Who's Who on ARS v1.1
Martin G. V. Hunt
Who's Who on ARS v1.1 September 25th, 1996.
Also see David H Dennis' (da...@amazing.cinenet.net) Who's Who on
alt.religion.scientology? Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 1995 at:
http://www.amazing.com/scientology/players.html
Send in a description of yourself to help the confused newbies figure
it all out; or you can wait awhile, and I'll get around to defining
you, but it would be better if it was in your own words. Put in your
email and webpage URL, if you have one. And please keep your entry down
to ten lines.
You can read the entries below to get an idea of what to write, but it's
a good idea to say if you are a critic of not, an ex-scn, a current scn,
a freezoner, never an scn, what you think scn is, why you post here,
how long you've posted here, and any other relevant information you think
would clue in the newcomer as to who you are and where you're coming from.
If you have aliases, list them; I'll put in pointers so people know
who you are.
Oh, and don't forget to email me a copy; my newsfeed misses the occasional
post.
CB, clear baby; see Heidrun Beer.
C.B. Willis <cbwi...@netcom.com>. Background in philosophy, world
religions, alternative therapies, esoterics, organizational
transformation, corporate values and ethics. Defender of what is
valid and workable in traditional ethics and world religions. Has
never been a member of Scientology but likes Hubbard's non-fiction
writings and tapes from the early 1950's; does not relate to the book
"History of Man" and much of Scn written after the 50's. Classifies
self as an independent thinker and free spirit, neither a critic nor
freezoner per se. CBW quote: "Values are the infrastructure on which
civilization will be reinvented."
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine Email: <da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> Web:
http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/ Involved in campaigning on free speech,
civil rights, miscarriages of justice issues. Homepage incudes songs,
lexsicon, Koos+Troutman humour archives, dogdrowning FAQ, and annotated
index of 50 other pages.
David Gerard <f...@athene.tertius.com.au> - Melbourne, Australia. Vague
interest in Scientology as a curious silly thing; then the raid on
Dennis Erlich and the threat to Net freedoms I hold dear. Sniped for a
while (a big attraction to a.r.s for me was the number of SubGenii here),
then Helena Kobrin made trouble with my postmaster and I got angry. Now
devote quite a bit of time to a.r.s, Web page maintenance, IRC
#scientology, demonstrating and so on. My friends are careful not to
mention the 'S' word in my presence in case I start ranting, but are
kind enough to relate any new and amusing tidbits crossing their paths
and so on. Scientology itself is not important; but the organisation
*must* be made an example of so that others will not fuck with the Net.
http://suburbia.net/~fun/scn f...@suburbia.net f...@athene.glasswings.com.au
Elizabeth Fischer: efis...@wimsey.com ed de fish. bird. yella but not
chicken. talks real good though incomrehensibly to some. arscc mascot
(not fish*man*, that's another kinda mascot), usually located on left
shoulders of whatever bathrobes available and compliant. likes: her
blue fuzzy-wuzzy nibblie-poo, the writings of a certain science fiction
writer (*very* absorbent!) and parties. peeves: sunflower seeds (gas),
spiritual enlightenement (gas) and midge (gas) ambition: to attend the
grady ward institute of elocutionary excellence. or to be immortal.
can't fucking decide. does *not* wanna cracker. wants a james-brown
instead. http://www.knosso.com/NWHQ/ (efish on IRC)
Heidrun Beer (aka "CB" or "clear baby" <con...@atnet.at>: An Austrian
scientologist, LRH-fan and tech purist, who in her first 4 months on
a.r.s. has developed from a devoted CoS member to an even more devoted
"dissident". The standard reaction of the a.r.s.-critics towards CB is
"You are the FIRST scientologist who..." (follows a positive attribute).
Various opinions exist about who she really is - from a "Henry Kissinger"
type of voluntary messenger, a good-hearted and much too naive idealist
who will soon become declared suppressive for her radical postings, to
an OSA or RTC plant with an undercover mission to "handle" a.r.s. CB
herself says that as a writer, the natural thing for her will be to
write a book (title: "Revenimus). CB's most dissident posts are on
http://www.icon.fi/~marina/clrbaby/index.htm
Keith A. Cochran, aka Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran. janda@
various machines, or jan...@aol.com. Critic. Never a member. Got
interested from the cancel-wars in n.a.n-a.m, and the "sea org women
are coerced into having abortions" posts from talk.abortion. When I
announced that I was going to be critiquing _What Is Scientology_,
somebody from a Clearwater, Florida POP started forging posts "from"
me, so if it isn't PGP-signed, it isn't from me. I contracted AIDS
years before I read OTIII. I'm still here, disproving the "it will
kill you (through pneunomia, etc) if you're not ready for it" crap.
I take Koos seriously up to a point.
Lance S. Buckley: la...@avalon.demon.co.uk [SP4, GGBC #26, ARSCC(UK),
J&D, KoX, KbM#11] A critic since hearing about the attempted illegal
rmgroup of a.r.s by Helena Kobrin. Tends to divide his time between
Joking and Degrading, Transcribing TV shows and converting the
results to HTML, Lurking on IRC's #scientology, Attending all the
pickets he can with his trusty video-camera "Vera" and Spreading
the word about Scientology in the real world wherever possible to
anyone who will listen. Lance's Scientology pages can be found at:
http://www.avalon.demon.co.uk/cos.htm
Martin Hunt <av...@freenet.carleton.ca> <http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~av282>
I've been a long-time and frequent poster to ars, and I maintain
several of the newsgroup's FAQs: a booklist, the large ARS FAQ, a
terminology list, a who's who, etc. I'm an ex-scientologist, and I
consider scientology to be a criminal organization who's purpose
was to garner money and power for the man at the top (Ron Hubbard)
before he died. The cult is still operating on his corrupt policy,
and thinks nothing of suing and harassing its critics into silence.
I believe that scientology represents a grave threat to the concept
and tenets of freedom, democracy and the internet.
Padre Martini, Archdukebishop of West Texas. E-Mail: z5...@ttacs.ttu.edu
Web Page: http://pegasus.acs.ttu.edu/~z5d31/martini.html Experience
with Scn: None, other than attending pickets and asking loads of
questions about Scientology that never seem to get answered. I believe
in the freedom of religion, but no one, _no one_, has the right to
censor the Internet, raid people's homes, lie, rape, murder, steal,
frame, and drive people insane in the name of their god, L. Ron
Hubbard. Scientology is not a religion. It is a criminal organisation,
and one that must be shut down before anyone else is hurt, or worse.
Patricia <txtb...@xs4all.nl> <http://www.xs4all.nl/~txtbreed/Co$.htm>
Occasional poster in a.r.s. but fairly active in nl.scientology. Likes
to mock up scienos, but is also truly interested in what makes them
tick. She hates the organization, not necessarily all of its members:
"Many people have been seriously harassed and intimidated for speaking
openly about what goes on inside the 'church' of Scientology. They
were sued into bankruptcy, their houses were raided and for some of
them, suicide was the only way out of all the misery. Their voice
deserves all the volume it can get - in newsgroups and on the web, to
begin with."
Richmann <Rich...@sympatico.ca> I'm still [a Scientologist] in and
in good standing, an IAS Honor Roll too.
Steve A <ste...@castlsys.demon.co.uk> (full name available to genuine
callers and nubile young women of dubious virtue). Qualifications:
SP4, GGBC, KBM, Unsalvageable PTS/SP #12 (there are others, but these
are the ones with the nicest medal ribbons) Why am I here: I came to
a.r.s. in late '94, partly out of curiosity because I'd heard stuff
about CCHR and the raid on anon.penet.fi. I was so disgusted with what
I saw that I stayed. Since then, I have "enjoyed" a short flurry of
emails with Helena Kobrin, and assorted hate mail messages from
Scientologists, and I've attended three protests at the London org.
http://www.castle.demon.co.uk/scientology.html
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history list:
9.25.96 v1.1 alphabetized by first name, added history list and:
C.B. Willis
David Gerard
Elizabeth Fischer
CB - Heidrun Beer
Lance S. Buckley
Richmann
Steve A
9.24.96 v1.0 original 5:
Patricia
Martin Hunt
Padre Martini
Keith A. Cochran
Dave Bird
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