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Peter McDermott  
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 More options Aug 19 1997, 3:00 am
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From: n...@petermc.demon.co.uk (Peter McDermott)
Date: 1997/08/19
Subject: Re: FACTNet's Database and Copyright Infringement
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In article <33F86AA9.2...@gramercy.ios.com>,

jbwebb <jbw...@gramercy.ios.com> wrote:
>As someone who does find you, well not so obnoxious as hard-headed, I
>find your views unyielding to the point of absurdity in how far you will
>go to defend your stance.    Your mind is never, never swayed by
>intelligent debate.  It's the same story, day in, day out.  I sit here
>and read studied, thoughtful, comprehensive and intelligent rebuttals to
>your posts, yet you never, never, never say - "Hey - you're right, I
>never looked at it like that,"  or even something like "You could be
>right, but I just can't get over my prejudice."

For what it's worth, I hate Scientology with a vengeance. I think
it's a corrupt and totalitarian organization that preys on the
weak and innocent.

However, I have to say that I've not seen many 'thoughtful, comprehensive
or intelligent' rebuttals of Bernie's posts yet. I've seen people putting
different viewpoints forward, but that doesn't constitute a rebuttal.

>Another point that I find really stubborn about you is how you are always
>on the side of the cult and the anticultists are "worse" than the cults.

I'm not sure that Bernie *is* on the side of the cult or not, as yet.
My readings of his posts so far, suggest that he's attempting to be
even-handed. It seems to me that he's one of what must be thousands
of Scientologists who left the cult and who *don't* feel damaged by
the experience, and while that's not a point of view that's represented
very often here, it's certainly one that I find of interest.

My feeling is that many people dislike Bernie because he highlights
contradictions and hypocracy that people would prefer to ignore.


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