> Claire Swazey wrote:

> > Disconnection is only used as a last resort if the other person is
> > making one's life so hellish that one cannot find a way to deal with the
> > person and restore harmony.

> <snip>

> > I have (non-Scientology) friends who
> > disconnected from parents who kept trying to have sex with
> > them.

> Excuse me, Claire?  Are you attempting to equate disagreement
> with the "church" of scientology and incest???

> Here's a clue, Claire:  incest, just like all other forms
> of child sexual abuse is illegal, not to mention
> profoundly psychologically damaging (although apparently
> L. Ron Hubbard didn't seem to think it was that traumatic,
> so you may not, either).  A person disagreeing with the
> official teachings of a particular "church" is, at the
> worst, merely annoying.

> Refusing to have any contact with someone because of their
> history of abusive and/or exploitative behaviour is not the
> same as refusing to have any contact with someone because
> your "church" says so.

> Let's not confuse the issue, here.  It trivializes the
> experiences of survivors of sexual abuse and only proves
> your insensitivity and inability to evaluate data.

> Cat
> SP4, KoX
> heretic-at-large

> "Marble-heavy, a bag full of God,
> Ghastly statue with one grey toe
> Big as a Frisco seal"