A "do you still beat your wife" type question.  Now I'll have to revise
the posted message (if you respond again, please include the post in your
reply, since the posted message is what you are supposed to be responding
to):

Scientology is a totalist organization which has refined "do you still
beat your wife" type questions, marketing, PR and staged events into a
black art.  Victims of Scientology and their relatives, however, will be
happy to hear that one of the most active supporters of their cause, Bob
Minton, will be receiving a human rights award for his efforts on their
behalf.

Minton will be presented with the Alternate Charlemagne Award in Leipzig,
Germany on June 3, 2000.  The city of Leipzig was chosen because it was
the site of the first in a series of demonstrations in former East Germany
which presaged the fall of the Berlin wall.  This is significant, among
other reasons, because of similarities between the "unofficial staff
members" of the former East German Ministry of Security, and the "field
staff members" of Scientology's Office for Special Affairs today.

The award site is http://www.alt-charlemagne-award.de.

Joe Cisar                                       http://cisar.org
Both fictional and real-life material written by the above author
have been banned by Scientology.  He supports accurate reporting
on the practices of Scientology in the USA and around the world.