scientologists denigratingly refer to billions of us living on planet earth: He is Hillary Clinton to Miscavige's Barack Obama; Condoleeza Rice to his George Bush.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Everyone knows two things about Cruise: He is a film star, and he is a Scientologist. Over four million people have viewed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0">the now infamous video</a> "Tom Cruise on Tom Cruise Scientologist." Scientology claims he has spread Scientology teachings to 1.1 billion people.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There is no Jewish or Catholic celebrity that has remotely this much power in relation to their religions.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Tom Cruise's responsibility is to speak up about the abuses in the Church he loves.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Surely he doesn't want it stained by the violence and abuse now reported by over 1450 first-person accounts from former Scientologists, some of which have been read into the proceedings of the Senate of the Australian Parliament.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Tom Cruise is not slamming teenage girls into walls to coerce them into abortion or interrogating Scientologists for weeks driving them to psychotic breaks - that is Miscavige's work and his responsibilty.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">After citing hair-raisingly hateful statements from L. Ron Hubbard, the astute Sarah Green asks <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2011/05/sarah-green-what-does-tom-cruise-stand.html">What does Tom Cruise Stand For?</a> She writes:<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></p></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Perhaps Tom Cruise should be given the award. First, however, I would ask that he give a “yes” or “no” answer to this question — without any equivocation or evasion: “Tom, do you reject these statements of L. Ron Hubbard’s?” (followed by a selection of hateful writings such as those presented above).</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; "><span class="Apple-style-span">It would be interesting to hear his response.</span></p></span></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Tom Cruise is not responsible for L. Ron Hubbard and David Miscavige's violence and abuse. If he is guilty of anything he is guilty of "willed myopia", as Paul Haggis describes it. Like many Scientology celebrities he simply refuses to see Scientology's abuses. Perhaps he actually believes the party line that all victims of Scientology are nothing but liars.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Tom Cruise has enormous responsibility to use his great power to acknowledge and end Scientology abuses. Let us hope that he will soon join Paul Haggis in doing so.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">PS:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Danielle Berrin and director Paul Ratner have a history. She wrote <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/print/just_a_nice_jewish_director_public_and_private_images_of_brett_ratner_clash/">a profile on him</a> which Jewish blogger Luke Ford called "<a href="http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6613">her best article yet</a>."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Ratner put the moves on her. Luke Ford <a href="http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=7876">expands on what Danielle has called her sordid past</a> with Ratner. Danielle and Brett have <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/brett_ratner_and_i_bury_the_hatchet_20100512/">buried the hatchet</a>. Here is a picture of them together at last year's Wiesenthal Center award dinner.</span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/images/bloggers_auto/me_and_the_rat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://www.jewishjournal.com/images/bloggers_auto/me_and_the_rat.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Photo credit: The Jewish Journal<br /></span><div><br /></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-37604178751074658432011-05-04T10:05:00.000-07:002011-05-04T10:16:59.277-07:00Sarah Green: What Does Tom Cruise Stand For?<p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; ">What Does Tom Cruise Stand For?</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; ">By Sarah Green</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Until I read Danielle Berrin’s excellent blog post a couple of weeks ago (”</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 84, 199); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/should_the_simon_wiesenthal_center_honor_tom_cruise_20110414/" target="_blank">Should the Simon Wiesenthal Center Honor Tom Cruise?</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">”), I only knew that Scientology was a rather kooky celebrity “religion.” I was amazed at what I read in Ms. Berrin’s post. Under FBI investigation for human trafficking? This led me to read the New Yorker article she references; then I discovered that there is an enormous amount of evidence available to show that Scientology is a highly manipulative, very crass organization whose primary goals are to make money and to achieve good “PR” by presenting themselves as worldwide “humanitarians.” Through this phony “humanitarian,” cynical “human rights” schtick, Scientology is able to recruit more paying converts.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Scientology’s ethos is very far from humanitarian, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center should not collude with this “church” in advancing that agenda. For Scientology, this award would be more than just something nice: It would be an incredible victory and moneymaking opportunity.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">In the past two weeks, I discovered many, many press releases and Scientology Web sites in which the organization’s late founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is described as a humanitarian on a par with Rev. Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. But on the many other Web sites dedicated to exposing Scientology’s vicious, racist, illegal and immoral beliefs and activities, I learned that Scientologists take the sayings and writings of their founder to be absolute, infallible, inflexible dogma. Many of Hubbard’s views were remarkably Hitlerian.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Let me give you a small sample:</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">“There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale [e.g. gays and lesbians, who Hubbard is describing here], neither one of which has anything to do with reasoning with them or listening to their justification of their acts. The first is to raise them on the Tone Scale by un-enturbulating some of their theta by any one of the three valid processes. The other is to dispose of them quietly and without sorrow.” — Hubbard, “Science of Survival”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">“The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order would result in an almost instant rise in the cultural tone and would interrupt the dwindling spiral into which any society may have entered.” — Hubbard, “Science of Survival”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">“A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting and destroying all the beggars in Venezuela an end was put to leprosy in that country.” — Hubbard, “Science of Survival”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">“A truly Suppressive Person or group has no rights of any kind and actions taken against them are not punishable.” — Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 1 March 1965, HCO (Division 1) “Ethics, Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">“Psychiatry” and “psychiatrist” are easily redefined to mean “an anti-social enemy of the people.” This takes the kill-crazy psychiatrist off the preferred list of professions. ...The redefinition of words is done by associating different emotions and symbols with the word than were intended ... — L. Ron Hubbard, HCO PL, 5 October 1971, PR Series 12, “Propaganda by Redefinition of Words”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">There are many, many other examples of such hateful ideas being promoted by the organization’s founder.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">It is true what Rabbi Hier says about “guilt by association.” However, the beliefs of Scientology are utterly repugnant. Jews of all people should be highly attuned to the dangers of such beliefs, and critical of anyone who would not immediately reject and repudiate such beliefs. It way well be that Tom Cruise is a nice guy who has given away a lot of money. As a Scientologist, however, he must embrace Hubbard’s views without the slightest question. Any deviation from those views is seen in Scientology as a “high crime.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Perhaps Tom Cruise should be given the award. First, however, I would ask that he give a “yes” or “no” answer to this question — without any equivocation or evasion: “Tom, do you reject these statements of L. Ron Hubbard’s?” (followed by a selection of hateful writings such as those presented above).</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">It would be interesting to hear his response.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; height: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; ">Note: This excellent piece by Sarah Green is a <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/letters_to_the_editor/article/letters_to_the_editor_survivors_pension_philanthropy_passover_seder_jane_ha/">letter to the editor</a> published by the Jewish Journal. Like many she thought Scientology "kooky" but harmless. Thanks to Danielle Berrin's article she now knows better.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "><br /></span></p>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-45222162816843060662010-04-16T10:01:00.000-07:002011-07-16T10:11:32.944-07:00Archbishop Robert Rivas Denounces Scientology Front Group<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; ">Following on the heels of Cardinal Marc Ouellet's momentous statements criticizing Scientology, the Archbishop of Castries, Robert Rivas, fired a salvo at the Scientology front group the <i>Way To Happiness International</i> devoting no less than the final third of his Easter homily to the subject.</h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; "><br /></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; ">Archbishop Rivas is the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to speak out against Scientology in English. Cardinal Ouellet made his remarks in French We reproduce below an article from Dialog Ireland reporting on the homily which includes its complete text.</h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; "><br /></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; "><a href="http://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/a-challenge-to-faith-and-catholic-identity-scientology-in-view-archbishop-robert-rivas-o-p/" rel="bookmark" title="A Challenge to Faith and Catholic Identity-Scientology in view: Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(117, 171, 234); ">A Challenge to Faith and Catholic Identity-Scientology in view: Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P.</a></h2><div class="postinfo" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Posted on <span class="postdate" style="color: rgb(161, 42, 42); ">April 11, 2010</span> by dialogueireland</span></div><div class="entry" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; max-width: 475px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >A Challenge to Faith and Catholic Identity</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Scientology in view:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >In his Easter homily Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P., of the Archdiocese of Castries the capital of St Lucia, has denounced Scientology’s penetration of his nation through the Scientology front group, The Way To Happiness. The homily is an historic document. Archbishop Rivas is the first Roman Catholic hierarch in the English-speaking world to speak out against Scientology. <span id="more-3062"></span>Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Roman Catholic Primate of Canada publicly criticized Scientology on two occasions in 2009 and warned Catholics about Scientology at his annual press lunch in February of this year. However, his remarks were made in French and not reported outside the francophone media of Quebec. Archbishop Rivas refers to Cardinal Ouellet in his homily.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Archbishop Rivas’ homily addresses three subjects of concern: the current drought in St. Lucia, the aftermath of the earthquakes in Haiti; and the subversion of St. Lucia by Scientology. Dialogue Ireland has received the complete text of the homily, and we print below the concluding section, which deals with Scientology..</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >The <a href="http://mirror-of-dr-lilly.blogspot.com/2009/10/saga-of-scientology-luxury-ocean-liner.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">Freewinds</a> is a cruise ship operated by the Church of Scientology in the Caribbean. Training for the most advanced level of Scientology’s expensive courses of self-improvement may be taken only on board it. In March the ship docked in Castries to launch Scientology’s campaign to distribute L. Ron Hubbard’s The Way To Happiness, a simple, yet <a href="http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/archives/4703" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">subversive </a>compilation of moral principles. The campaign is being carried out by a Scientology front group in St. Lucia called the National Youth Mentoring Programme, which is promoting the book as a means of <a href="http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2010/march/way_to_happiness_chapter_in_saint_lucia_launches_youth_mentoring_programme.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">crime prevention and criminal rehabilitation</a>.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Prime Minister Stephenson King and Senator Guy Mayers, Minister for Home Affairs and National Security. <a href="http://www.thevoiceslu.com/let_and_op/2010/march/16_03_10/What_is_the_Government_thinking.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">gave speeches</a> on board the ship praising the launch of the campaign. Books were later distributed to children in the heart of Castries at Walcott Square, on which is located Archbishop Rivas’ Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception..</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Archbishop Rivas is scheduled to be interviewed concerning the Scientology affair on Thursday, April 15, by Helena Television in St. Lucia. Here is the section of his homily dealing with the cult of Scientology</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >A Challenge to Faith and Catholic Identity</span></strong></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><a href="javascript:void(0)">Save Now</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><div class="entry" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; max-width: 475px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This Easter, many Catholics in St. Lucia have found themselves looking into the tomb for answers to their faith in response to the perceived invasion of Scientology on our fair and ordinarily peaceful isle. The apparently harmless and surreptitious Freewinds, the flagship of Scientology, has revealed that it is not here merely on a goodwill mission. It has a plan. This is evident from the propaganda presently circulating</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> in our society in form of a booklet titled The Way to Happiness – A Common Sense Guide To Better Living. While it may or may not lack common sense, it certainly is not literature to be put in the hands of eight and ten year olds from our primary schools as happened after a Rally at the Derek Walcott Square on March 10, this year.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">There are over 140,000 copies of this booklet to be distributed in St. Lucia. If the objective of local collaborators in disseminating this literature was to teach virtue and stem crime in our nation wouldn’t 140,000 Bibles with the teaching of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, the Ten Commandments and I Corinthians 13, Paul’s Charter of Love, just to mention some references in the rich heritage of our faith, have made more sense. There is no quick fix to repairing the moral decay in our society. Collaboration and education in spiritual and moral values are needed at every level: The home, school, workplace, community and Church.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">If the way to happiness lies along the road to truth then the concept of truth in this booklet (‘what is <em>true </em>is what is true for <em>you’</em> cf #7) is relativistic. Relativism is a subjective philosophy that does not accept objective truth. How does a Catholic Christian accept the teachings of Christ if he/she gives credibility to, without critiquing, the teachings of the Way to Happiness: ‘If it is not true for you, it isn’t true’? This is the literature being put in the hands of the children of our nation to teach them virtue and morality. Instead it undermines the principles of authority, faith and truth itself. Faith and truth, for Scientologists, are personal beliefs. Believe what you want; Truth is whatever you deem to be true. This is contrary to Catholic teaching where faith and truth are absolute. This matter needs serious review on the part of the Civil Leadership of our nation. Good, healthy, drug free living in a crime free society is what we all want but not at the price of compromising our faith and Christian values. The fundamental teachings of Scientology are in conflict with the teachings of the Christian faith. As Catholic Christians if we are going to critique Scientology we need to have a good grasp of our own faith. This is a challenge to all Catholics to be better grounded and educated in their faith.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Are we aware that in our neighbouring island of St. Vincent the Freewinds has been banned from entry into the country? Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec, Canada, has spoken out publicly about Scientology on more than one occasion in 2009. Now is not the time for Catholics in St. Lucia to be looking into the tomb. Now is the time to come out of our comfort zones, rise from our complacency and witness to our faith with greater conviction, deeper commitment and clearer identity. Our <strong>Vision 2020</strong> <strong>– Disciples on</strong> <strong>Mission</strong> in its goal emphasizes the need to rediscover Catholic Identity. The Challenge is now ours to know our faith and who we are as Catholics.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. <strong>HE IS RISEN!</strong> <strong><em>(Lk 24:6). </em></strong>This is the truth and we believe it. We have heard the wake up call: ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light’ (St. Augustine – Homily for Holy Saturday). ‘Christ is the champion of the truth: ‘<em>I am the way, the truth and the life’</em> (Jn 14:6). He came to witness to the truth and says: ‘all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice’ (Jn 18:37). The Truth has spoken. Now is the time of reckoning. <strong>Alleluia!</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Happy Easter!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Your Archbishop,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+ Robert Rivas, O.P.,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Archbishop of Castries.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">March 25, 2010.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Here is the complete text</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Easter Message:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong><em>“He is Risen”</em></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The peace and blessing of the risen Lord be with you!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Spiritual Drought</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">As we celebrate Easter this year we welcome the first showers from the heavens after a long drought. For some of us the drought in Lent may have reminded us of our own spiritual dryness and emptiness as well as the wilderness of our own existence where we, at times, find ourselves on the periphery, estranged, struggling, disenchanted, and even alienated. A water shortage during the drought taught us to conserve, appreciate and search for water. Becoming aware of our spiritual drought can help us to recognize much of what we take for granted in our faith and the distance that exists between our faith and our daily lives. We need a better connection between what we believe and what we do. Faith involves a personal relationship with Christ which is nurtured in prayer, a desire for God in our lives, meditation on the Word of God and the daily response to Christ’s call to take up our cross and follow him.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Faith gives us the desire for something more in our lives and, in a time of spiritual drought, it urges us to a search for the living water Jesus offered the woman of Samaria: <em>‘If you only knew what God is offering…you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water’ </em>(John 4:10). Her encounter with Jesus totally revolutionized her life and her entire community. Drought is an experience of death which can lead to life. Drought in our lives is a time for facing the truth about ourselves. Only the truth will set us free (Jn 8: 32). St. Lucia has faced its drought. Can St. Lucia face the truth?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>From Ashes to Glory</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">As we celebrate Easter this year we remember the dust and ashes of Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake that left hundreds of thousands dead. Lives wiped out. A nation under a shroud of suffering! How will Haiti celebrate Easter this year after facing such disaster and suffering? Haiti has had its passion and death; will it have the resilience to rise with Christ in celebrating his full mystery of Passion, Death and Resurrection? Is Haiti still looking into a tomb? Are our sisters and brothers in Haiti still counting the dead? Will they be Mary of Magdala weeping in the cemetery or Peter and John seeing the empty tomb and believing? How challenged will be the people’s faith when they hear the words of the Gospel at the Easter Vigil: <em>‘Why look for the living among the dead’</em> (Luke 24:5)? The Paschal Mystery is not complete without the Resurrection. Nor can it exclude suffering and death.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">People who know death can relate to life. Haiti has shared in the Paschal Mystery in a dramatic way. I believe that this Easter Haiti will be empowered to rise from its experience of death and devastation by the same hand that raised up Christ from the dead: <em>‘The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds’ </em>(Ps 117:16-17). The risen Christ who has conquered evil, sin and death will be Haiti’s source of hope and liberation this Easter. Contemplating Christ’s passion, death and resurrection will take away the sting of death for Haiti this Easter. In the same way that death has no power over Christ any more, so shall it be for Haiti. I also believe that the regional as well as the global response to Haiti is a great sign of solidarity and a promise of a new time of hope for Haiti. Haiti will rise from its ashes. The response to Haiti by the three local Churches under my jurisdiction, Castries, Kingstown and Bridgetown, has been stupendous. We have shared Haiti’s pain and loss. One day we will share Haiti’s glory which already begins with Easter and the Resurrection.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>A Challenge to Faith and Catholic Identity</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In his Easter, many Catholics in St. Lucia have found themselves looking into the tomb for answers to their faith in response to the perceived invasion of Scientology on our fair and ordinarily peaceful isle. The apparently harmless and surreptitious Freewinds, the flagship of Scientology, has revealed that it is not here merely on a goodwill mission. It has a plan. This is evident from the propaganda presently circulating in our society in form of a booklet titled The Way to Happiness – A Common Sense Guide To Better Living. While it may or may not lack common sense, it certainly is not literature to be put in the hands of eight and ten year olds from our primary schools as happened after a Rally at the Derek Walcott Square on March 10, this year.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">There are over 140,000 copies of this booklet to be distributed in St. Lucia. If the objective of local collaborators in disseminating this literature was to teach virtue and stem crime in our nation wouldn’t 140,000 Bibles with the teaching of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, the Ten Commandments and I Corinthians 13, Paul’s Charter of Love, just to mention some references in the rich heritage of our faith, have made more sense. There is no quick fix to repairing the moral decay in our society. Collaboration and education in spiritual and moral values are needed at every level: The home, school, workplace, community and Church.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">If the way to happiness lies along the road to truth then the concept of truth in this booklet (‘what is <em>true </em>is what is true for <em>you’</em> cf #7) is relativistic. Relativism is a subjective philosophy that does not accept objective truth. How does a Catholic Christian accept the teachings of Christ if he/she gives credibility to, without critiquing, the teachings of the Way to Happiness: ‘If it is not true for you, it isn’t true’? This is the literature being put in the hands of the children of our nation to teach them virtue and morality. Instead it undermines the principles of authority, faith and truth itself. Faith and truth, for Scientologists, are personal beliefs. Believe what you want; Truth is whatever you deem to be true. This is contrary to Catholic teaching where faith and truth are absolute. This matter needs serious review on the part of the Civil Leadership of our nation. Good, healthy, drug free living in a crime free society is what we all want but not at the price of compromising our faith and Christian values. The fundamental teachings of Scientology are in conflict with the teachings of the Christian faith. As Catholic Christians if we are going to critique Scientology we need to have a good grasp of our own faith. This is a challenge to all Catholics to be better grounded and educated in their faith.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Are we aware that in our neighbouring island of St. Vincent the Freewinds has been banned from entry into the country? Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec, Canada, has spoken out publicly about Scientology on more than one occasion in 2009. Now is not the time for Catholics in St. Lucia to be looking into the tomb. Now is the time to come out of our comfort zones, rise from our complacency and witness to our faith with greater conviction, deeper commitment and clearer identity. Our <strong>Vision 2020</strong> <strong>– Disciples on</strong> <strong>Mission</strong> in its goal emphasizes the need to rediscover Catholic Identity. The Challenge is now ours to know our faith and who we are as Catholics.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. <strong>HE IS RISEN!</strong> <strong><em>(Lk 24:6). </em></strong>This is the truth and we believe it. We have heard the wake up call: ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light’ (St. Augustine – Homily for Holy Saturday). ‘Christ is the champion of the truth: ‘<em>I am the way, the truth and the life’</em> (Jn 14:6). He came to witness to the truth and says: ‘all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice’ (Jn 18:37). The Truth has spoken. Now is the time of reckoning. <strong>Alleluia!</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Happy Easter!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Your Archbishop,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+ Robert Rivas, O.P.,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Archbishop of Castries.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">March 25, 2010.</p></div></span></span>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-9835258158357924842009-10-30T05:23:00.000-07:002009-10-30T08:13:38.552-07:00Damian DeWitt on G. Gordon Liddy today on recent momentous Scientology events - 10:30 am Eastern Time<div><br /></div><div>Update: I just finished the show and will post a link to the podcast when it is up.</div><div><br /></div><div>I spent most of the time talking about the French verdicts, the e-meter, which the G-man thinks is really screwy, and the Purification Rundown. I wanted to talk more about the Paul Haggis defection because I think that and the Van Sickle cases are the greatest the greatest threat to Miscavige and greatest hope for hastening the downfall of the Miscavige regime. </div><div><br /></div><div>I spoke with the producer, and he is eager to have me speak again.</div><div><br /></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div>Just in time for Halloween I am giving an update on the G. Gordon Liddy Show today on David Miscavige's most horrible week of 2009 .<div><br /></div><div>The G-man's show runs from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern time, and I should be on around 10:30 am.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can listen live <a href="http://www.radioamerica.org/streaming.htm">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reminder: This is a conservative radio show.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reminder: The joint effort of Anonymous and an increasing army of critics and defectors from David Miscavige's Church of Scientology is non-partisan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Everyone needs to be part of putting an end to Miscavige's reign of violence and abuse, his repression of free speech on the internet, his coerced Sea Org abortions, and his destruction of tens of thousands of family relationships through disconnection.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I don't know how much time I will have, but will be talking at least about the French fraud convictions and the $1MM fines, Paul Haggis' defection, and the Tommy Davis' ABC Nightline walkout.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also want to let people know about Marc Headley's new book<a href="http://blownforgood.com/"> Blown For Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology</a> and point people to Jonny Jacobsen's blog <a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/">Infinite Complacency</a> as the best place to go for in-depth reporting and commentary. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also want to let people know that there are important books just out by former Sea Org women: Bonnie Wood's <a href="http://www.escapeint.org/book/book_on-line.htm">Deceived - One Woman's Stand Against Scientology</a> and Nancy Many's <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Nancy-Manys-My-Billion-Year-Contract-behind-Scientologys-veil">My Billion Year Contract</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>This will be about the fifth time I have been on the show, but the first time I will be speaking as Damian DeWitt. Previously I have always spoken as "Anonymous".<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The show contacted <a href="http://www.whyweprotest.net/en/">Why We Protest</a> many months ago asking for some one from Anonymous to speak, and I volunteered. Though no one anonymous speaks for Anonymous, I felt it was appropriate (and cool) to speak as "Anonymous" since the request had come directly to Anonymous at WWP.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have decided to speak as Damian DeWitt because I want to give people a chance to check in here at For Great Justice for commentary from an anonymous blogger on developments in the Church of Scientology's War on the Planet.</div><div><br /></div><div>The G-man is a cool guy, and I am grateful he is giving his audiences a chance to hear about the collapse of the Miscavige regime as it unfolds.</div><div><br /></div></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-13413272505949292162009-10-28T20:36:00.000-07:002009-10-28T21:18:33.604-07:00Scientology Human Trafficking and Coerced Abortion Cases to Trial in November 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Larry Brennan has just reported that the cases of Marc and Claire Headley will be going to trial in November of 2010.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">These cases are momentous and have huge potential for damage to Scientology. The essential cause of action in Marc's case is slave labor wages in the Sea Org - 100 hour work weeks for 39 cents an hour. Since there are about 5,000 Sea Org staff in the US David Miscavige would have to pay millions in lawful wages if he loses.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Claire's case is of significance on the coerced abortion issue. The latest word I have is that coerced abortions are not a matter for a jury. The Headleys attorney, Barry Van Sickle, has so designed the complaints that what is sought is an injunction against coerced abortions with no request for damages for emotional suffering. Thus, the court can respond with an injunction that could be settled in fairly short order long before the trial begins.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Here is Larry's post. What is most significant is the Plan for Discovery. Scientology has done everything to stop discovery in other cases, dreading the disclosure of what is sure to be a mountain of damning evidence.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The other fabulous thing is the plan for David Miscavige to be disposed along with Shelley Miscavige. Shelley Miscavige is David Miscavige's wife. No one knows where she is. He has apparently dumped her for his executive assistant </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/news/library.php?t=Laurisse+(Lou)+Stuckenbrock">Laurisse Stuckenbrock</a> whom he brings to car races with Tom Cruise.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">He had her husband Uwe Stucknbrock sentenced to the RPF Gulag when he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis where he died last year as I have written about previously. In typically cruel fashion, Scientology stymied his <a href="http://exscnforum.com/index.php/topic/73-claire-headly-vs-csi-rtc-1009-update/">grieving brother Markus'</a> attempts to find out any information about his brother's death, like whether he died alone.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Here is Larry's post from the <a href="http://exscnforum.com/index.php/topic/73-claire-headly-vs-csi-rtc-1009-update/">Ex-Scientologist Forum</a>. RTC is the Relgious Technology Center of which Miscavige is the Chairman of the Board. CSI is the Church of Scientology International. Both are defendants in the cases. Emphases are mine:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; color: rgb(28, 40, 55); line-height: 19px; ">This is a brief partial update on the Claire Headley vs. RTC and CSI case as of October 2009.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br />This update covers the filing of one document in the case. Any more information to be released at this point re the case will likely be done by Marc or Claire as they deem relevant.<br /><br />First of all, both Marc's and Claire's cases have been set for jury trail in November 2010.<br /><br />A document recently filed in the case summarizing what the case is about, the main issues and the current state of the case can be found at the following link:<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/21779078/Joint-Rule-26-Report" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(40, 75, 114); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.scribd.co...-Rule-26-Report</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Of note, is the following from the filing:<br /><br />from section D:<br /><br />"Similarly, Plaintiff contends that not only is the business nature of RTC and CSI relevant, inurement to the boss is also relevant. This would include, in Plaintiff’s view, that <b>the driving goal is to make money and that the wealth of the Scientology enterprise inures to the benefit of its sole leader, David Miscavige.</b> Plaintiff submits that the financial power, significant salary, hidden income, and benefits of running the Scientology empire show the commercial nature of the enterprise and that it is the personal business of Mr. Miscavige. Defendant presumably disagrees".<br /><br />from section J: <br /><br />"DISCOVERY PLAN<br />Plaintiff plans to take the depositions of David Miscavige, Shelly Miscavige, and the depositions of witnesses disclosed by defendant or suggested by documents produced in discovery.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Plaintiff will seek financial records of defendants including records of sales, license fees, trade secret agreements, contract work, salaries, and inurement to David Miscavige. Plaintiff will also seek documentation of the license agreements and similar documents under which RTC and CSI control access to the trademarks, copyrights and purported trade secrets of L. Ron Hubbard.....".<br /><br />Also of note is this from section S:<br /><br />"OTHER ISSUES<br /><br />This case has unusual issues. There are now a large number of former workers who have potentially relevant evidence, however, <b>an unknown number of the former workers, and potential witnesses, are afraid to speak out. Some have signed “confidentiality’ agreements with penalty clauses labeled liquidated damage agreements, and believe that they can be sued for telling the truth about their scientology adventure.</b> (Plaintiff was forced to sign such an agreement when she was demoted from RTC.) There are potential witnesses who have been essentially bought off with forgiveness of purported debt known as “freeloader debt. <b>At least one witness is not in this suit because of threats made against his family relationships.</b> There are witnesses who reasonably believe they will be declared suppressive persons and labeled “fair game” if they testify for Plaintiff.<br /><br />Plaintiff contends that defendants should be forced to disclose the persons involved in this activity, the identity of potential witnesses and claimants contacted the identity of all who signed agreements or waivers of this nature, and all of the documents and purported confidentiality agreements generated by this inappropriate activity. Plaintiff may then move for relief and seek an order that will assure witnesses that they cannot be penalized thousands of dollars for serving as witnesses in this case".<br /><br />Separate to this filing, a partial witness list has been made for the upcoming trial. It is extensive but is not being included here due to concerns for the privacy of the witnesses. I waive my own right to this privacy and list here what is included in that private filing under my name:<br /><br />"Larry Brennan:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Former high executive knowledgeable on historical development of scientology corporate structure, and reasons for “church” to have elaborate corporate structure to hide control, assets, true management structure and similar attempts to present misleading facade to public. Also took part in efforts to shield operations and scientology orgs by use of religious cloaking. Knowledgeable on wide range of scientology topics based on his management experience. Also knowledgeable on Hubbard writings".<br /><br />This is as much as I can update the cases right now. Again, anything more will either also be a public record or will likely be released by Marc or Claire as they see fit.<br /><br />Stay tuned for what IMO will be an announcement of additional litigation involving David Miscavige, the abusive leader of organized scientology who is behind all of this.<br /><br />- Homeward Bound<br /><br />blog: larrybren.blogspot.com </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;">Larry adds in a post at <a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/299-marc-headley-v-church-scientology-international/claire-headly-vs-csi-rtc-partial-update-10-09-a-55393/#post1046228">Why We Protest</a>:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This in my opinion is going to be one hell of a case that shakes the rafters of organized scientology and its abusive trafficking in humanity. As will Marc's, Laura's and more to follow shortly.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#1C2837;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-57287206633010974762009-06-21T23:05:00.000-07:002009-06-22T20:07:08.958-07:00Political implications of today's explosive revelations by high-ranking Scientology defectors<div>***</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The St. Petersburg Times has published the first of three block-busting articles on the regime of Scientology leader <a id="yua:" href="http://whoisdavidmiscavige.com/" title="David Miscavige" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">David Miscavige</a>.based on interviews with <a id="rg-v" href="http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/rathbun.shtml" title="Marty Rathbun" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Marty Rathbun</a> and <a id="dv7." href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/scienos/rinder1.html" title="Mike Rinder" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Mike Rinder</a>, the highest-ranking executives ever to defect from The Church of Scientology (CoS). They are speaking out for the first-time.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Democratic and Republican politicians everywhere and at every level with the slightest connection to Scientology should tremble.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Scientology is now complete political poison.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">A legion of Scientology critics and survivors of Scientology abuses have long been waiting for high level defectors from the <a id="q-dm" href="http://www.lermanet.com/exit/miscavige.htm" title="Miscavige regime" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Miscavige regime</a> to speak out. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Four of them have now begin to expose Miscavige in the St. Petersburg Times in today's <a id="ggan" href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012148.ece" title="The Truth Rundown" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none; ">The Truth Rundown</span></span></a> by Times staff writers <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/writers/joe-childs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none; ">Joe Childs</span></span></a> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/writers/thomas-c-tobin">Thomas C. Tobin</a>.</span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hQalWpLPYi0hvw-OOc9ftz53zDGgD98VCOOG0">Associated Press</a> has picked up The Truth Rundown story, and it is <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012324.ece">spreading widely </a>throughout the media.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Times has established a special <a id="ia:q" href="http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/#story_anchor" title="The Truth Rundown" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Truth Rundown</a> section on its site which is full of articles and videos relating to the scandalous new revelations, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIVILUDES">this one</a>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">In addition to Rinder and Rathbun. The Times also interviewed two other Scientology executives, Tom De Vocht who supervised the church's Flag Land Base headquarters in Clearwater, Florda; and <a id="xvma" href="http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/scobee.shtml" title="Amy Scobee" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Amy Scobee</a> who helped create Scientology's celebrity recruitment program that successfully snared Tom Cruise and John Travolta. The three men all report being beaten numerous times by <a id="iv_z" href="http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2008/10/david-miscaviges-qualifications.html" title="Miscavige" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Miscavige</a> along with other Sea Org executives and managers. .</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">All of them confirm the abuse and violence of <a id="he1:" href="http://xenutv.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/scientology-breaks-up-david-miscaviges-family/" title="David Miscagive">David Miscavige</a> and his regime reported so eloquently by journalist Jonny Jacobsen at <a id="s5oa" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/" title="Infinite Complaceny" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Infinite Complaceny</a>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Political significance of the Rinder-Rathbun revelations</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The abusive totalitarian regime of <a id="a0.n" href="http://glosslip.com/2008/04/27/leader-of-church-of-scientology-david-miscavige-physically-abused-staff-for-years/" title="David Miscavige" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">David Miscavige</a> is run by the Sea Org. Sea Org is a para-military fraternal association of fanatic Scientologists who form the mid-level and executive management of Scientology. They run everything in Scientology the world over. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Sea Org is rife with human rights abuses of <a id="qg2n" href="http://www.exposescientology.com/humantrafficking.html" title="human trafficking slavery" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">human trafficking slavery</a>, coerced abortion, and hard-labor punishment camps. Sea Org members, including teenagers work 100-hour weeks, seven days a week. They are paid thirty-nine cents an hour.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a id="jc9e" href="http://www.exposescientology.com/humantrafficking.html" title="Three lawsuits" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Three lawsuits</a> have been filed by attorney Barry Van Sickle alleging human trafficking slavery, coerced abortion, fraud, and interrogation by lie detector. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The plaintiffs are all second-generation Scientologists and former Sea Org members who worked for <a id="dsfx" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miscavige" title="David Miscavige">David Miscavige</a>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">These suits expose severe human rights abuses and are a potential trouble source for politicians associating with Scientology.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Impact on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Secretary Hillary Clinton is going to be called to account for her Scientology connections. She and President Clinton have <a id="qj4h" href="http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/cruise-kent.htm" title="long been entangled with Scientology">long been entangled with Scientology</a> through Scientology celebrity agents John Travolta and John Coale. Coale and his wife Greta Van Sustereren are Scientology's two most prominent celebrity lawyers and are well-known among Washington DC law firms.. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Coale boasted of his easy access to the White House during the Clinton administration. He was on Hillary Clinton's campaign finance committee last year. He endorsed McCain and Sarah Palin alleging misogyny in the Democratic Party. Interviewed on the day of President Obama's inauguration Coale declared, "I am still a Democrat."</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Scientology is <a id="lzck" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/05/20-scientology-on-trial-in-france.html" title="on trial in France for corporate fraud" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">on trial in France for corporate fraud</a>. Arguments have been concluded, and the prosecutor has asked for the <a id="x5pz" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/06/paris-trial-what-prosecution-wants.html" title="dissolution of Scientology">dissolution of Scientology</a>.The court will deliver its judgment in October. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Belgium is preparing a similar case. Mrs. Clinton and her European ambassadors are going to be assaulted by Scientology to intervene not only in these cases. Amnesty International is studying human trafficking enslavement in the Sea Org, and moves are being made by several groups to present complaints to the UN Human Rights Commission.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Scientology is already <a id="abmr" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/05/scientologys-beachhead-in-brussels-at.html" title="laying siege" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">laying siege</a> to the European Union and the UN Human Rights Commission in Brussels.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Greta Van Susteren will soon be gone from Fox News</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Greta Van Susteren is going to lose her job at Fox News. The critical Van Sickle lawsuits have exposed Sea Org's human trafficking slavery of Sea Org members and its policy of <a id="x2pd" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jary3zObHYI&eurl=http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/04/response-to-montreal-gazette-concordia.html&feature=player_embedded" title="coerced abortion">coerced abortion</a>. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Moreover, Dr. Nada Stotland of the American Psychiatric Association effectively called Scientology an <a id="n55c" href="http://shattersuppression.blogspot.com/2009/05/apa-president-nada-stotman-md-on.html" title="anti-psychiatry hate group">anti-psychiatry hate group</a> in a video interview in May at the APA's convention in San Francisco. John Coale has been a leading figure in Scientology's lawfare wars on psychatric drug manufacturers. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">As high-profile celebrity Scientologists, the Coales are committed to David Miscavige's <a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/01/sci_psy/index.html">War on Psychiatry</a> and <a href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/topics/miscavige-vs-psychiatry.html">Global Obliteration of Psychiatry</a> campaign.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Millions of conservative Fox News viewers are not going to be happy with Greta's membership in the Scientology anti-psychiatry hate group and Church of Human Trafficking and Coerced Abortion. Nor are her pro-life colleagues Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Attorney Barry Van Sickle over the last several months has filed lawsuits on behalf of <a id="hoht" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/01/marc-headleys-lawsuit.html" title="Marc Headley" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Marc Headley</a>, his wife <a id="oofe" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/03/11-claire-headleys-lawsuit-abortion.html" title="Claire Headley" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Claire Headley</a>, and <a id="druk" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/04/14-laura-decrescenzos-lawsuit.html" title="Laura DeCrescenzo" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Laura DeCrescenzo</a>. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Headleys are in their mid-thirties with two children. Laura is 29. All of them are second-generation Scientologists who worked at Gold Base. Claire was forced to abort twice. Laura was inducted into the Sea Org at 12, was married at 16, and coerced into abortion as a minor at age 17.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Six Stooges of Congress</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The <a id="rxri" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/us-http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/us-congress-baww-letter-french-46587/-baww-letter-french-46587/" title="Six Stooges of Congress">Six Stooges of Congress</a>, as Gawker and Anonymous have dubbed them, are in the hot seat to explain to their constituents their entanglement with the Miscavige regime and its intelligence agency, OSA, the Office of Special Affairs.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Scientology fellow-travelers <a id="d_7t" href="http://gawker.com/5274592/did-scientology-enlist-congressional-stooges-to-attack-france" title="signed a letter" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">signed a letter</a> to French Ambassador <span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); "><span style="font-size:100%;">Pierre Vincent complaining </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">about a recent revision of the list of dangerous cults in France by governmental cult watchdog group, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIVILUDES">MIVILUDES</a>. <a id="k8gx" href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273868" title="Michael Cosgrove" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Michael Cosgrove</a> at DigitalAge reports its reaction to the congressmen's letter.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The letter was written on the official stationery of Congressman Trent Franks, R - Arizona, co-chairman of the <span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); "><span style="font-size:100%;">Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Anonymous is a world-wide alliance of members of the millenial generation joined by ex-Scientologists and human rights activists of all ages. They have been relentlessly exposing Scientology's suppression of free speech and human rights abuses since January of 2008.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Anonymous has done the research on connections with Scientology of the Six Stooges. They are:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a id="kksg" href="http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/1302" title="Gus M. Bilirakis" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Gus M. Bilirakis</a> - 9th District of Florida, Republican and Greek Orthodox member of <a id="bi3f" href="http://www.epiphanycity.org/" title="St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral</a> in Tarpon Springs</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a id="gf_w" href="http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/242" title="Dan Burton" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Dan Burton</a> - 5th District of Indiana, Republican and member of <a id="p6o4" href="http://www.east91st.org/" title="East 91st Street Christian Church" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">East 91st Street Christian Church</a> in Indianapolis</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a id="rxmm" href="http://www.congress.org/bio/id/51" title="Bob Inglis" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Bob Inglis</a> - 4th District of South Carolina, Republican who attends <a id="nnck" href="http://www.redeemerchurch.net/temp_site/" title="Redeemer Presbyterian Church" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Redeemer Presbyterian Church</a>, Travelers Rest, SC.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a id="fdbu" href="http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/134680" title="Trent Franks" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Trent Franks</a> - 2nd District of Arizona, Republican and member of <a id="k2ow" href="http://www.npbc.org/" title="North Phoenix Baptist Church">North Phoenix Baptist Church</a>. </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a id="r5oy" href="http://www.nndb.com/people/871/000040751/" title="Diane Watson" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Diane Watson</a> - 33rd district of California, Democrat and Catholic</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a id="ok4f" href="http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/608" title="Frank R. Wolf" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Frank R. Wolf</a> - 10th District of Virginia, Republican and Presbyterian. He sits on the House Appropriations Committee and is co-chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#1F1F1F;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Long-time Scientology critic and activist Barbara Graham writing at Daily Kos has summarized </span><a id="xf6t" href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/2/738121/-Cult-Shills-in-Congress-Complain-to-France" title="the Stooges' Scientology connections" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">the congressmen's' Scientology connections</a><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#1F1F1F;">Watson, Burton, and Inglis sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The significance of the religious affiliations of politicians</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Publicly Scientology proclaims it is compatible with all religions, that one can be a Catholic or Baptist and a Scientologist at the same time. Internally, Scientology members are forced to give up such alternative practices under threat of punishment.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Scientology is utterly inimical to the beliefs and practices of all authentic religions of the great faith traditions. No church believes that Scientology is an authentic religion. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">- German Lutheran Presiding Bishop of Bavaria Johannes Friendrich toured schools warning of Scientology's dangers, <a id="bl7z" href="http://lightinthedarknessanon.blogspot.com/2009/02/scientology-forgotten-danger.html" title="denouncing its claim to be a church as "a pack of lies"." style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">denouncing its claim to be a church as "a pack of lies".</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">- Papal Nuncio to Hungary Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber has called Scientology <a id="ex72" href="http://lightinthedarknessanon.blogspot.com/2009/02/scientology-organization-is.html" title=""a totalitarian business."" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">"a totalitarian business."</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">- In February the Catholic Primate of Canada, Archbishop Marc Ouellet of Canada spoke twice in criticism of Scientology saying "It is not a church". He also defended Anonymous' right to free speech. <a id="n.xj" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/05/cardinal-ouellets-move-to-vatican-and.html" title="The Cardinal's earth-shaking remarks" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">The Cardinal's earth-shaking remarks</a> been ignored by the Catholic News Agency and the Catholic blogosphere as well as the secular press outside of Quebec.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">- Evangelical Christianity boasts two women who escaped the Sea Org and now have ministries to the abused survivors of Scientology. They are Bonnie Woods in England and Karen Pressley in Atlanta. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Bonnie maintains the <a id="h2tt" href="http://www.escapeint.org/homepage.htm" title="Escape" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Escape Ministry</a> to aid families whose relationships have been destroyed by Scientologists. With Bonnie Woods' support, <a id="fm:n" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/03/la-scientology-family-cruelty-continued.html" title="Susan Talbot">Susan Talbot</a> journeyed from England to Los Angeles, hoping to see her daughter Amanda in the Sea Org after nine years of not knowing where she was or even if she was alive. OSA made sure Susan was not able to see Amanda.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Bonnie has just published Deceived, a moving and distubing account of her personal experience of Scientology abuses. It is available for <a id="wyb-" href="http://www.escapeint.org/book/book_on-line.htm" title="download at her site" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">download at her site</a>, and may be purchased at <a id="n35q" href="http://www.amazon.com/Deceived-Bonnie-Woods/dp/1903905214" title="Amazon US" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Amazon US</a> and <a id="vl6x" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deceived-Bonnie-Woods/dp/1903905214/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245636958&sr=8-1" title="Amazon UK" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Amazon UK</a>.</p></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Karen Pressley established the <a id="r4hb" href="http://karenpressley.com/" title="Wings of Love" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Wings of Love</a> ministry in Atlanta. She has spoken on Scientology on the wonderful program <a id="orpc" href="http://www.thethingsthatmattermost.org/" title="The Things That Matter Most" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">The Things That Matter Most</a> in Texas hosted by Evangelicals Rick Davis and Lael Arrington. Damian DeWitt of For Great Justice also recently appeared <a id="ehy-" href="http://www.http//www.thethingsthatmattermost.org/Sound/05-17-09.mp3.org/Sound/05-17-09.mp3" title="on the show">on the show</a>. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- The Orthodox church in Greece has <a id="cq2y" href="http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/greece-02022003.htm" title="condemned Scientology" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none; ">condemned Scientology</span></span></a>. It pursued a long campaign to prevent Scientology from establishing a presence as a religious organization. In the process, OSA attempted to <a id="mm:t" href="http://www.xenu.net/archive/go/osahist.htm#comparison" title="defame and destroy" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">defame and destroy</a> Greek Orthodox priest and cult fighter Father Antonios Alevizopoulos. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">American Greek Orthodox <a id="q:d0" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_other_religions" title="Bishop Maximos Aghiorgoussis" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Bishop Maximos Aghiorgoussis</a> of Pittsburgh. has also pointed to the psychological dangers of Scientology auditing (counseling) and its dealings with the occult.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The handwriting is on the wall for these six members of Congress and other politicians associating with Scientology. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Gus Bilirakis has a big fat Greek Orthodox problem </span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">A poster on the Anonymous activist forum Why We Protest (WWP) posted <a id="q3n-" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/us-congress-baww-letter-french-46587/11/#post894189" title="this comment" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">the comment below</a> addressed to Gus Bilarakis. Scientology's important Flag Land Base in Clearwater lies in his district. (I have corrected spelling and orthography errors):</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Well, Representative Gus Bilirakis. Damage has been done.<br /></span><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;"><br />Last night I met with my friend, a Greek, in a wealthy and influential Greek family in the Orthodox church of Tarpon Springs where you are from and a member of the church. My friend was appalled at the info I had about your dealings with the cult. Conversation something like:</span><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Me:"By the way, do you know Gus Bilirakis?"</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Greek:"Gus? Oh yea, of course! He's great, my dad knows him really well."</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Me:"You know he supports Scientology?" This is where I show my friend dox.</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Greek:"WTF. I can't vote for him now. I gotta tell my dad this."</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Me:"Will this news not go over well at church this weekend?"</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Greek:"No it won't. Greeks hate Scientology."</span><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family:verdana;">Pick your friends better, sir. And I'd advise no more letters supporting the cult to other countries if you want to keep office. Have a good one.</span></blockquote>Tarpon Springs is a community of 35,000 and is known for its substantial Greek community. Bilirakis is a member of <a id="i25p" href="http://www.epiphanycity.org/" title="St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral</a>. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">In January crowds of people up to 60,000 people are drawn to the church's Epiphany celebration. After the blessing of the waters, the Bishop tosses a cross into Spring Bayou. As many as 60 young Greek men then <a id="fraf" href="http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/03/st-nicholas-cathedral-readies-epiphany-2009/" title="dive into the water" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">dive into the water</a> to retrieve the cross for a special blessing. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">In 2006, Ecumenical <a id="cxjs" href="http://www.goarch.org/news/goa.news1518" title="Patriarch Bartholomew" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Patriarch Bartholomew</a> of Constantinope threw the cross into the water, and the Ephiphany celebration was broadcast on the Hallmark Channel. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">That is how significant Tarpon Springs is in the Orthodox world in the US and indicates what a disaster associating with Scientology is going to be for Gus Bilirakis.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I have dwelt at length on the religious affiliations of politicians because it is a scandal for them to be associated with Scientology. Furthermore, now that Cardinal Ouellet has spoken other religious leaders will also speak up, particularly those with strong human rights, social justice and anti-human trafficking programs.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The churches cannot ignore Scientology's human rights abuses. All of them are committed to combatting human trafficking. In the Washington Post last week, Mrs. Clinton published <a id="e08v" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061602628.html" title="an eloquent statement on human trafficking" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">an eloquent statement on human trafficking</a> and President Obama's commitment to ending it. .</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Rathbun and Rinder are exposing the violence, abuse, and coercion of human trafficking in the Sea Org. The three Van Sickle cases all allege human trafficking slavery in the Sea Org domestically. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">It is known from accounts by former Sea Org members that Sea Org human trafficking also takes place in other countries, across international borders, and has involved minors.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Apparently Sarah Palin has gotten the messsage</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Sarah Palin will wisely continue to distance herself from John Coale and Greta Van Susteren. It was a scandal that she as a pro-life icon was associated through them with a church whose management coerces every single pregnant woman on its Sea Org staff to abort.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Republican, Catholic, and Evangelical members of Anonymous quietly informed her through back channels that her association with the Coales spelled disaster. She has recently limited her public contact with them and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><a id="g7yt" href="http://gawker.com/5261511/sarah-palin-throws-her-scientologist-adviser-under-the-bus" title="She appears to have gotten the message." style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">appears to have gotten the message</a>.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Sea Org also staffs Scientology's intelligence and secret service agency, the Office of Special Affairs (OSA). OSA is responsible for developing relationships of political influence and neutralizing opposition from churches by infiltration of inter-faith groups. OSA is also responsible for interrogation of Sea Org members with lie detectors in frequent security checks.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">One of the most shocking of the Rinder-Rathbun revelations is confirmation of use of material from Scientology members' purportedly confidential counseling files for these investigations. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This was actually confirmed by the Church of Scientology in its attack on the four courageous defectors. Speaking of Scientology lawyer Monique Yingling and spokesman Tommy Davis, the St. Petersburg times writes:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p></div></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; ">Yingling and Davis said the church doesn't relish using documents from ethics files. But after the four defectors spoke out against Miscavige, the lawyer and spokesman said they had no choice.</blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You can watch The Times video of Tommy Davis' response <a id="n4jw" href="http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/church-response.shtml" title="here" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">here</a>. It is a vehement rant in which he repeatedly calls Marty Rathbun psychotic.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Every Republican and Democratic politician associated with Scientology and particularly those associated with it through the National Foundation of Women Legislators (NFWL), which is thoroughly infiltrated by Scientology agents, needs to re-examine her relationship with the organization and its many fronts groups. See <a id="zc:v" href="http://www.lermanet.com/nfwl.htm" title="here" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">here</a>, <a id="j.7p" href="http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-in-government/nfwl.htm" title="here" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">here</a>, and for Arizona, <a id="zklt" href="http://www.mentalhealthmattersnow.com/" title="here" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">here</a>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">NFWL's treasurer is Scientologist Bruce Wiseman, President of the anti-psychiatry hate group and Scientology front organization, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). See <a id="vrfk" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/04/response-to-montreal-gazette-concordia.html" title="here" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">here</a> for an account of CCHR spreading its potentially lethal psychiatric misinformation among students at Concordia University in Montreal. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Republican Jeff Stone is doomed</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The politician most entangled with Scientology at a local level is Republican Jeff Stone, a Supervisor of Riverside County in California. He has just <a id="w95m" href="http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/38512/" title="kicked off his campaign" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">kicked off his campaign</a> for Senator of California Senate District 36 in 2010. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">He is doomed by these revelations.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Stone has shown himself to be a complete tool of OSA from Gold Base, the international headquarters of Scientology. Gold Base lies between Hemet and San Jacinto about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Last October Stone introduced a revision to the county's residential picketing ordinance on behalf of OSA at Gold Base. It was intended to eliminate protests by Anonymous of its human trafficking slavery of members of the Sea Org and forcing Sea Org women to abort when they get pregnant.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Respected UCLA constitutional law scholar Eugene Volokh flatly <a id="g8yo" href="http://www.volokh.com/posts/1228068392.shtml" title="declared it unconstitutional">declared it unconstitutional</a>. To convince the Board of Supervisors to pass an ordinance, Stone passed to his fellow supervisors a scurrilous 53-page booklet defaming Anonymous. He denied he had received it from OSA at Gold Base. His prevarication has been relentlessly exposed by Anonymous in board of supervisors meetings.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">In order to win Stone has to build a constituency in heavily Republican, Evangelical, Catholic and Hispanic eastern San Diego where he currently does not have a base of support.. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">All of these constituencies will be appalled by his association with Scientology. The City of La Mesa has just defeated a <a id="j6tw" href="http://eastcountymagazine.org/?q=node/1145" title="cientology attempt to restrict free speech" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Scientology attempt to restrict free speech</a> through the Hate Free San Diego campaign. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The FBI</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Another reason politicians should tremble is that it appears inevitable that the FBI will sooner or later publicly announce an investigation. One cannot imagine that the Courageous Four have told everything they know to the St. Petersburg Times.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">There are other issues at stake other than David Miscavige's penchant for assaulting his executives. Human trafficking is an important one. Another is perjuries to the IRS by David Miscavige alleged by former high-ranking Sea Org executive Lawrence Brennan. If proven, they threaten the loss of the Church of Scientology's religious tax-exempt status.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">It is likewise difficult to believe that the Courageous Four would have spoken to the Times without having told what they know to government officials and been assured of some sort of legal immunity. Over the past year there have been numerous contacts and ongoing conversations between the Bureau and former Scientologists and critics.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Politicians now have every incentive to reinforce the urgency of whatever investigations the FBI is making. Their political future depends on it.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">They have absolutely nothing to gain from associating with David Miscavige's version of organized Scientology.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">More to come</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The St. Petersburg Times has perfomed a great public service in the finest tradition of newspaper investigative reporting. There are more revelations to come in Parts 2 and 3 of Truth Rundown.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Part 1 contains inside information on Scientology's successful hounding of the IRS to get its religious tax-exemption. It also reveals the cover-up of the most scandalous death due to Scientology medical and psychiatric malpractice, that of Sea Org staffer Lisa McPherson. Rinder admits he destroyed incriminating evidence about the medical neglect that led to her death.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Part 2 promises us more details on Scientology's cover-up of the death of Lisa McPherson. She was a Sea Org staffer and is the iconic martyr to Scientology's medical and psychiatric malpractice.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Part 3 is devoted to further detailing of abuses of the <a id="pd0m" href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/scienos/miscavige1.html" title="Miscavige" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Miscavige</a> regime and its internal Sea Org police and punishment systems.</div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px; "><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">A final note</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Attorney Barry Van Sickle and his defendants have shown extraordinary courage in filing their three lawsuits. With the Rinder-Rathbun revelations of the abuses within Sea Org, one can now understand clearly what risk of re-traumatization they have undertaken in courageously speaking out and pursuing justice in the courts.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">These cases are an opportunity for socially-conscious law firms to join Van Sickle in what may be precedent-setting cases in Federal Court in the 9th Circuit. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Rathbun-Rinder revelations now raise the possibility of a flood of heretofore intimidated former Scientologists coming forward to file claims and the possibility of class-action lawsuits.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Barry Van Sickle welcomes inquiries from attorneys interested in finding out more about the cases and supporting them. You may contact him as follows:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Barry Van Sickle</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:100%;">1079 Sunrise Avenue</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:100%;">Suite B-315</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:100%;">Roseville</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, CA 95661</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:100%;">(916) 549-8784</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">What you can do to help</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; ">Anonymous welcomes members of the public who wish to educate themselves or become engaged in ending human trafficking and other human rights abuses.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; ">Anonymous have compiled a useful booklet called <a id="nrkz" href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T2JIZROI" title="Some Facts about Anonymous and Scientology" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Some Facts about Anonymous and Scientology</a> which you can download, print, and present to congressional representatives and community and church leaders.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; ">Anonymous activists and former Scientologists have established <a id="mnz6" href="http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php" title="Reaching for the Tipping Point" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Reaching for the Tipping Point</a>. RFTTP is a forum intended for members of the general public where they can ask questions and dialogue with former Scientologists and human rights advocates. It is particularly geared to local communities concerned about Scientology infiltration of schools and community organizations. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><br /></p></div></div></div></span></div></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">***</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div id="tuhd" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; "><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dfbkr2h_294cbdntqds_b" style="width: 648px; height: 434.16px; " /></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Shoop credit: Anonymous</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-76314977826694230432009-06-21T03:39:00.000-07:002009-06-22T03:43:10.315-07:00Anonymous Iran<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px; "><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; ">Anonymous began as a millennial generation <a id="qthn" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-anniversary-gawker-and-anonymous.html" title="revolt against Scientology's suppression of free speech" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">revolt against Scientology's suppression of free speech</a> on the internet. It <a id="xaxd" href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/iran-activists-get-assist-from-anonymous-pirate-bay/" title="has joined Pirate Bay" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">has joined Pirate Bay</a> in Sweden and members of the Pirate Party in opposing internet censorship in Europe, particularly in Germany.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">Anonymous has also joined the movement for defense of free speech in Iran in these days of its murderous suppression when people are being killed for the right to tweet on Twitter.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">Anonymous has established the <a id="yclp" href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/" title="Anonymous Iran" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Anonymous Iran</a> forum as a meeting place for Iranians and free speech activists all over the world.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">The forum has contributed <a id="xgb2" href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/general-discussion/206-torrents-evil-piracy-software-keep-information-coming-out-iran.html" title="cutting edge internet technology">cutting edge internet technology</a>and facilitated cross cultural cooperation. One cannot but be moved by the messages of <a id="uth7" href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/general-discussion/257-post-your-well-wishes-iran-its-people-here.html" title="support for Iranians" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">support for Iranians</a> and <a id="evhd" href="http://iran.http//iran.whyweprotest.net/promote-cause/1086-blessings-iran.html" title="thanks to Anonymous">thanks to Anonymous</a> from Iranians inside Iran and the heart-rending accounts they are posting as they manage to get messages out.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">Anonymous has also set up a dedicated irc chatroom at<a id="d2ap" title="irc://irc.whyweprotest.net/iran">irc://irc.whyweprotest.net/iran which has been frequented by tens of thousands of users.</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; ">Anonymous activists have established the <a href="http://anoniran.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">Anonymous Iran blog</a>. Red.Heron writes of an <a id="j2.j" href="http://anoniran.blogspot.com/2009/06/silence-and-specter-of-death.html" title="email he received from a friend in Tehran" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">email he received from a friend in Iran</a>:</p></div></div></div></span><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Says one part of my possibly final email from my friend</span></span><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I go into an uncertain future, save one certainty: our friendship will last until the moment of my death. It is a shame that you have never accepted the Holy Word of the Prophet, peace be upon him. I only hope you continue to read the Holy Word, and that you understand the need for the blood of martyrs today. I hope that God permits the military and the police an opportunity to see Khamanei in the correct light, just as I wish this for myself. The Basiji are certainly not in God’s favor. Be well, and goodbye.<br /></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As I read these words, I am actually crying. I’m not a particularly religious person, but if there is a God, may he protect my friend.</span></span></blockquote></div></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a id="x6_2" href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/1200-why.html" title="This is why we fight." style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); ">This is why we fight.</a></div><div><br /></div></span></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-4181789872229109142009-05-06T19:04:00.002-07:002009-05-06T23:09:35.355-07:00Cardinal Ouellet's rumored move to the Vatican and Catholic Church - Scientology relations<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">***</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/images/marc_ouellet_croff.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 507px;" src="http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/images/marc_ouellet_croff.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Image credit: Québec Archdiocese</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><div><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cardinal Ouellet's rumored move to the Vatican and Catholic Church - Scientology relations</span></span></span><br /></span></h3><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> <br />For Great Justice - The Catholic archdiocese of Québec has officialy denied today rumors that <a href="http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/eveques/marc_ouellet_eng.htm">Cardinal Marc Ouellet</a>, the Catholic Primate of Canda has been called to a position in the Vatican. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A call to Rome for Cardinal Ouellet would be significant for the Church's relationship with organized Scientology under the leadership of David Miscavige and its more general concern for human rights abuses. The Cardinal's critical remarks on two occasions in February have moved the Church for the first time ever into a publicly critical stance towards Scientology. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> <br />The news of the Cardinal's rumored appointment first broke with a report today in the Québec daily Le Soleil: <br /> <br /></span></span><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/200905/05/01-853650-le-cardinal-ouellet-a-rome.php&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cardinal Ouellet to Rome?</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> (Article in French. Google translation is </span></span><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/200905/05/01-853650-le-cardinal-ouellet-a-rome.php&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> . ) <br /> <br />This has been followed by a second report: <br /> <br /></span></span><a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/200905/06/01-853972-mgr-ouellet-a-rome-le-diocese-met-fin-aux-rumeurs.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cardinal Ouellet to Rome: Diocese ends rumours</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> . </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">(Article in French. Google translation is </span></span><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/200905/06/01-853972-mgr-ouellet-a-rome-le-diocese-met-fin-aux-rumeurs.php&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> . ) <br /> <br /> <br />At the annual meeting of diocesan clergy at the convent of the Sisters of Charity in Québec on the anniversary of the birthday of the first archbishop of Québec, Mgr François de Laval, Cardinal Ouiellet announced that recently appointed auxiliary bishops Paul Lortie and Cyprian Gérald Lacroix, would provide continuity of leadership within the archdiocese. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Québec is rife with rumours, speculation, and gossip that Cardinal Ouellet will move to Rome and take up a unannounced position in the Vatican. Mgr Ouellet has counseled people not to believe everything written in the newspapers.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">However, certain key facts stand out. Cardinal Ouellet has a friendship of long-standing with Pope Benedict. He is knowledgable about the concerns of Catholic Bishops around the world. His masterful summary of their reports in a 70-minute speech to them in flawless Latin at the 2007 Synod of bishops was hailed as a tour-de-force. He has spent on unusual amount of time in Rome recently, beyond what arrangments for the two new auxiliary bishops would require.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Whether or not speculation of a Vatican appointment is confirmed, Cardinal Ouellet remains a prime candidate for a position there at some point. He has shown exceptional intelligence and generosity of heart in navigating the treacherous challenges in Québec of increasing secularization in a multi-ethnic and pluralist society where opportunity for religious instruction for students of all faiths in the secular school system has been recently been eliminated. <br /> <br />Cardinal Ouellet's courageous pronouncements have allowed Catholics in North America to undertake serious investigation into Scientology's suppression of free speech in society and the internet, along with a range of human rights abuses. Some have already become activists. Knowledge of Scientology's human rights abuses continues to spread throughout the media and the religious and secular blogosphere in North America, Germany, and francophone Europe. <br /> <br /> <br />It is significant that the Holy See chose Cardinal Ouellet in Québec to take a critical stance in regard to Scientology. Through him it was able to address both anglophone North America and more importantly, francophone Europe where France radiates enormous cultural influence. <br /> <br /> <br />In the space opened up for Scientology criticism by Anonymous in the last year, the governments of France and Belgium have revived cases of corporate fraud for engaging in practices that are uniform and universal throughout Scientology around the world. If convicted, Scientology could be dismantled in both countries. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Organized Scientology is opening a sumptuous "veritable supermarket of religious business" </span><a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/05/scientologys-beachhead-in-brussels-at.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ideal Org in Brussels</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, home to major European Union institutions. According to the </span><a href="http://www.iasmembership.org/news/humanrights/pg005.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">International Association of Scientologists</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><blockquote>facilities were acquired in Brussels to be the home of a greatly expanded Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights. These facilities are within walking distance of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of the European Union.</blockquote></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Scientology's war on the European Union and the UN Human Rights Commssion engages France, Belgium, Germany, the Holy See, and the United States. There is a long history of Scientology celebrities like John Travolta and Tom Cruise building relationships with the Clinton and Bush administrations to lean on the State Department to plead Scientology's case to all of these countries. <br /> <br /> <br />Domestically, Scientology has become a scandal in the relationship of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin with public lawyer celebrity Scientologists Greta van Susteren of Fox News and her husband, trial-lawyer John P. Coale. Her unusually close relationship with them has associated her also with Scientology's abuses taking place within its internal staff and management organization, the Sea Org. <br /> <br />The most serious is the abusive treatment of women who are forced to abort if they get pregnant or be expelled from the Sea Org. The most destructive of families is the extreme practice of shunning known as disconnection. Knowledge of these abuses is spilling beyond the boundaries of the Scientology-critical movement. ABC-affiliate KESQ in Palm Springs is reporting on them in a continuing series. Three lawsuits have been filed alleging abusive treatment, coerced abortion, and human trafficking. <br /> <br /> <br />Whatever position Cardinal Ouellet might be appointed to now or in future, he will affect the relationship of the Church to organized Scientology. Further moves in Rome on the human rights front would no doubt be of interest to two prominent figures in the international Catholic world of concerned about human rights abuses , Canadian Supreme Court Justice </span></span><a href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/ju/arbour/index-eng.asp" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Louise Arbour</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and Ambassador </span></span><a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=23&show=bibliography" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Mary Ann Glendon</span></u></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Justice Arbour has recently retired from being High Commissioner for the UN Human Rights Commission and now lives in Montréal. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ambassador Glendon was ambassador to the Holy See in the Bush administration. She teaches constitutional and comparative law at Harvard. She is a heroine to the right to life movement. The interest of either of them would be significant. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Most significant of all, with his critical remarks about Scientology on two occasions in February Cardinal Ouellet has become a </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xenu-directory.net%2Fpractices%2Fsp.html&ei=V0UCStD9NJmEtgOExLTWAQ&usg=AFQjCNFeVvr0zIwAue0DQTW1aAIzSpfbXw&sig2=j5eJNq2S7cVRhBOf9BkR1g"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Suppressive Person</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> to all Scientologists. An SP is anyone who criticizes Scientology. SP's are considered to be criminal psychopaths. Tom Cruise longs for a <a href="http://suppressiveperson.org/spdl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=461&Itemid=30">world without SP's</a>. Only criminals could criticize Hubbard's 100% correct technology for transforming all of society according to his unchangeable and infallible doctrines and practices. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cardinal Ouellet now has joined in SP fellowship with </span></span><a href="http://www.whyweprotest.net/en/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Anonymous</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and </span></span><a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/01/6-marc-headleys-story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000080;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Marc Headley</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> as the most significant figures of opposition to organized Scientology's suppression of free speech and its human rights abuses. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We may soon have an SP Cardinal in the Vatican. If rumors are not confirmed, the discussion will still have high-lighted concerns about Scientology locally in Québec and in Europe.</span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">An official announcement of Cardinal Oullet's appointment would give us further information with which to assess its effect on the Church's relationship with organized Scientology. Le Solei has quoted a well-placed source in the archdiocese: "Even if I knew, you know that I cannot confirm it." The current Cardinal Ouellet affair appears to not yet have run its course.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">Stay tuned. </span><br /></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ed. - This post is a revision of an earlier version in light of the unconfirmed nature of early reports.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div></blockquote></span></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-28820736238893367722009-05-06T18:39:00.000-07:002009-05-06T19:04:15.389-07:00Scientology's beachhead in Brussels at the heart of the European Union<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">***</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 1ex; margin-right: 1ex; margin-bottom: 1ex; margin-left: 1ex; "><div><p><span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Grandiose Scientology Commercial Center opening in the heart of the European Union in Brussels.</span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Belgian televisision station RTL has an eye-opening report on organized Scientology's opening of "a veritable supermarket of religious business". Scientology faces indictment as an allegedly fraudulent criminal organization that could lead to its dismantling there. (See translation below)</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The <a href="http://www.iasmembership.org/news/humanrights/pg005.html">website of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS),</a> to which all Scientologists must belong and to which they are required to make substantial donations, reports:.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "></span></p><blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">Thus, with as</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">sistance from the IAS, new facilities were acquired in Brussels to be the home of a greatly expanded Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">hese facilities are within walking distance of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of the European Union. It is an ideal location from which Scientology’s solutions can be presented to the leaders of Europe, and from which human rights can be forwarded at a pan-European level. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">The new offices contain displays of every facet of Scientology and its social betterment activities. Integrated into the design of the building is a permanent “What is Scientology?” display which presents basic precepts of Scientology. Other displays show the international accomplishments of Scientology-related organizations, including reforms in the field of mental health, investigative journalism in the public interest and human rights activities. Hallways throughout the building are lined with proclamations and acknowledgements from cities, states and nations.</span></p></blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "></span><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#1F1F1F;"><u><a href="http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/238874/0/?&article_comment_page=3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Etrange: les plans de la prochaine Eglise de scientologie à Bruxelles</span></span></a></u></span><span><a href="http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/238874/0/?&article_comment_page=3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/238874/0/?&article_comment_page=3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></a><br /></p><p><span style="color:#1F1F1F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Translation:</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color:#1F1F1F;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Strange: plans for the next Church of Scientology in Brussels</span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a name="0.1_kxpg1"></a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color:#1F1F1F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br />Our colleagues at Le Soir have unveiled plans for the future temple of religious business designed by the Church of Scientology. Six levels, meeting rooms in the cellar, three cinemas, saunas, cafeterias, all on 2200 m². <br /> <br />The next building of the Church of Scientology will be at numbers 100 to 103, Boulevard de Waterloo. The plans for this veritable supermarket of religious business carried out by a prestigious firm of architects in Atlanta: Gensler & Associated. Scientology has big plans: it's the same firm which designed the 632-meter high Tower of Shanghai, . <br /> <br /> <br /></span></span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The strange plans: 2.200 m² of offices </span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /> <br />Spread over six levels 2.200m ² there are offices, with saunas for purification according to the procedures ordained by Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. The offices are fully computerized and contain rehearsal rooms and auditing by the electrometer. You do not know the term? Note that the electrometer is a device intended to measure, palm to palm, the disturbances in a person ... <br /> <br /> <br /></span></span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Two directions open to the Church</span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /> <br />At these premises, the same services will be offered which have already led to the initiation of prosecutions in 1997 and 2008 in Belgium. The Church is therefore the subject of two indictments for fraud, one of them determining the facts of illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy, breaching the law on privacy, and being a criminal organization. <br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /> <br /> </span></span><br /> <br /> </p></div></div></div></span></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-10838664130021652882009-04-23T03:16:00.000-07:002009-04-27T04:41:09.341-07:00A response to the Montreal Gazette: Concordia students have the right to hear about Scientology's human rights abuses***<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/images/blogs/thelostboy/archives/ScientologyAnonymous_LH_021108_thumb.png"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 412px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 499px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://blogs.indiewire.com/images/blogs/thelostboy/archives/ScientologyAnonymous_LH_021108_thumb.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />A response to the Montreal Gazette: Concordia students have the right to hear about Scientology's human rights abuse. This is slightly revised version of the original posted earlier to take into account unconfirmed reports of CCDH's return to Concordia in October.</div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Concordia administration opens the Scientology can of worms</u></strong> </span></div><div><br />Controversary has hit Concordia University in Montreal over the appearance of the Scientology exhibit "La psychiatrie: la vérité sur ses abus" (<a title="Psychiatry: The truth about its abuses" href="http://www.ccdhmtl.org/exhibit-press-release-eng.html" target="_blank">Psychiatry: The truth about its abuses</a> ) at its McConnell Library. The editors of the Montreal Gazette in <a title="Scientologists have a right to free speech too" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" href="http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=dc4df633-0ff1-4506-b292-dd8ab13bfb0d" target="_blank">Scientologists have a right to free speech too</a> have weighed in the on the situation. Concordia's independent paper The Link focused on <a href="http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/1283">student protest</a> against the exhibit.</div><div><br />The administration rented space in McConnell Library for the exhibition to the Montreal Scientology group, <a title="Commission des Citoyens pour les Droits de l’Homme" href="http://www.ccdhmtl.org/exhibit-press-release-eng.html" target="_blank">Commission des Citoyens pour les Droits de l’Homme</a> (CCDH). The equivalent group in anglophone North America is known as the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) who tour a similar "<a title="Psychiatry: Industry of Death" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry_and_Industry_of_Death_Museum" target="_blank">Psychiatry: Industry of Death</a> " exhibit. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Both are Scientology front groups engaged in carrying out Scientology's <a title="Global Obliteration of Psychiatry" href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/topics/miscavige-vs-psychiatry.html" target="_blank">Global Obliteration of Psychiatry</a>. It's goal is not critique or reform but total destruction of the mental health professions for which Concordia's Department of Psychology is training its students. Scientology considers them to be <a title="enemy of the human race" href="http://www.psychassualt.org/" target="_blank">enemies of the human race</a>. These professions are to be replaced with L. Ron Hubbard's practices of psychiatry and medicine known as "Hubbard Technology" or Hubbard Tech. </div><div><br /></div><div>"<a title="Scientology's War on Psychiatry" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" href="http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/01/sci_psy/index.html" target="_blank">Scientology's War on Psychiatry</a>", Salon tech and business editor Katharine Mieszkowski writes, "is no joke. </div><div><br />"Vociferous criticism has come from the international student-led Scientology protest movement <a href="http://www.whyweprotest.net/" target="_blank">Anonymous</a> joined by Concordia students who have had no connection with them. There has been good coverage from <a title="The Gazette" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Entertainment/Controversy+surrounds+Scientology+linked+exhibition+Concordia/1504374/story.html" target="_blank">The Gazette</a> , <a title="CTV" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lBTOpiCXw&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">CTV</a>, and <a title="Radio Canada" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lBTOpiCXw" target="_blank">Radio Canada</a> . <a title="Anonymous Montréal" href="http://anonymousmontreal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anonymous Montréal</a> has issued a press release in French ( <a href="http://www.cmaq.net/node/32596" target="_blank">La scientologie à l'université concordia: inacceptable!</a> ) Steve Faguy, at his indispensable Montreal blog <a title="Fagstein" href="http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/04/16/scientologists-at-concordia/" target="_blank">Fagstein</a>, has provided a particularly valuable perspective as a Concordia alumnus. </div><div><br /><strong><u><span style="font-size:130%;">"Sure, go ahead. Rent McConnell Library to the Global Obliteration of Psychiatry guys. No problem." </span></u></strong></div><div><br />The administration has defended its decision to rent space in the library as an appropriate exercise of academic freedom of speech, and the Gazette has commended them. Concordia College president <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJudith_Woodsworth&ei=j0HwSe3HJZ2ctgPlzJncCg&usg=AFQjCNF_mBejqzFGAZSL91c6CFGraQ7gOQ&sig2=Zrl1KZusYXStAKwAIlAvFw">Dr. Judith Woodswood </a>has responded to an inquiry from a member of Anonymous Project Chanology named <a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/291-scientology-discussion/cchr-concordia-university-montreal-43580/13/#post841561">Charlie</a> on its forum Why We Protest . She points him to the Gazette editorial which she notes with approval "accurately represents Concordia's position." </div><div><br />The issue, however, is not Scientology's right to free speech. The issue is quality of the administration's decision, what it indicates about concern for its students, and what conversations occurred between Scientology and the administration in negotiating the rental of space on campus. </div><div><br />The University is free to rent to whomever they want. The decision to rent space to Scientology, however, is nearly inexplicable except as an exercise in poor judgment and ignorance by those responsible in the decision process. </div><div><br />The theories of L. Ron Hubbard upon which CCDH's war on the mental health professions are based were debunked as dangerous pseudo-medicine and pseudo-psychotherapy within months of the publication of Dianetics in 1950. Numerous <a title="suicides and deaths" href="http://www.whyaretheydead.net/" target="_blank">suicides and deaths</a> have been implicated in Scientology's practice of pseudo-psychiatric treatment. </div><div><br />In place of argument supported by scientific research and reasoning, CCDH gives students propaganda of the most deranged sort: Nazi psychiatrists caused <a title="the Holocaust and 9/11" href="http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/scientology-psychiatry-causes-terrorism/" target="_blank">the Holocaust and 9/11</a> . There is an <a title="epidemic of psychotherapists raping their clients" href="http://meowmacao.blogspot.com/2009/04/scientology-epidemic-of-rape-by.html" target="_blank">epidemic of psychotherapists raping their clients</a> , and psychiatry <a title="creates racism" href="http://www.cchr.org/index/5276/6738/6752/6757/" target="_blank">creates racism</a> . A ten-minute google search would have revealedthat there is nothing of interest in this smorgasbord of intellectual junk-food. </div><div><br />What is even more puzzling is that the University has apparently booked CCDH for an eleven-day return visit in October. The original booking was an exercise in poor judgment. What contacts between Scientologists and the administration took place to arrange a return engagement? </div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>CCDH and the Sea Org Coerced Abortions</u></strong> </span></div><div><br />Lack of due diligence now confronts the Board of Governors with the fact they are also dealing with an organization that is systematically committing human rights abuses that are becoming known through mainstream media reports in the US like the extraordinary 12-part series by Nathan Baca at ABC-affiliate KESQ in Palm Springs. </div><div><br /><a title="Former Scientologists Claim Coerced Abortions, Child Labor Inside Churc" href="http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=10114227" target="_blank">Nathan Baca, KESQ:Former Scientologists Claim Coerced Abortions, Child Labor Inside Church</a>. </div><div><br />Since the beginning of the year <a title="three lawsuits" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/04/current-scientology-related-lawsuits.html" target="_blank">three lawsuits</a> have been launched with more in the pipeline alleging slave labor working conditions, human trafficking, child abuse, interrogation by lie detectors, and <a title="coerced abortion" href="http://www.whyaretheydead.net/abortions.html" target="_blank">coerced abortions</a>. Information and background can be found at Jonny Jacobsen's <a title="Infinite Complacency" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Infinite Complacency</a>. </div><div><br />Here is how CCDH is linked to these abuses. All of Scientology is run by the <a title="Sea Org" href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/scnorgs/seaorg1.html" target="_blank">Sea Org</a>. It is a religious order operated on totalitarian military lines and lead by <a name="120d26560e85416d_David_Miscavige"></a><a title="David Miscavige" href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/scienos/miscavige1.html" target="_blank">David Miscavige</a> who holds all power in Scientology. It forms the mid- and executive level management of Scientology everywhere on earth. </div><div></div><div>Its mission is to Clear the Planet, that is to clear the planet of psychiatry and psychology by destroying them and forcing everyone to become a Scientologist by "<a href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/clear1.html">becoming clear</a>", a state of purported freedom from all psychological problems and cure of depression, bi-polar disease, and psychosis without medications. </div><div><br />Sea Org staff Scientology's Office of Special Affairs (<a href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/scnorgs/osa1.html">OSA</a>), which is responsible for legal, financial, and external relations. Most importantly, OSA is the Church's intelligence and secret service agency that carries out the character assassination and financial destruction of Scientology's critics known as <a href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/fairgame.html">fair game</a>.<br /><br />Sea Org management direct the war on psychiatry and the activities of CCDH and enforce the coerced abortion policy among other things. When the Board of Governors deals with CCDH or any Scientology organization it is dealing with the Sea Org and through it with David Miscavige. CCDH is just another department of Scientology, Inc.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>The Brutality of Coerced Abortion</u></strong><br /></span><br />Miscavige implemented a staff member policy within months of Hubbard's death in 1986 that there would no longer be children in the Sea Org. The reason is that Sea Org management did not want the additional capital and operating costs to accommodate a growing population of Sea Org children.<br /><br />To understand how an organization would come to the point of demanding that every woman in its employ who gets pregnant abort and how a woman would comply, I refer you to two indispensable writers: Bob Penny in his <a title="Social Control in Scientology" href="http://members.chello.nl/mgormez/books/scs/scs.html" target="_blank">Social Control in Scientology</a> and Just Bill's articles on <a href="http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-do-scientologists-believe.html" target="_blank">Why Do Scientologists Believe?</a> and <a href="http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2009/02/scientology-thought-control-part-4.html" target="_blank">Scientology Thought Control</a>.<br /><br />Basically, there is only one ethical principle in Scientology, the good of organized Scientology as determined by David Miscavige in strict accordance with the doctrines of L. Ron Hubbard. many of which are viciously inhumane and anti-democratic. Pregnant women run counter to the demands of its mission, so pregnancy is an unethical and subversive act. </div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Coerced Abortion and Concordia's Catholics and Evangelicals </u></strong><br /></span><br />There are human rights abuses that cause more widespread damage like the barbaric shunning practice known as <a title="disconnection" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xenu-directory.net%2Fpractices%2Fdisconnection1.html&ei=dTDwSYBplPK0A9Dh6eoK&usg=AFQjCNEgmxWJ02KjbngOC9mULMiTG8-ixQ&sig2=IGONTXQZ8HYxoDWvhXJkTQ" target="_blank">disconnection</a>, but I am going to focus on coerced abortion. It is the most heinous to the Catholic and Evangelical sensibilities of Concordia's founding institutions and the students, parents, faculty, staff, governors, and alumni who adhere to churches of those traditions. Concordia is the merger of <a href="http://www.concordia.ca/about/whoweare/ourhistory/loyola.php">Loyola College</a>, founded by Jesuits; and <a title="Sir George Williams University" href="http://www.concordia.ca/about/whoweare/ourhistory/sgw.php" target="_blank">Sir George Williams University</a> named after the founder of the Montreal Young Men's Christian Association.<br /><br />Pregnant Sea Org women are forced to chose between abortion and being fired from Sea Org. If they resist they are harassed, verbally and physically abused, humiliated, and interrogated with lie detectors to get them to comply. The Sea Org recruits many teenagers from Scientology families proud to have their children in an elite core committed to doing good by whole-hearted dedication to the goal of Clearing the Planet.<br /><br />A young woman who refuses to abort and leaves Sea Org has no money, no education, no driver's license, and loses all her friends who are forced to disconnect from her. She is given a bill for services unpaid for that may be as much as $120,000. If she speaks critically of Scientology, her Scientologist family members will also be forced to disconnect from her.<br /><br />The whole process is coercive and abusive of women from start to finish. When feminists learn of what is going on I hope they will rise up in arms. </div><div></div><div>Even <a href="http://www.whyaretheydead.net/abortions.html">Planned Parenthood </a>was alarmed:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote>Janet Honn-Alex of Planned Parenthood Riverside: I just felt that it was strange that they would all make the same decision. Independent of their individual circumstances, they had all made the decision to have an abortion, no matter how old they were or how many children they already had. </blockquote><div><br /><a title="coerced abortion" href="http://www.whyaretheydead.net/abortions.html" target="_blank">Coerced abortions</a> are of interest to Catholics connected to Concordia, including <a title="Sr. Francois Boisvert" href="http://www.westmountexaminer.com/article-i256050-Boisvert-recounts-the-history-of-Marianopolis-at-WHA-meeting.html" target="_blank">Sr. Françoise Boisvert</a> of the Congrégation de Notre Dame. She is the <a title="Director General" href="http://www.marianopolis.com/AU/messagefromthedg.php" target="_blank">Director General</a> of Montreal's Marionopolis College and sits on the Concordia <a title="Board of Governors" href="http://secretariat.concordia.ca/governors/list.shtml" target="_blank">Board of Governors</a>. Coerced abortion is also of interest to the Catholic Primate of Canada, Cardinal Marc Ouellet who recently <a title="spoke critically of Scientology on two occaisions" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/cardinal-speaks-on-scientology-second.html" target="_blank">spoke critically of Scientology on two occaisions</a> recently and defended Anonymous' right to free speech.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Does CCDH know about the coerced abortions?</u></strong><br /></span><br />The abortion policy applies only to Sea Org women and not the women among the 95% of "public Scientologists" who form the rank and file. The Sea Org policy and the experiences of the women under it are only known to Sea Org members. Of course, it is well known to former Sea Org women who have spoken out and are filing lawsuits, Anonymous, and now the rest of the world. Tom Cruise and Greta van Susteren do not know about the policy.<br /><br />Thus, Sea Org members of CCDH know about the abortion policy and are subject to it. Non-Sea Org staffers of CCDH do not know. The Board of Governors might want to have a chat with CCDH officials and query them on this point.<br /><br /><strong><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Anonymous Concordia and Marc Headley, Braveheart of the Scientology Oppressed<br /></span></u></strong><br />In the five months to CCDH's return in October the global situation is going to get worse due to Anonymous, Marc Headley, the Catholic Church, and the governments of France and Belgium.<br /><br />The single most active protester against the University's decision was a Concordia student who had no affiliation with Anonymous. He does now and other Concordia students will join him. Anonymous will continue to raid, as they say, or demonstrate wherever CCDH and CCHR are touring. Anons are coming to San Francisco from all over the West Coast to counter-protest a CCHR demonstration and Industry of Death Exhibit for the Annual American Psychiatric Association May 16 - 21.<br /><br /><a title="Marc Headley" href="http://www.blownforgood.com/" target="_blank">Marc Headley</a> is an ex-Sea Org staffer who literally <a title="escaped" href="http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?t=29286" target="_blank">escaped</a> from Gold Base international headquarters on a motorcycle in the rain pursued by OSA security agents. He is in his mid-thirties and the father of two children. His wife Claire was forced to abort twice. He has become the Braveheart of the Scientology oppressed and is rallying the 25,000 ex-Sea Org members to speak up. He defies David Miscavige and isn't afraid of anything.<br /><br />Marc has filed a complaint for slave labor treatment. His wife <a title="Claire Headley" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/03/11-claire-headleys-lawsuit-abortion.html" target="_blank">Claire Headley</a> has filed for her two coerced abortions. <a title="Laura DeCrescenzo" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/04/14-laura-decrescenzos-lawsuit.html" target="_blank">Laura DeCrescenzo</a> was inducted into the Sea Org at 12, married at 16, and forced into abortion as a minor at 17. She faked a suicide attempt by drinking bleach to escape the Sea Org. She has filed. There are more lawsuits in the pipeline and more and more victims of Sea Org religious abuse are speaking up.<br /><br /><strong><u><span style="font-size:130%;">The Holy See, France, Belgium, and Sarah Palin</span></u></strong><br /><br />The Holy See has quietly moved into public opposition to Scientology. Cardinal Marc Ouellet in February spoke critically of Scientology to a reporter at Le Soleil. Anonymous Québec hand-delivered a letter commending him, recounting human rights abuses including coerced abortion, and proposing a 12-point program of education and action for the Church. Three days later at his <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/cardinal-speaks-on-scientology-second.html">annual press lunch </a>he again criticized Scientology and defended Anonymous' right to free speech. Catholic primates do not speak off the cuff about controversial matters without consultation with the Holy See. Once maybe. Not twice.<br /><br />This is a green light for North American Catholics and other churches to move in active support of ending the coerced abortions and other human rights abuses in the Sea Org. There are movements going on building to presentation of complaints of human rights violations to the UN. The Holy See, France, and Germany will be important as this unfolds. I can't imagine the Vatican not supporting a complaint for human trafficking and coerced abortions in Scientology. Can you?<br /><br />The significance of Anonymous is <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/04/consensus-unbeatable-darwinian.html">not even appreciated by Anonymous </a>itself. In one year its relentless raiding across North America has been seen all over Europe which has been further conscientized by incessant raiding and appearances in major media by local European Anon cells.<br /><br />Anonymous Germany was given recognition by the government of Germany which invited them formally and officially to an important Scientology-critical <a title="conference in Hamburg" href="http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/09/church-of-scientology-and-anonymous-guess-which-group-didnt-get-invite-to-german-seminar/" target="_blank">conference in Hamburg</a> last September. Miscavige sent his top-flight lawyers and OSA agents. They tried their standard dirty tricks and got pwned by German security agents, Marc Headley, and anons "for lulz, epic win, and great justice."<br /><br />In the space that Anonymous has opened up, the usual pressure from the US State Department on France and Germany has abated and those countries have revived legal cases that could mean the dismantling of Scientology there. These cases are against the organization and not individual Scientologists. The charges? Corporate fraud for standard Scientology services and illegal practice of medicine. That is to say, exactly the same things it does uniformly everywhere in the world. </div><div></div><div>Meanwhile, OSA continues to defame Anonymous and anons, who are letting the world know about Scientology's abuses, as cyber-terrorist anti-religious hate criminals. </div><div> </div><div>Mrs. Palin's most vociferous critic in the affair, Geoffrey Dunn at the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/sarah-greta-scientology_b_180523.html">Huffington Post </a>has missed this crucial dimension of the Palin scandal best expressed in the Ex-Scientologist Message Board thread <a href="http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?p=164432#post164432">ANZO Sea Org abortions</a>:</div><div><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.forum.exscn.net/showpost.php?p=215492&postcount=68">Kookabura</a> - I knew from the moment I heard of the first coerced abortion that Scientology was doomed. Forced abortions will be its undoing. A group that has sunk that far into depravity will not survive. The decency of mankind will rise up and crush it. And the sooner the better.</blockquote><br />Do the Concordia Board of Governors, President Judith Woodswood, Vice-President Services Michael Di Grappa, and Sarah Palin really want to jump aboard the sinking ship of David Miscavige's coerced abortions?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Will the Board of Governors snatch defeat from the jaws of Scientology? </u></strong></span></div><div> </div><div>The Board of Governors need to ensure that Concordia students have access to information critical of CCDH and Scientology when it returns to propagandize them again in October. The continuing Concordia Scientology affair increases the risk that the students will not come to Concordia and alumni will not donate. There is already one report of a family who decided not to send their son to Concordia after investigating Scientology because of the exhibit.<br /><br />This is good for the cause of ending Scientology's human rights abuses. It is bad for Concordia, particularly when Concordia's independent student paper reports Governor Vineburg saying of the University $4MM operating deficit, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelinknewspaper.ca%2Farticles%2F82&ei=PZH1ScimLZDksgPmzb3lCg&usg=AFQjCNGOVr2riACr6vSLZncfC6BJqIkMog&sig2=8EuDMzeN9MUMNLCYnmDiSg">“We have serious financial problems”</a>.</div><div><br />This is always a risk with controversial issues in academia. However, does the Board really want to say, "The Board of Governors of Concordia University is proud that we lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition, donations, and grants to defend Scientology's right to propagandize our students with pseudo-science debunked in 1950 and anti-psychiatry hate exhibits and <a href="http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2009/01/living-up-to-worst-expectations.html" target="_blank">hatchet jobs</a> against our psychology department and its students" ? I am wondering what St. Ignatius of Loyola and Sir George Williams would think.<br /><br />I think it would be a mistake for the Governors to do nothing or cancel the October appearance of CCDH. The students and governors are better served by using an eleven-day CCDH return in October to sponsor a whole range of teaching, discussion, and debate about CCDH, Scientology, and human rights abuses. Since anonymous are mostly poor college students, the psychology department, alumni, corporate donors and sponsors, and the administration would need to fund these events.</div><div><br />There are splendid resources available. Professor <a title="Professor Stephen A. Kent" href="http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/scientology.html" target="_blank">Stephen A. Kent</a> of the University of Alberta is a leading academic expert and critic of Scientology. <a title="Jean- Paul Dubreuil" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedZDOKTDko" target="_blank">Jean-Paul Dubreuil</a> is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate ex-Sea Org members in Québec. Students need to hear his experiences.<br /><br /><a title="Dr. Ridha Joober" href="http://www.douglasrecherche.qc.ca/profiles/details.asp?l=e&id=77" target="_blank">Dr. Ridha Joober</a> of McGill University is the only psychiatrist in living memory who has publicly criticized Scientology. He movingly expressed his profound concern for the potential for depression and suicide among students affected by CCDH's ideas in his interview at the exhibit with <a title="CTV" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOGcE07nKI" target="_blank">CTV</a>. His perspective would be invaluable.<br /><br /><a title="Louise Arbour" href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/ju/arbour/index-eng.asp" target="_blank">Louise Arbour</a>, the former Supreme Court Justice and High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Commission lives in Montreal. If the students of Concordia can engage her interest her perspective on human rights abuses and the French and Belgian cases would be invaluable. There are challenging legal issues of religious cloaking that need expert analysis and commentary as Anonymous Québec. recommended in <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/french-version-of-anonymous-quebecs.html">their letter </a>to Cardinal Ouellet. Another valuable perspective is to be had from <a title="Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon" href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=23&show=bibliography" target="_blank">Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon</a>. She was ambassador to the Holy See in the Bush administration, a heroine of the pro-life movement and now teaches church-state constitutional and comparative law at Harvard.<br /><br />From the US, students need to hear the direct experience of Marc Headley and other survivors of Scientology abuse, and especially the stories of women close in age to Concordia students like Astra Woodcraft and David Miscavige's niece, Jenna Miscavige Hill. They are former Sea Org children who have founded the wonderful <a title="Ex-Scientology Kids" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" href="http://www.exscientologykids.com/" target="_blank">Ex-Scientology Kids</a>. They left because they were being coerced into abortion. Jenna recounts that she was called <a title="'" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jary3zObHYI" target="_blank">"a degraded being"</a> for being pregnant.<br /><br />These are some of the resources available. The University, unwittingly, has catalyzed a public discussion about Scientology's relationship to society among university students that is long, long overdue.<br /><br />This is serious business. Now is the time time to serve Concordia students' true interests. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>___________________________________________________</div><div></div><div>+</div><div>+</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jary3zObHYI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jary3zObHYI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div><div><br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><strong>A Note on Due Diligence:</strong></u></span> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>It will no longer do for the Board of Governors, the Montreal Gazette, and the rest of the media to fail to do due diligence on Scientology. Statements like these from the Gazette are a journalistic embarrassment in the year 2009: </div><div><br /></div><blockquote>Tiresomely, many of Scientology's foes choose to remain anonymous, claiming that critics have been harassed in the past. This is, we suggest, unwise marketing, if nothing else. Never mind the merits of an idea; when it is denounced anonymously, it's the critics who seem sinister. </blockquote><div><br />No one who has read Jeff Jacobsen's sociological study <a title="We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology" href="http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm" target="_blank">We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology</a> would ever write these sentences. </div><div><br />The <a title="Anonymous forums on Why We Protest" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/" target="_blank">Anonymous forums on Why We Protest</a> are available to journalists and others looking for information. </div><div></div><div></div><div>Here is some essential reading:<br /><br />Jonny Jacobsen: <a title="Infinite Complacency" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/03/13-story-so-far.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Infinite Complacency</a><br /><br />Bob Penny: <a title="Social Control in Scientology" href="http://members.chello.nl/mgormez/books/scs/scs.html" target="_blank">Social Control in Scientology</a><br /><br />Just Bill:<br /><a href="http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-do-scientologists-believe.html" target="_blank">Why Do Scientologists Believe?</a> <a href="http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2009/02/scientology-thought-control-part-4.html" target="_blank">Scientology Thought Control</a><br /><br />Scientology Critical Information Directory:<br /><br /><a title="What is wrong with Scientology?" href="http://www.xenu-directory.net/" target="_blank">What is wrong with Scientology?</a><br /><br />Stephen Kent:<br /><br /><a href="http://solitarytrees.net/pubs/skent/brain.htm#impact" target="_blank">Brainwashing in Scientology's RPF</a><br /><a title="Scientology: Is this a Religion" href="http://bible.ca/scientology-not-religion-kent.htm" target="_blank">Scientology: Is this a Religion?</a><br /><a title="Malignant Narcissism, L. Ron Hubbard, and Scientology's Policies of Narcissistic Rage" href="http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/Linkedfiles/Lane-Kent_HubbardsNarcissism_EN_December08-2008.pdf" target="_blank">Malignant Narcissism, L. Ron Hubbard, and Scientology's Policies of Narcissistic Rage</a><br /><br />Why We Protest: <a title="Media Forum" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/" target="_blank">Media Forum</a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/05/25/640_sea_org.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 640px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 512px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/05/25/640_sea_org.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Shoop credit: Dr. Lilly von Marcab - </span><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/05/25/sea_org.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/25/18502098.php&usg=__fzi-ppF-jmz0YkW7rbL8tVYGo9s=&h=600&w=750&sz=105&hl=en&start=2&sig2=TA2v3o7csj_NBjoM64Pfmg&um=1&tbnid=UlACcAPVgeLTFM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscientology%2Bcoerced%2Babortions%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2008-19,GGGL:en%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=5jzwSfW9A5OytAO77IHVCg"><span style="font-size:85%;">Scientology cult's "Sea Org": Tax-exempt child abuse, coerced abortions, internal prisons</span></a></div><div></div><div>*</div><div></div><div></div><div>*</div><div>*</div><div></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-71874253391184698402009-04-09T10:29:00.000-07:002009-04-09T10:58:53.349-07:00Current Scientology-related lawsuitsThe regime of David Miscavige, leader of Scientology is under signficant attack in the United States, France, and Belgium through lawsuits that are under way. I am posting links about these cases for future reference.<br /><br />Sources I have used are attorney Scott Pilutik's excellent ongoing legal analyses and Jonny Jacobsen's remarkable articles on Infinite Complaceny where future cases will be announced.<br /><br /><br />1. Godelman vs Diskeeper imposition of Scientology in the workplace<br /><br />Scott Pilutik: <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2009/01/diskeeper_respo.php">Godelman vs Diskeeper update </a><br /><br /><br />2. Kyle Brennan wrongful death suit<br /><br />Scott Pilutik: <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2009/02/wrongful_death.php">Kyle Brennan wrongful death suit</a><br /><br /><br />3. Marc Headley vs CSI<br /><br />Scott Pilutik: <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2009/01/claire_headley.php">Marc Headley vs CSI</a><br />Jonny Jacobsen: <a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/01/marc-headleys-lawsuit.html">Marc Headley's lawsuit</a><br />Jonny Jacobsen: <a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/01/6-marc-headleys-story.html">Marc Headley's story</a><br />Legal complaint text is <a href="http://www.scribd.com/full/12565010?...gtpfaqt9ytei17">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />4. Claire Headley vs CSI, RTC<br /><br />Scott Pilutik: <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2009/01/claire_headley.php">Claire Headley vs CSI, RTC</a><br />Jonny Jacobsen: <a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/03/11-claire-headleys-lawsuit-abortion.html">Claire Headley's Lawsuit</a><br />Legal complaint text is <a href="http://www.scribd.com/full/13912796?...az37cbbx9pkg8h">here</a>.<br /><br />5. Laura DeCrescenzo vs CSI<br /><br />Jonny Jacobsen: <a href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/04/14-laura-decrescenzos-lawsuit.html">Laura DeCrescenzo's Lawsuit</a><br />Legal complaint text is <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mnji0lyikf1">here</a>.Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-26746508560950531332009-04-09T10:14:00.001-07:002009-04-09T10:29:32.734-07:00Second Coerced Abortion Lawsuit vs Scientology***<br /><br />Anonymous has issued a press release concerning the filing of a legal complaint by Laura Dieckman, a woman in her late twenties who left the Sea Org in 2004. The complaint is filed under her married name, Laura DeCrescenzo while in the Sea Org. She is now divorced from her husband,<br /><br />This is the second coerced abortion complaint filed against Scientology since January 2009 . Claire Headley wife of former Sea Org staffer Marc Headley also has filed a complaint for labor working conditions and compensation violations.<br /><br />For Great Justice will comment in a future article.<br /><br />***<br /><br />PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br /><br />SCIENTOLOGY SUED OVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COERCED ABORTIONS<br /><br />On April 2, 2009, Laura DeCrescenzo filed a complaint against the Church of Scientology International, claiming:<br /><br />1. rescission of unlawful and fraudulent instruments;<br /><br />2. unpaid wages and breaches of labor laws;<br /><br />3. discrimination and invasion of privacy, including illegal use of lie-detectors on staff;<br /><br />4. human trafficking;<br /><br />5. intentional infliction of emotional distress; and6. obstruction of justice.<br /><br />At age 10, Laura was a full-time staff member. At 12, she left her home in New Mexico, without her parents, and moved to California to join Scientology's elite Sea Organisation, signing a contract to serve for one billion years.<br /><br />At 17, Laura was coerced into having an abortion. She was told that to have the child she was pregnant with would be "out-ethics", a Scientology term meaning "unethical", because it would interfere with her work for the Church.<br /><br />Finally, in 2004, Laura swallowed bleach to make the Scientologists think she was suicidal. The ploy worked, and allowed Laura to escape without undergoing the lengthy and tortuous procedure of “routing out”.<br /><br />The suit comes as a further blow to the Church of Scientology following suits alleging labor law violations issued in January 2009 by Marc and Claire Headley.<br /><br />Sources:<br /><br />Laura De Crescenzo's Story by Journalist Jonny Jacobsen: <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_infinitecomplacency_blogspot_com_2009_04_14_laura_decrescenzos_lawsuit_html');" href="http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot....s-lawsuit.html/" target="_blank">http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot....s-lawsuit.html</a><br /><br />Laura De Crescenzo's Complaint filed April 2, 2009: <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_scribd_com_full_13912796_access_key_key_elkvgaz37cbbx9pkg8h');" href="http://www.scribd.com/full/13912796?...az37cbbx9pkg8h" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/full/13912796?...az37cbbx9pkg8h</a><br /><br />Laura's Story as originally told at whyweprotest.net : <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_mediafire_com_mnji0lyikf1');" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mnji0lyikf1" target="_blank">http://www.mediafire.com/?mnji0lyikf1</a><br /><br />Marc Headley's Amended Complaint: <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_scribd_com_full_12565013_access_key_key_1bdwxztds5mz3ryw8oei');" href="http://www.scribd.com/full/12565013?...tds5mz3ryw8oei" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/full/12565013?...tds5mz3ryw8oei</a><br /><br />Claire Headley's Amended Complaint: <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_scribd_com_full_12565010_access_key_key_191r3kgtpfaqt9ytei17');" href="http://www.scribd.com/full/12565010?access_key=key-191r3kgtpfaqt9ytei17" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/full/12565010?...gtpfaqt9ytei17</a>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-71992129863000064652009-04-01T17:34:00.000-07:002009-04-01T19:36:39.720-07:00Consensus: The unbeatable Darwinian memescape of Anonymous and Project Chanology***<br /><br />Anonymous poster Consensus at Why We Protest has posted an insightful set of remarks on Anonymous and the internet from his interest in Cognitive Science that illuminate Project Chanology. I have reproduced his posts below these comments.<br /><br />Consensus sees that "The internet has changed the game. Every game. In all ways" and that "the world hasn't yet realized the significance of the Anonymous protests."<br /><br />He puts his finger on a key issue in Chanology's war with Scientology:<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>What the internet has done is vastly increased the number and strength of connections, of communications pathways, between independent brains. And just as there's no 'seat of consciousness' in a human brain, there's no 'leader' of an<br />organization designed around twitter, facebook, or a forum.</blockquote><br />This is why Anonymous will ultimately win the war with Scientology. The classic "Cut off the enemy's head" tactics of the cult no longer work. As a totalitarian organization all power in Scientology is concentrated in one man, David Miscavige. Leaderless Anonymous will eventually lop off his head.<br /><br />Consensus goes right to the heart of the matter in Chanology: freedom to discuss politics and religion in ways in which you are prevented from reprisals. The internet has given hundreds of thousands of people the ability to speak critically of Scientology and its clothing itself in religious respectability to hide inquiry into its business operations and human rights abuses.<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote><p>Another thing worth addressing is 'freedom of speech.' Yeah, we've always* had it... but discussions of politics and religion have been kept carefully controlled. In the past, bars were the equivalent of what the internet is today. </p><p><br />Yeah, you can see the night-and-day comparison; it really is like the difference between trying to sound out the word 'pencil' without a corpus callosum, and doing it with. But we won't talk about politics or religion in bars. Mostly because people get butthurt - and in a bar, butthurt people put up fists. On the<br />internet, that doesn't happen - so nobody fears the butthurt, and, in fact, we mock the butthurt mercilessly. So now we can breach topics of religion, politics, economics, race, and so on without fear of violent reprisals.</p><p>How many of you have parents that joined facebook in the last six months? How many have received messages from them condemning your use of profanity? </p><p>And how many have stood up to your parents and said 'its my fucking internet, tolerate it or get the fuck off. P.S. Love you <3.'?> <p>Remarkable. Society-changing. And few realize or appreciate it yet. All the sudden, we have a true memescape with a Darwinian system killing weak ideas and spreading good ideas. All the sudden, we have real dialog going using more than empty rhetoric (doing an end-run around cable news, which has completely failed us on that end). </p><p></p></blockquote>Remarkable and society changing. It is <a id="e_sc" title="The Anonymous Revolution" href="http://anonymousrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/02/anonymous-revolution.html">The Anonymous Revolution</a> using new media and the blogosphere to expose organized Scientology by discussing relevant issues that have been taboo or supressed by Scientology.<br /><br />These rhetorical questions are the best:<br /><br /><br /><blockquote><p>How many of you have parents that joined facebook in the last six months? How many have received messages from them condemning your use of profanity?</p><p>And how many have stood up to your parents and said 'its my fucking internet, tolerate it or get the fuck off. P.S. Love you <3.'?></blockquote><br />Here he totally counters the prudish PC/socially-Conservative accusations by critics and enemies of Anon which Scientology uses to defame Anon and Project Chanology. "I'm shocked, shocked that Anonymous is using profanity."<br /><br />The Scientology executives at Gold Base international headquarters prepared a booklet of these smears and gave it to their ally Republican Supervisor Jeff Stone. He used it to convince his fellow Riverside County supervisors to pass a Scientology-inspired revised protest ordinance designed to eliminate Anon's free speech right to protest, among other things, Scientology's suppression of free speech.<br /><br />By propagating truth across the Darwinian memescape of the internet Anonymous is threatening Scientology's survival:<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>We - Anonymous - have been thrown into this in the last year. Scientology is a system designed to use every cognitive bias and logical fallacy against its members. And we have learned to recognize and shine a light on those bad forms of persuasion. We work to innoculate scientologists against them, because<br />scientology cannot survive if its membership is aware of them.</blockquote><br />Chanology is <a id="maqw" title="fundamentally about free speech" href="http://anonymousrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/04/anonymous-delivers-state-of-insurgency.html">fundamentally about free speech</a> . Scientology is fundamentally about the suppression of free speech for individuals and society. Anonymous runs this game. Scientology is losing and cannot win because a lot of kids are telling their parents," its my fucking internet, tolerate it or get the fuck off. P.S. Love you <3.'"<br /><br />Chanology is also more fun than Scientology.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319904468169755394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 370px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoZq1Wx4gJXQ0Kwp-RpjSGA6r9OxVkYjezE487zMyojQf6hRQI_ORyLe618JV1ZBU-evqnVai0LCZQliZglwYuIOVjsfheNEDhPba7POOWOqOL2FknKChDFuay1jdTRXPRQ7P5sjJwK4/s320/Anon_has_moar_fun_335637384525ca293a76.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoZq1Wx4gJXQ0Kwp-RpjSGA6r9OxVkYjezE487zMyojQf6hRQI_ORyLe618JV1ZBU-evqnVai0LCZQliZglwYuIOVjsfheNEDhPba7POOWOqOL2FknKChDFuay1jdTRXPRQ7P5sjJwK4/s1600-h/Anon_has_moar_fun_335637384525ca293a76.jpg"></a><br /><br />_________________________________________________<br /><br />Posts by Consensus on the Why We Protest thread :<a id="scz0" title="CNN.com - Protesters use technology to coordinate efforts..." href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/cnn-com-protesters-use-technology-coordinate-efforts-42802/#post815789">CNN.com - Protesters use technology to coordinate efforts...</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/cnn-com-protesters-use-technology-coordinate-efforts-42802/#post815789">First post</a>:<br /><br /><br />Okay, my background is Cog Sci, so I'm a little nutty for this stuff... but I've been saying since the beginning that the world hasn't yet realized the significance of the Anonymous protests.<br /><br />The internet has changed the game. Every game. In all ways.<br /><br /><br />The corpus callosum, in the brain, is the neural pathway between the left and right hemispheres. In severely epileptic persons, it's sometimes medically advisable to sever that connection. The result is two mostly-independently functioning brains in one body.<br /><br />You get the 'alien hand' effect, where you might be making an omelet with one hand, and the other is throwing dish soap into your pan (or you might be buttoning up your shirt with one hand, and the other unbuttons it). You can show a person with the split brain a pencil in their left field of vision and ask what it is, and they'll be unable to name it. Nonetheless, they'll know what it is, and can describe it until the left hemisphere recognizes the discription (via the auditory cortex rather than corpus callosum), and produces the word 'pencil' (perhaps, even, with mistaken guesses like 'pen' first).<br /><br /><br />Human brains are like the independent hemispheres. We're our own being, with our own consciousness. And these brains communicate via language. What the internet has done is vastly increased the number and strength of connections, of communications pathways, between independent brains.<br /><br />And just as there's no 'seat of consciousness' in a human brain, there's no 'leader' of an organization designed around twitter, facebook, or a forum.<br /><br />Anyone with the time, read up on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army" target="_blank">bonus army protests</a>. Imagine how it would have played out differently if today's internet existed then. Hell, imagine if the internet existed in the lead-up to the great depression.<br /><br />And if everything was just going smoothly, these changes due to technology would go largely unnoticed. But now the shit is hitting the fan. The global economy is collapsing. We're going to see a revolution whereby the internet takes control of the world - well, we'll either see that or we'll see the internet shrink and nearly disappear as despair and poverty takes over - for decades.<br /><br /><br />In any case, Anonymous is the proof-of-concept.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/cnn-com-protesters-use-technology-coordinate-efforts-42802/#post815802">Second post</a>:<br /><br /><br />Another thing worth addressing is 'freedom of speech.' Yeah, we've always* had it... but discussions of politics and religion have been kept carefully controlled. In the past, bars were the equivalent of what the internet is today. Yeah, you can see the night-and-day comparison; it really is like the difference between trying to sound out the word 'pencil' without a corpus callosum, and doing it with.<br /><br />But we won't talk about politics or religion in bars. Mostly because people get butthurt - and in a bar, butthurt people put up fists. On the internet, that doesn't happen - so nobody fears the butthurt, and, in fact, we mock the butthurt mercilessly.<br /><br />So now we can breach topics of religion, politics, economics, race, and so on without fear of violent reprisals. How many of you have parents that joined facebook in the last six months? How many have recieved messages from them condemning your use of profanity?<br /><br /><br />And how many have stood up to your parents and said 'its my fucking internet, tolerate it or get the fuck off. P.S. Love you <3.'?<br /><br /><br />The ability to communicate has gone through an unprecedented revolution - and, not coincidentally, so has the concept of freedom of speech. We - not anonymous, but people who endorse the philosophy that is 'the internet' - need to keep pushing. We've hit a tipping point where everyone and their mother is now joining facebook, and facebook is being used to post digg links, which are voted up or down, and link to forums, news articles, youtube vids, and so on.<br /><br />This structure is incredible. Remarkable. Society-changing. And few realize or appreciate it yet. All the sudden, we have a true memescape with a darwinian system killing weak ideas and spreading good ideas. All the sudden, we have real dialog going using more than empty rhetoric (doing an end-run around cable news, which has completely failed us on that end).<br /><br /><br />Be ready for BIG changes in the next decade. I'm betting my house on freedom of speech and increased communications technology, and regard anyone working to undermine the two as a mortal enemy.*all of our lives, anyway - but it's a relatively new concept in human history.<br /><br /><br /><a id="h5s1" title="Third post" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/cnn-com-protesters-use-technology-coordinate-efforts-42802/#post815827">Third post</a> :<br /><br /><blockquote>Quote:<br />Originally Posted by Mutante -<a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/cnn-com-protesters-use-technology-coordinate-efforts-42802/#post815810" rel="nofollow"></a><br />I agree with much of what you say but you just defined your<br />mortal enemy as the industry of Western intelligence agencies. And good luck with that bit.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Western intelligence agencies were incredibly powerful in the old paradigm. In the new paradigm, they are almost worthless - as the new paradigm demands transparency. We're not yet to the point where they're worthless, but it's heading that way.And the ideas I'm expressing here aren't my own pet ideas; they're being popularized in ideas like the 'technological singularity', 'here comes everybody', 'the wisdom of crowds', 'the tipping point', 'blink', and so on.<br /><br /><br />The memescape is like a tidepool, and memes are like organisms. Survival of the fittest decides what dominates. Of course, our tidepool is actually divided in places; everywhere there's a language barrier (russian, english, french, spanish, etc) is a big wall. Everywhere there's a massive firewall (china) is a barrier. But the barriers are being breached for the first time in human history. They can't stop the memes from cross-pollinating. Prior to WWI, the tide pools were clearly deliniated. Then all the pools grew too large, and started pressing against eachother - that was the 'powder keg' that set off two world wars. The result was a much smaller world, with a lot of breaches between tide pools.<br /><br /><br />The internet is the second wave, it's the dams bursing completely. Notice that countries tended to line up along linguistic barriers in the world wars. Those barriers are still a threat, but they're breaking down. We won't see a war between the US, Canada, and/or the UK. We're slightly more likely - though still very unlikely - to see wars between english-speaking countries and germanic, french, or spanish speaking countries.<br /><br /><br />Part of this, I think, is that English is a hybrid of romance and germanic languages. Japan, thankfully, has embraced american culture to the point where they are unlikely to go to war with the romance/germanic tidepool. Russian and Chinese are the dangerous areas, but there's a lot more cross-polination there than there was in the lead-up to WWII or the cold war.*<br /><br /><br />And as far as the 'survival of the fittest', this occurs through persuasion. And there are a lot of 'tricks' to persuasion; cognitive biases, logical fallacies, and so on. It's important to innoculate yourself against them, to educate yourself on them, and to point them out where you see them. This will help ensure only the best ideas survive.<br /><br /><br />We - Anonymous - have been thrown into this in the last year. Scientology is a system designed to use every cognitive bias and logical fallacy against its members. And we have learned to recognize and shine a light on those bad forms of persuasion. We work to innoculate scientologists against them, because scientology cannot survive if its membership is aware of them.<br /><br /><br />Hell, Hubbard himself set up a seperate tidepool by giving scienotlogy its own language. And anonymous has it's own shibboleths too. And in the last year, these two tidepools have largely merged, as we learned sci-speak and they learned chan-speak. They still have a large population of members that they try to keep out of the tidepool, but every single one of them that falls into the tidepool switches sides eventually.<br /><br /><br />It all comes into play here. And it's going to shape our world going into the next century.*I don't mean to suggest that the romance/germanic language tidepools are 'right' or that the russian or chinese are 'wrong.' Rather, I mean to point out that the walls dividing these three pools are precisely where there's the greatest risk of violent conflict (as opposed to reasoned dialog).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />***Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-70238072183117909612009-03-26T00:39:00.000-07:002009-03-26T07:10:57.530-07:00The passing of Pamela Pattinson***<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9958/pamelaandmichael.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 380px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9958/pamelaandmichael.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Pamela Pattinson and her son Michael </span></div><br />Pamela Pattinson, the mother of <a id="nafp" title="Michael Pattinson" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2008/12/governor-martin-omalley-has-appointed.html">Michael Pattinson</a> , one of the great figures of the Scientology-critical movement, has died in England. Her passing is of signficance for all who seek to put an end to the abuses of Scientology and to do justice for its victims. Light In The Darkness and For Great Justice extend their their condolences and prayers to Michael and his family.<br /><br />Pamela Pattinson did not always clearly understand about Scientology and how it had entrapped her son. With unending love she supported him in the darkest days after he left Scientology, was defamed, and had his businesses destroyed by David Miscavige, OSA agents, and Kendrick Moxon and other Scientology attack lawyers.<br /><br />Michael is known and loved for being among the Old Guard critics of Scientology who most understand and love anons and the culture of Project Chanology Anonymous. Another much beloved former Sea Org executive, <a id="yj.f" title="Larry Brennan" href="http://larrybren.blogspot.com/">Larry Brennan</a>, who has <a id="lv4v" title="blown the whistl" href="http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=5795">blown the whistle</a> on Scientology's religious cloaking program, posted a wonderful video in his response. Another hero of Project Chanology, attorney Graham Berry who was also defamed and had his law practice destroyed, left a touching message of condolence.<br /><br />Pamela Pattinson was blessed to see her son Michael liberated from the cult. Another UK Mum, <a id="t6ys" title="Susan Talbot" href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/03/la-scientology-family-cruelty-continued.html">Susan Talbot</a> , has yet to see her daughter Amanda Kember, mind-controlled prisoner of the cult's Sea Org in Los Angeles. As we pray for Michael and his family, let us continue to pray for Susan, Amanda, and all families separated by Scientology's abominable practice of disconnection. Here is Michael's post:<br /><br /><blockquote><p>I just found out today that my mother (Pamela) passed away over in the UK. She had been suffering from cancer for a while and was ready to be rid of all the pain that went along with that. She was a great lady and did good wherever she went.<br /><br />Why post here? She was one of my main moral supporters before, and while I was being attacked so fiercely by a scared DM, Moxon and OSA when I sued them in 1998. I had already been having a very rough time with OSA attacks since 1991<br />after OT8 and my daring to challenge the promises made, which destroyed all of my businesses and cost me everything in the end. </p><p>Anyway, my mother stood with me even though she was never a Scilon and did not fully get all that was happening. She gave me unwavering support, as did my dad and for that I am grateful. I honor her here today as a gentle and caring lady with a fighting spirit who knew that truth and freedom are worth defending. I am carrying that spirit onward.<br /></p><p>There are many here who also hold such things as being worth the effort, and I honor all of you too. Not going to post more as screen is very blurry. Maybe I will get some nice caek. </p><p>Love U guise. </p><p>M<br /></p></blockquote><br />Larry Brennan:<br /><br /><blockquote><p>I am sorry to hear of your loss Michael. IMHO there is no greater thing than the love, nurturing, kindness, creativity and true beauty that is associated with motherhood. I truly believe it is something that transends death. </p><p>Here is to your mother and to motherhood! May the beauty and love of Fae itself be with her and you. Wishing you everything good Michael, </p><p>)0(<br />Larry </p><p>PS: For you Michael and for your Mother. Let the Heavens rejoice :) <a href="http://www.duirwaighgallery.com/insp...ensrejoice.htm" target="_blank">http://www.duirwaighgallery.com/insp...ensrejoice.htm</a><br /></p></blockquote><br />Graham Berry:<br /><br /><blockquote><p>My dear Michael: Although we have just talked by telephone I wanted to also add my condolences to this thread. </p><p>My own mother was taken by cancer five years ago. As you know, I went to New Zealand and helped nurse her for the final six months. Although I did not realize it at the time, her passing sent me into a funk for the best part of a year. However, I was shocked that the world did not miss a beat when she died and just went on as before. </p><p>As I told you by telephone, many of us never really get over losing our Mom but time helps heal the hurt and the memories never fade. I think of her numerous times a day and<br />still feel her presence. You were fortunate she lived such a long life and was there to support you with unwavering, unquestioning and unconditional love, especially when you finally flew the cult's coop. </p><p>Her life, and your life, are "epic wins."We are all here for you with whatever you need.</p><p>With the warmest of wishes and love, </p><p>Graham </p></blockquote><br />The most moving image was from <a id="v2tq" title="FreakE420:" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/7-general-discussion/honoring-my-mom-42320/3/#post806780">FreakE420</a> :<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/hammerb420/HPIM6184-Copy3-1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 439px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/hammerb420/HPIM6184-Copy3-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><div>Michael Pattinson is a wonderful artist. Please view his artwork and support him by buying his work and making him known among your networks. <a href="http://www.mpattinson.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mpattinson.smugmug.com/</a> </div><div> </div><div><em>All shall be well. All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well</em>. - <a href="http://www.umilta.net/julian.html">Julian of Norwich</a>.<br /></div><div><div><div><br /><div>*** </div></div></div></div></div>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-41572097922522961852009-03-18T12:16:00.000-07:002009-03-18T13:51:39.540-07:00KESQ's Nathan Baca: Merchant of Chaos, Scourge of Scientology***<br /><br />If you want to watch a Peabody award in the making, read and watch everything Nathan Baca has been doing on Scientology vs Anonymous on the ABC- affiliate KESQ in Palm Springs.<br /><br />Baca is in the middle of a stunning 12-part investigative series on Scientology's Gold Base international headquarters near Hemet, CA and its attempts to silence members of the Anonymous free speech and human rights alliance from protesting human rights abuses taking place at Gold.<br /><br />Gold Base is also known as Int Base since it is the Kremlin, or world-wide headquarters, of Scientology. Scientology leader David Miscavige has his office there. surrounded by upper-level executives of his multi-nationial medical and psycho-therapeutic quackery empire.<br /><br />Located at 19625 Gilman Springs Rd., Gold is the main base for Scientology's urgent campaign to Clear the Planet and its War on Psychiatry.<br /><br />It sprawls over 500 acres on either side of Highway 79. It is staffed by 400 - 500 members of the Sea Org, Scientology's religious order of zealous <s>serfs</s> religious workers. Women Sea Org members are forced to have abortions if they get pregnant (because Scientology is too cheap to build facilities for families). All Sea Org staff are subject to punishment in the dreaded RPF's, the Rehabilitation Project Force hard labor and re-indoctrination camps.<br /><br />In November, Scientology induced Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone to submit an amended protest ordinance designed to completely eliminate Anonymous' ability to protest. It established a ban on protesting within 300 feet of a targeted residence. Respected UCLA constitutional law professor <a href="http://volokh.com/posts/1228068392.shtml">Eugene Volokh </a> has pointed out the unconsitutionality of the proposed ordinance. Attorney Scott Pilutik has analyzed the issues of <a href="http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2009/01/claire_headley.php">coerced abortion and human trafficking </a> raised in the recent legal complaint of former Sea Org Gold Base staffer, Claire Headley.<br /><br />The ordinance has gone through several revisions. The clash between protesters and Gold Base security goons has been intense. Scientologists have blasted protesters with an ear-drum shattering "Gold Tone" played through loudspeakers. They attempted to pressure the Board of Supervisors into approving one draft of the proposed ordinance by staging a homophobic AIDS panic, revealing to country officials the HIV+ of three gay protesters.<br /><br />Baca got involved in December and has burrowed in deep and broad. His series is not to be missed. His recent interview with Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis made big news. After years of denying the Xenu story, which is the basis for Scientology's money-making array of pseudo-counseling and self-improvement courses, Davis finally admitted its authenticity.<br /><br />There are important interviews coming up with former Gold Base Sea Org members <a href="http://counterfeitdreams.blogspot.com/">Jeff Hawkins </a>and <a href="http://exscientologykids.com/maureen1.html">Maureen Bolstad</a>. Maureen's twin sister is incardinated at Gold Base. All of Maureen's attempts to see her have been rebuffed by Scientology.<br /><br />L Ron Hubbard hated the media, and called them "merchants of chaos". Watch out Scientology a storm of Nate Baca chaos is headed your way.<br /><br />Links coutesy of <a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/kesq-series-continues-3-18-3-19-a-41738/#post795768">LeakLicker</a> at the Anonymous forum at <a href="http://www.whyweprotest.net/en/">Why We Protest</a>.<br /><br />Parts 6 and 7 of the KESQ's Scientology vs. Anonymous investigative reports will air on Wednesday, March 18th and Thursday, March 19th at 11PM.<br /><br />Parts 1-5 can be viewed here:<br /><br /><a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_kesq_com_Global_category_asp_C_162474');" href="http://www.kesq.com/Global/category.asp?C=162474" target="_blank">http://www.kesq.com/Global/category.asp?C=162474</a><br /><br />The full 45-minute Tommy Davis interview can be viewed here:<br /><br /><a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_kesq_com_Global_story_asp_S_9998312');" href="http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9998312" target="_blank">http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9998312</a><br /><br />Monday, March 16th: <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_rljsblog_blogspot_com_2009_03_scientology_series_html');" href="http://rljsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/scientology-series.html" target="_blank">Bob Smith's Behind The Screen Blog: Scientology Series</a><a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_kesq_com_Global_story_asp_S_10017101');" href="http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=10017101" target="_blank">Nathan Baca BLOG UPDATE: How the Interviews Were Secured for 'Scientology vs. Anonymous'</a><br /><br />Tuesday, March 17th:<a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_rljsblog_blogspot_com_2009_03_scientology_update_html');" href="http://rljsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/scientology-update.html" target="_blank">Bob Smith's Behind The Screen Blog: Scientology UPDATE</a><a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outgoing/http_www_kesq_com_Global_story_asp_S_10023624_amp_nav_menu191_1_1_2');" href="http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=10023624&nav=menu191_1_1_2" target="_blank">Nathan Baca BLOG UPDATE: Preview of Upcoming Interview with Former Scientology Member</a><br /><br />Here are Nate Baca's first and second reports to get you started:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rA_gv1uJnX4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rA_gv1uJnX4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Here are former Sea Org staffers talking about abortion. Some of these wonderful young women founded the <a href="http://www.exscientologykids.com/">Ex-Scientology Kids</a> website and forum in 2008, after Anonymous exploded on to the scene.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jary3zObHYI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jary3zObHYI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />And don't forget to listen to Anonymous (one of our For Great Justice community of writers) educating and surprisingly docile G. Gordon Liddy.<br /><br />Lefties: Do not be alarmed. The G-man is 78. On this show he listens, asks thoughtful questions and lets anon talk.<br /><br />Anon has a message for both parties: Don't have anything to do with Scientology, especially <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/18/greta-husband-palin/">you, Governor Palin</a>.<br /><br />Check it out:<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DBKP-TheWorldwideLeaderInWeird/~3/4Isn7ACza5w/">G. Gordy Liddy Talks With Anonymous, the Church of Scientology’s Arch-Nemesis</a><br /><br />Direct link to audio is <a id="doxk" title="here" href="http://docs.google.com/Direct%20link%20to%20audio:">here</a><br /><br /></s><s></s>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-82179758166525081502009-03-18T07:11:00.000-07:002009-03-18T08:33:53.652-07:00The Bubble Lounge - Anonymous Alliance For Great Justice***<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5pn0tqvI/AAAAAAAABh0/At3vlhs0gV4/s800/DSC01153.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5pn0tqvI/AAAAAAAABh0/At3vlhs0gV4/s800/DSC01153.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are the signs too faint to read: THE BUBBLE LOUNGE ROCKS!!! ERIC & SABAWUN <a href="http://encyclopediadramatica.com/For_the_win">FOR THE WIN</a> !!! O HAI, RIHAN!!!<br /></span><br />***<br /><br />Recently a troll e-mailed the Anonymous forum at Why We Protest attempting to create bad blood between the <a title="Bubble Lounge" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/" id="p59e">Bubble Lounge</a> and <a title="Anonymous" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whyweprotest.net%2F&ei=fNLASbftIoKEsAOOvoSbBA&usg=AFQjCNEJoEr5xOObBSFvuXwu7ORUEX4NbA&sig2=WUU_TT_B4Ovp2UGLw9PAVw" id="qyy.">Anonymous</a> in San Francisco, who are relentlessly raiding Scientology all over town with their lulzy signs and Guy Fawkes masks.<br /><br />The Bubble Lounge is a classy champagne bar with locations in <a title="Tribeca" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/new-york/" id="h90w">Tribeca</a> in Manhattan, and right across from the Scientology "org" in <a title="San Francisco" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/san-francisco/" id="qfu4">San Francisco</a> where Anon protests.<br /><br />The Anonymous Intelligence Division (AID) opines this was a troll attempt by OSA, the Office of Special Affairs, Scientology's very own secret service agency. Whoever the <i>agent provacatuer</i> was, he managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.<br /><br />In fact, he should be toasted with glasses of the awesome <a title="Michel Loriot Blanc de Noirs" href="http://eboutique.bubblelounge.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=bubbles&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=852153956&Count2=769294381" id="sfuh">Michel Loriot Blanc de Noirs</a> for having created the Great Bi-Coastal Bubble Lounge - Anonymous Alliance For Great Justice .<br /><br />Here is the failtroll's email regarding the Manager of the Bubble Lounge in San Francisco, Sabawun Kakar, which begins the thread on the Why We Protest forum <a title="False Rumour - San Francisco Raids Secretly Recorded by Bubble Lounge :" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/7-general-discussion/false-rumour-san-francisco-raids-secretly-recorded-bubble-lounge-41277/" id="isf3">False Rumour - San Francisco Raids Secretly Recorded by Bubble Lounge :</a><br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Next time you guys protest at the Church of Scientology be weary <i>[sic]</i> of the manager at the <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge. He is secretly videotaping you guys from a distance and from the roof at the <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge and turning in the footage to the Church. He is working with them directly because he doesn't like your protests and is in the beginning stages of becoming a Scientologist. His name is Sabawun Kakar and his phone number is (redacted). Just a loyal fan of you guys looking out. Good luck!!!<br /><br /></div>Some anons were furious at the alleged taping of anons by the Bubble Lounge; others thought this might be a troll.<br /><br />After twelve posts in the thread and much to the surprise of its readers, Eric Benn, who is the co-owner of the Bubble Lounge at their New York location in Tribeca, posted this under the name Hellcat:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Well, well, well! Here I am, Eric Benn, Co-Owner of the <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge SF and NY. Who ever started the filthy rumor that we are filming from the roof-top of the <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge in order to provide the tapes to the scientology sect is a pathetic informant. If anyone has any questions about this he/she may call me directly at 212 674 8202. "Anonymous" accusations posted on this site are nearly as dangerous as what you're all fighting. Before posting such hateful comments y'all might want to first get informed before anyone innocent gets hurt, harassed (as Sabawun has for the past two days with crazy phone calls and threats), and/or embarrassed.<br /><br /><b>I won't be reading anything off this site, so don't bother responding here.</b> If you really want to <b>apologize</b> you can write me at <a href="mailto:ericbenn@bubblelounge.com">ericbenn@bubblelounge.com</a> with a subject title "scientology nuts."<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Eric Benn<br /><br /><i>(Emphasis added.)</i><br /></div><br />To which the first anon response is:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"> wha....?<br /><br /></div>Pwnon writes:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;" id="post_message_786496"> An anonymous tip to anonymous? Fucking win.<br /><br /></div><div id="post_message_786496">Several posts later Mr. 'I won't be reading anything off this site, so don't bother responding here" Hellcat makes his second appearance, <i>begging</i> for Anon love:<br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;" id="post_message_786496"><br />Hey, guys, the Bubble Lounge is a tavern. 15 hours ago was last night in San Francisco. We closed this morning at 2 AM. Last night and this morning - that's two days for the uneducated - Bubble Lounge employees have been getting nasty calls from people who read or post here.<br /><br />On the bright side, I just received a very nice phone call from an "Anon" member in Washington. Now THAT'S brave, honest and certainly helps reduce the anger we have towards the original member who wrote his/her lies. Thanks to his call I'm actually interested in what "Anonymous" does -- might even get active too.<br /><br />By the way, CoS bugs the hell out of us with their members accosting clients coming to or leaving the Lounge. And I personally despise its activities (CoS that is). So to the doubters of our word, why don't you just step up to the plate and give me a call?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Eric Benn<br />The Bubble Lounge </div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br /></div>lol "Anonymous"<br /><br />"Anon" members start to show Hellcat the love. Uber-Anon <a title="Gold Base Mega-Raider" href="http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?s=9975125" id="ralk">Gold Base Mega-Raider</a> and <a title="DailyKos" href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/1/92029/72487/816/560562" id="e33q">DailyKos</a> blogger Xenubarb writes:<br /><div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">We been trolled! Sorry for the inconvenience, Hellcat. Next time I'm in SF I will stop in at your fine establishment. Do you serve <a title="clams" href="http://www.xenu.net/clam_faq.html" id="c_.a">clams</a> ?<br /><br /></div>Hellcat responds:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Xenubarb, no clams at the <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge (<a href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/" target="_blank"><span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge Champagne Sparkling Wine Sophisticated, Elegant Bar, Relaxed Lounge Atmosphere, San Francisco New York SF NY</a> how's <u>that </u>for cheap advertising?) but we do have other good stuff.<br /><br />I'm very impressed by the numerous calls I received, and have learned a lot though this process. Thank you to those who wrote or called their support. I had no idea Co$ (as Subgenius appropriately names them) was so devious. Looks like Anonymous just got a new member!<br /><br />Pardon my initial anger and harsh words, but the people I work with are dear to me -- and I tend to be overly protective when they are falsely accused.<br /><br />Best regards to all who I hope to meet one day.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Eric<br /></div><br />Lulzy convesation ensues about raiding and after-parties at the Bubble. Anons check out the <a title="Food & Appetizers" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/san-francisco/menus/food/" id="tbyx">Food & Appetizers</a>, <a title="Champagne" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/san-francisco/menus/index.php" id="a5rb">Champagne</a>, <a title="Champers Cocktails" href="http://www.bubblelounge.com/san-francisco/menus/champagnecocktails/" id="n0cy">Champers Cocktails</a> and more (<a title="moar" href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Moar" id="jex.">moar</a> ?) .<br /><br />LocalSP poses a thougtful question to the bi-coastal Bubble Lounge co-owner and new "Anon" member:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Maybe the scilons were going after both the Anons and the <span class="highlight">Bubble </span>Lounge. Hey Eric ever piss off any of the local scilons?<br /><br /></div>Mr. "Just call me, bitches!!!" Hellcat now into his <i>fourth</i> post responds:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">LocalSP, I'm a retired anarchist. An organization as regulated as Co$ ain't my cup of tea. So if I did piss'em off it's most likely because we have more "followers" than they do (at least in their SF fort); but not quite the same revenue I'm afraid.<br /></div><br />Anonymous adds:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Start a 'religion' then hehe<br /><br /></div>"I'm a retired anarchist<i>."</i> [<a title="[facepalm.jpg]" href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Facepalm" id="n68y">facepalm.jpg</a>]</div><br />Subgenius sums ups Anon's new bi-coastal Bubble Lounge ally perfectly:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">What a classy motherfucker.<br />And an anarchist.<br />He's an anon at heart.<br /></div><br />The flood of new Anonymous Bubble Lounge Lizards begins:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Hey Eric,<br /><br />I'm bringing in a group of six for champagne and oysters. Thanks for taking the time to come here and discuss this. Scientology just got itself a new critic, and <span class="highlight">Bubble</span> Lounge just got itself some new customers.<br /><br />Nice work, OSA :-P<br /></div><br />Nice work Eric, Sabawun, and all you classy anarchist motherfuckers at the Bubble Lounge. Welcome to Anonymous. You are just our kind of people.<br /><br />Did I mention how awesome their <a title="Michel Loriot Blanc de Noirs" href="http://eboutique.bubblelounge.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=bubbles&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=852153956&Count2=769294381" id="sfuh">Michel Loriot Blanc de Noirs</a> is?<br /><br />I need to give a shout-out here to Lauren Smiley at SF Weekly and her recnt cover article on Yelp. Lauren embedded with Anonymous for three weeks in the turbulent summer of 2008 and wrote the excellent <a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-08-13/news/scientology-s-antagonists/">Scientology's Antagonists - SF Weekly</a><br /><br />Her latest is on the power of Yelp to terrorize, among others, the bar and restaurant industries, which never dreamed anything could be worse than Michael Bauer. Now they are faced with a <a title="Web 2.0 army" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FArmy-Davids-Technology-Ordinary-Government%2Fdp%2F1595550542&ei=6fvASaPpD4m4sAP3ypQv&usg=AFQjCNEWVmTHFY_sGwQ-GZqZpwooXEsBGg&sig2=vjmT9yhlzmVobLH_EVAnOQ" id="ztmk">Web 2.0 army</a> of the hated critic's replicants: <a title="Faux star reviews!" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-03-11/news/faux-star-reviews/" id="e_cq">Lauren Smiley in SF Weekly: Faux star reviews!</a><br /><br />Your reporter stopped by and chatted with Anon's new ally, long-suffering SF Bubble Lounge Manager Sabawun Kakar. He's a cool guy from Afghanistan. I savored the Michel Loriot Blanc de Noirs he graciously offered me, and he confirmed that Yelp has indeed become the dominatrix of bar and restaurant criticism. You can check out BL's reviews and add your own yelps <a title="here" href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-bubble-lounge-san-francisco" id="rslr">here</a> <a title="For Great Justice" href="http://encyclopediadramatica.com/For_great_justice" id="rdfg">for great justice</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/ScDGM8JCi-I/AAAAAAAABrY/HVPXMBXeE5E/s800/Bubble%20Lounge%20Mar%202009_B.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/ScDGM8JCi-I/AAAAAAAABrY/HVPXMBXeE5E/s800/Bubble%20Lounge%20Mar%202009_B.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" > <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OH HAI!!!</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/ScDGLrSMMVI/AAAAAAAABrI/7ka6y1sfW9U/s800/Bubble%20Lounge%20Mar%202009_C.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/ScDGLrSMMVI/AAAAAAAABrI/7ka6y1sfW9U/s800/Bubble%20Lounge%20Mar%202009_C.JPG" alt="" border="0" /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALL UR CHAMAPGNEZ R BELONG TO US!!!</span></span></a><br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >AWESOMENESS ALERT</span><br /><br />Check out a San Francisco anon's stellar performance explaining Scientology's infiltration of the US government, coerced abortions, slave labor camps and moar, including the exciting breaking news on Lord Xenu, Galactic Overlord and Nemesis of Scientology.<br /><br />It's all on the G. Gordon Liddy show, srsly.<br /><br />Lefties: Fear not. The G-man is 78. On this show he listens, asks thoughtful questions and lets anon talk. Anon has a message for both parties: Don't have anything to do with Scientology.<br /><br />Check it out:<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/DBKP-TheWorldwideLeaderInWeird/%7E3/4Isn7ACza5w/">G. Gordy Liddy Talks With Anonymous, the Church of Scientology’s Arch-Nemesis</a><br /><br />Direct link to audio is <a title="here" href="http://docs.google.com/Direct%20link%20to%20audio:" id="doxk">here</a><br /><br />Don't forget to send your comments to the show's Senior Executive Producer Franklin Raff: <span class="gI"><span class="go">fraff@radioamerica.org</span></span><br /><br />Also don't forget to go to Amazon and order Irishman John Duignan's The Complex. Duignan made a daring escape from Scientology shaking off its secret service agents with disguises, safe house, false information - the whole spy vs spy thing.<br /><br />This is a complelling story of Scientology's infiltrations and propaganda operations in the US, Europe and Africa. Not to be missed. Scientology has suppressed it in the UK.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complex-Insider-Exposes-Covert-Scientology/dp/1903582849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226280388&sr=1-1">Amazon.com: The Complex - an Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology by John Duignan</a><br /><br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >MOAR PIX</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5YfhjasI/AAAAAAAABeo/CpS_dVyFX6c/s800/DSC01128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5YfhjasI/AAAAAAAABeo/CpS_dVyFX6c/s800/DSC01128.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5WF7e7PI/AAAAAAAABeI/L_C_lXGonEI/s800/DSC01124.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5WF7e7PI/AAAAAAAABeI/L_C_lXGonEI/s800/DSC01124.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5sO_egiI/AAAAAAAABig/j3Vh28zYrWA/s800/DSC01158.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5sO_egiI/AAAAAAAABig/j3Vh28zYrWA/s800/DSC01158.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Chanology">PROJECT CHANOLOGY</a>: A LARGE SCALE PLAN TO DISMANTLE THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN ITS PRESENT FORM</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5e9EBsuI/AAAAAAAABfw/0nw_VSRSw-k/s800/DSC01137.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5e9EBsuI/AAAAAAAABfw/0nw_VSRSw-k/s800/DSC01137.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5jDPzHdI/AAAAAAAABgk/59GlYIDcECY/s800/DSC01143.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hXO1Aqj6Uhs/Sbx5jDPzHdI/AAAAAAAABgk/59GlYIDcECY/s800/DSC01143.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Athanasius Kircherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879825959488518839noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923663303371133655.post-13381222891240130062009-03-08T15:58:00.000-07:002009-03-08T22:30:40.779-07:00LA Scientology Family Cruelty - Continued***<br /><br />This is an update on Susan Talbot's attempts to speak with her daughter Amanda, a Scientology Sea Org staffer. She is being blocked by Scientology's intelligence agency OSA (Office of Special Affairs) and Mandy's indoctrination in the toxic, family destroying doctrines and practices of L. Ron Hubbard.<br /><br />For him and for Scientologists, nothing is more sacred than the thoughts of L. Ron Hubbard, not even your relationship with your own mother. If it gets in the way of Scientology, destroy it.<br /><br />Background for new readers:<br /><br />Previous article: <a href="http://anonforgreatjustice.blogspot.com/2009/03/los-angeles-scientology-family-cruelty.html">Los Angeles: Scientology Family Cruelty Alert</a><br /><br />Main thread on Why We Protest: <a href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/121-raids/high-priority-mom-comes-england-demand-her-daughter-hgb-hollywood-raid-40999/">HIGH PRIORITY! Mom comes from England to demand her Daughter At HGB Hollywood Raid</a>.<br /><br />Susan Talbot is a UK citizen who left Scientology with other family members over ten years ago. Her daughter Amanda (Mandy) , however, remained and was transferred to Scientology's Hollywood Guaranty Building (HGB) facility in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Mandy is a member of Sea Org, the so-called religious order that runs Scientology. In accordance with Scientology's <a id="q0nk" title="disconnection" href="http://www.scientologydisconnection.com/">disconnection</a> policy, which has destroyed thousands of families, Amanda was forced to disconnect from her family, refusing all communication.<br /><br />The last contact Susan had with Mandy was nine years ago. She did not even know if she was alive.<br /><br />In November 2008 she saw an Anonymous video of a protest at the Hollywood Guaranty Building and saw Mandy. Susan contacted the video maker, Smurf; and arranged to come to Los Angeles from England to see her. She has been hosted and supported by two wonderful activists I'mglib (Glib) and Resistance Is Futile (RIF). (See their blog <a href="http://mumsformandy.blogspot.com/">Mums For Mandy</a>)<br /><br />Update:<br /><br />When Susan Talbot arrived on Wednesday, she went immediately to HGB to see Mandy and was refused, as she was for the next two days.<br /><br />On Saturday, Susan and her two human rights activist hosts, Glib and RIF, went to the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division. They discovered a group of Scientology handlers had delivered Mandy to the station earlier in the day. Attorney Graham Berry reports:<br /><br /><blockquote>The daughter was taken over to the Watch Commander by Scientology. He met with her alone. She told him that she did not want see her mother, she just wanted her mother and the protesters to go away, and that this is all very embarrassing<br />to her. The Watch Commander concluded she was acting voluntarily and therefore could not force a meeting with the mother. where she spoke with Watch Commander. Protests continued throughout the day at HGB. </blockquote>The Watch Commander was a certain Sgt. Torres. He later appeared at HGB along with several cop cars. Torres and his officers huddled with Kirsten Caetano, the head of HGB's unit of OSA (The Office of Special Affairs, Scientology's intelligence and secret service agency). They threatened the protesters' right to free speech. I will address the astonishingly bad behavior of the police in another post.<br /><br />What I want to focus on here is the tragedy of a mother being denied contact with her daughter because of the cruel doctrines, policies, and practices of organized Scientology. I will let participants I'mglib and Resistance Is Futile speak for themselves about Saturday's events. I have pruned the narrative a bit:<br /><blockquote><p>I'mglib: post <a id="m3ji" title="#338" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/121-raids/high-priority-mom-comes-england-demand-her-daughter-hgb-hollywood-raid-40999/17/#post782603">#338</a><br /><br />I was with British Mum today, and we've had some tears and some laughs and some serious talks. Also, we have had some absolutely unbelievable things happen that were really great.<br /><br />A mysterious person came along and helped out in ways I can't say, but if this person reads this, I want to pass along our thanks.<br /><br />Also, at a moment when we felt pretty low, I got a phone call on my cell phone from someone who I hadn't spoken to before, and magically this person called at the exact right time and said the exact right thing, and I want to say thanks for that, too.<br /><br />So, this morning we got to HGB at a little after ten, and set up with our signs and some donuts, and stood by the door where the Sea Org come and go. ...</p><p>After a while, we decided to go over to the Hollywood police department, to see about having the police do a welfare check. </p><p>There was a young guy who took the information, but as soon atthe word Scientology was mentioned, they went and got the Watch Commander, named Torres. </p><p>He said that the daughter had come to see him that morning to say she was fine, and that she didn't want to see her mother. </p><p>He said it like he had spent hours being worked over by Scientologists. It really reminded me of [Supervisor] Jeff Stone in Riverside. </p><p>We asked if she came alone, and he said she came with a group. We pointed out that she couldn't speak freely, because if she did she would have to go through all this interrogation and indoctrination afterwards. I am pretty angry at this cop. Now that some time has passed I realize how badly he behaved. </p><p>How dare he make assumptions about this mother and daughter based on one (brainwashed) side of the story?</p><p>This is a wonderful woman who is INCREDIBLY brave who was extremely close to her daughter. Her daughter did not want to be in LA when she first got here, and called home many times about it. </p><p>Her mother told her if she wanted to come home she would<br />come and get her. The ONLY THING that came between them was Scientology. Grrrrr.</p><p>Anyway, after talking to this cop who obviously had been harangued by Scientology, ... we were pretty low. Then the magic phone call came, and this person said that we shouldn't give up, and not to let them know we were down (ooops, was that me crying?). Well, that was like a shot in the arm. We wouldn't<br />let them get to us like they had gotten to the cop, and everyone inside. </p><p>We wouldn't let them mess with us.We went to lunch after a bit, and when we came back, guess who was at HGB? Two squad cars, and several cops, including our friend Torres. Now he was telling people they might be arrested for harassing, or for blocking people's passage. WTF? </p><p>Now we knew he was drinking the Scientology Koolaid. We talked for a few minutes, and decided we would continue.<br />Of course we weren't blocking anyone's passage, and since when is asking if a mother can see her daughter harassment?</p><p>I resumed my position by the side door, while several people stood out front. We were joined by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-hwuyJMenc">Tory</a> [Christman], Graham [Berry], <a href="http://xenubarb.dailykos.com/">Xenubarb</a> and friends, several anons, an ex or two, Smurf, Casper, and some lovely people who read this mom's story. </p><p>There was some really great energy. That's the only<br />word for it. It was a beautiful day, and everyone reading the message on the signs (This mom loves her daughter, Scientology won't let this mother see her daughter, etc) either gave the thumbs up, honks, words of encouragement, or<br />simply asked, "Really?"</p><p>We said things like, Why not just let this mom see her daughter face to face? We're not leaving until she sees her face to face.<br />This mom loves her daughter. Etc. </p><p>At this point Franck and Andy [two Scientology security guards] looked just grim. The joking and talking that took place<br />earlier was gone. Andy looked especially bad, and I truly hope he gets out one day. </p><p>Of all the people I have ever seen there, you look into this man's eyes and you see some spark of humanity there. I don't know if that's just his demeanor, but I just want to hug him and take him home...like and abused puppy you'd find at an animal shelter. </p><p>The sea orgers raced across the street, and studiously<br />tried not to look at us. Some did though.So, the bottom line is, this is a beautiful, lovely (our new word) woman who just wants a better life for her daughter. </p><p>We've been saying she just wants to see her but here's the truth, and this is the part that really really gets me:</p><p>This woman would sacrifice her relationship with her daughter, if she knew it meant she could have a better life. </p><p>Mum described the conditions as "a shithole" and that's no exaggeration. She wants her daughter to be in a better place with a future, with a family if she wants. I didn't get the part about sacrificing her relationship at first, but now I totally get it, and it's beautiful. </p><p>It's like how any mom would stand in front of a bus for their kid, if it meant a better life for them. That's it right there. Maybe she won't get her daughter back, but that's not the point. </p><p>She doesn't want a phony happy lunch with her daughter, with a handler along, and then the daughter goes back to the shithole. She wants her to have a better life.</p></blockquote>As if this is not moving enough, hear what Resistance Is Futile has to say:<br /><blockquote><p>Resistance is Futile post <a id="x_da" title="#399" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/121-raids/high-priority-mom-comes-england-demand-her-daughter-hgb-hollywood-raid-40999/20/#post783010">#399</a> </p><p>A few words about this experience. I know the videos are telling the story beautifully, but I'd like to share a few things that cannot be captured on film. This is my way of thanking everyone for sending out such strengthening good<br />vibrations. </p><p>First, some words about my wonderful new friend, Susan Talbot. Susan Talbot is a quiet, dignified, and unassuming woman. All this attention is hard for her. She didn't come here to become a media star. She just wanted to sit and talk with the daughter she has never stopped loving over the years and miles<br />that have separated them, if only for one hour. </p><p>She just wanted to take her daughter to lunch and tell her she loves her to her face, and to hear from her daughter's own lips that she is happy and that it really is her choice to remain<br />in Scientology. Susan does not care if her daughter wants to remain a Scientologist - so long as that's her choice and that's what she really wants to do with the rest of her life. </p><p>That's all Susan wants for her daughter. She wants her to be happy. Susan Talbot is pretty much on her own back in England. It wasn't easy for her to save the money for airfare and arrange the time off from work to come to America on the off chance Scientology management would allow her to spend an hour alone with her daughter. She knew it would be a battle. </p><p>She's not like me and Glib - women who (strangely) call protesting "fun". It has been a grueling roller coaster ride subjecting herself to this process. But Susan is a good mother and she feels the need to do everything in her power to reach out to her daughter, Mandy. </p><p>She can't live out her life wondering in silence if Mandy is happy. She wants to hear it for herself. She has been steadfastly<br />turned away by Scientology since the moment she first walked into the HGB last Wednesday.</p><p>Glib and I are trying very hard to not make this about ourselves. We are not the story here. But Susan Talbot is a very shy person and the camera makes her nervous, so we try to run nterference. She's embarrassed to be seen smoking or gum chewing, which she does to calm herself. Her lips are chapped and cracked from the wind and sun, and that embarrasses her too. </p><p>She doesn't know she is "lovely" and that people adore her just the way she is. So please forgive us when we move in to "hide" her behind a hug or some big natty hair. We're not seeking attention. We're just helping out a friend.</p><p>Now, there is one small thing I'd like to say for myself. I am not a cryer. Glib and Susan T. are cryers. I am more of a rock. Sgt. Torres says Susan can't see her daughter, they cry. Sgt. Torres says Susan can't see her daughter, I redouble my determination that, by God, she can and will see her daughter. Oh no you dit'n, Sgt. Torres.</p><p>But I do have my moments, and that explains <a href="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/DSIW/Picket/Picture002.jpg">the photo of the three of us</a> that circulated around on Friday. Minutes before that picture was snapped (by Tom Provenzano who has been an invaluable asset to the cause since the start), Glib, Susan and I<br />had been sitting in a small bistro resting over a brownie and cappuccinos. We take Susan out of the action every few hours to rest her mind and to regroup ourselves since we are simultaneously protesting at two different locations at the HGB. </p><p>Glib and her group man the side door where Andy, Frank and Alex shuttle the Sea Orgers in and out of buses. I'm at the front of the building exposing this atrocity to the public and trying to interface with the Sea Orgers that scuttle across Ivar into the building next door. </p><p>Susan floats between the two hot spots. She has a sunny bench to rest on up front and a folding chair set up with Glib around on the side. </p><p>Glib and I don't see much of each other while protesting, so we take opportunities like this to touch bases and monitor progress.</p><p>And so it was that we were sitting there getting caught up over our cappuccinos when my cellphone alerted me that a text message had arrived. </p><p>I flipped open the phone and read these four words from my daughter: "I love you, Mom." My breath caught in my throat. I don't usually get emotional when those texts arrive from my children. </p><p>It usually just makes a warm spot in my heart as I type the same words back to them. But this time I instantly thought of the<br />woman sitting next to me and how much those words would have meant to her coming from her daughter. I believe that would have been enough for her. I believe she would have considered her nine-year wait and 6,000 mile journey completely worthwhile had Susan just heard those four words from Mandy. I tried to hold on to myself, but I lost it. It took exactly one millisecond for the other two cryers to join me.</p><p>It must have looked strange, three grown women sitting there<br />sobbing and hugging and sobbing some more. This went on for several minutes. It felt wonderful to get that big wad of emotion out of my chest. But then afterward...well, there is no delicate way to put this. We all looked like shit. I hardly recognize myself in that picture. I can only hope people are looking at<br />the signs.</p><p>Again I wish to thank everyone for being so supportive of Ms. Talbot, our lovely British Mum. You'll be hearing lot more from all three of us as we attempt to blog this unfolding operation. We certainly invite and welcome your input. Susan is reading the boards and it means the world to her that so many<br />people care.</p></blockquote><p>If your monitor is not completely blurry, this is from <a href="http://www.lermanet.com/chuck_beatty/index.htm">Chuck Berry</a>, one of the great figures in Scientology criticism. His knowledge of the works of L. Ron Hubbard is encyclopedic. He is the go-to man for scholars seeking out the truth about Scientology. He also spent seven years in the RPF (<a href="http://counterknowledge.com/2008/12/what-is-the-rpf/">Rehabilitation Project Force</a>) Scientology's reindoctrination and hard labor gulag:</p><blockquote><p>Chuck Beatty: <a id="kddf" title="#464" href="http://forums.whyweprotest.net/121-raids/high-priority-mom-comes-england-demand-her-daughter-hgb-hollywood-raid-40999/24/#post783274">#464</a> </p><p>Quote from a preceeding post by Resistance Is Futile:<br /><br /><em>...snip...<br />I flipped open the phone and read these four words from my daughter: "I love you, Mom." My breath caught in my throat. ... I tried to hold on to myself, but I lost it.It took exactly one millisecond for the other two cryers to join me.</em> </p><p><em>It must have looked strange, three grown women sitting there sobbing and hugging and sobbing some more.....Love to you<br />all, Patricia</em></p><p>Thanks Patricia.</p><p>I was a motherless child, which might explain why I even<br />ended up and could stay long long inside the heartless fortress inner worlds of the Sea Org.</p><p>Your above brings tears to even my motherless child's<br />eyes...Thank you.</p><p>Chuck Beatty</p><p>ex Sea Org 1975-2003</p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, some Scientologists see disconnection for the cruelty it is, and chose their moms over L. Ron Hubbard, like this one interviewed at HGB:<br /></p><p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtkWEzNQnCM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtkWEzNQnCM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Damian DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683773908576809087noreply@blogger.com0