I think you missed Rebecca's point.  The Scientologists' gratuitous
offering of a Christmas truce is very hypocritical, considering their
behavior during the rest of the year.  This point is well taken.  If you
think that their declaration of a truce means they're going to change
their behavior from now on, I wouldn't hold my breath based on their
behavior in the years past.  When I was in Scientology on the Apollo
there was often a Christmas amnesty in December for anyone in ethics
trouble.  In January it was all over and that was the notorious month
for "heavy ethics", which more than made up for any Christmas truce.  It
was back to business as usual.  I think we all know enough by now not to
be fooled by their phoney PR tactics.  This is a pattern that has been
going on with them for a very long time and based on their behavior this
past year, I see no evidence that anything has changed.

Monica Pignotti