A.r.s Week in Review - 1/31/99 - Second repost
Rod Keller
but older articles are still there. Sounds like WIR has been cancelled
twice. So here it is again.
Alt.religion.scientology
Week in Review Volume 3, Issue 42
1/31/99
by Rod Keller [rke...@voicenet.com]
copyright 1999
Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review summarizes the most significant
postings from the Usenet group Alt.religion.scientology for the preceding
week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as
they'd like. Out of thousands of postings, I attempt to include news of
significant events, new affidavits, court rulings, new contributors,
whatever. I hope you find it useful. Like many readers of a.r.s, I have a
kill file. So please take into consideration that I may not have seen some
of the most significant postings.
The articles in A.r.s Week in Review are brief summaries of articles
posted to the newsgroup. They include message IDs for the original
articles, and many have a URL to get more information. You may be able to
find the original article, depending on how long your site stores articles
in the newsgroup before expiring them.
Free A.r.s Week in Review subscriptions are available, just email me at
rke...@voicenet.com
It is archived at:
http://www.xenu.net/archive/WIR/
http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/ars-summary.html
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> Celebrity Center Burbank
The Los Angeles Times reported this week that Scientology is looking for a
location to open a Celebrity Center in Burbank.
"Cory Brennan, spokeswoman for the Church of Scientology of the Valley,
said church planners are primarily looking at potential locations in the
Burbank Village. Brennan could not say when a location might be found. The
facility, to be called the Church of Scientology Mission of the Arts, is
being founded by North Hollywood residents Mitch and Dori Talevi. The
Talevis are temporarily holding events at the Celebrity Centre.
"'We will be hosting programs similar to the Celebrity Centre like having
artists paint murals at local schools and volunteer ministers
participating in the community,' said Dori Talevi. Burbank was chosen for
the new facility because of its large community of artists, musicians and
actors, Brennan said."
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> Clearwater Buses
The St. Petersburg Times carried a letter to the editor from Alan Zimmet,
lawyer for the PSTA, the agency which pulled advertisements from
Clearwater city buses during the Lisa McPherson memorial protests in
December. The letter criticized Robyn Blumner for taking a position that
the move violated first amendment rights.
"She based her article on the belief that the U.S. Supreme Court has never
addressed this issue. However, the Supreme Court has determined that a
policy prohibiting political ads on the inside of buses was
constitutional. The court ruled that the inside of buses was not a public
forum because the transit system's intent was to make money by renting the
advertisement space, it did not accept any political ads and its policy
was reasonably based on a desire to avoid doubts about favoritism.
"PSTA has long had and enforced a policy that prohibits political ads.
Under the Supreme Court and Phoenix cases, a court would likely determine
that PSTA's buses are not a public forum and that PSTA's policy is
reasonable in light of PSTA's stated desire of neutrality on political
issues. PSTA is not obliged to accept all types of signs on its buses.
Blumner also easily turns aside PSTA's concern about compliance with a
state law. The signs on PSTA's buses arguably violated that law. It is
easy for Blumner to say that a public official should ignore a criminal
statute that has never been found unconstitutional and that has not been
repealed by the state Legislature. What would Blumner's article have said
if PSTA executive director Roger Sweeney had been arrested for violating
that statute?"
The issue of bus ads was on the agenda of a meeting of the board of the
PSTA.
"In the red corner, Mary Story, Ben Shaw, Brian Anderson, Paul Johnson.
And in the blue corner, Ken Dandar, Frank Oliver, Brian Haney, D.W.
Pierce. The cult counselors took some wild swings, claiming that FSSO's
ads would quickly and inevitably lead to PSTA buses covered in swastikas
and dead babies. Oliver delivered a quick right jab by offering to put
full contact information for the FSSO on the ads, and demanded that they
be replaced on the buses. Dandar landed the heaviest hits of the day,
taking them by surprise with a right cross, mentioning that this situation
could very well lead to a lawsuit by Frank Oliver against the PSTA
(surprisingly, they hadn't seen that one coming). He also sucker-punched
the PSTA attorney by pointing out a few errors in his position, including
a case precedent that actually supports Oliver, rather than PSTA."
From the St. Petersburg Times:
"A vigorous complaint last month from the Church of Scientology has
prompted Pinellas transit officials to consider a blanket policy against
certain bus advertisements. Church representatives called public
officials at home on Saturday, Dec. 5, to protest the anti-Scientology
messages that began appearing that morning on 10 buses rolling through the
streets of Clearwater. The ads were bought by a group of Scientology
critics in town that weekend for a protest against the church. The next
day, Roger Sweeney, executive director of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit
Authority, responded by pulling the 10 buses off the road. In addition,
the New Jersey-based company that placed the ads for the PSTA had them
stripped off the buses.
"On Wednesday, at the PSTA's first meeting since the episode, the critics'
attorney, Ken Dandar, hinted they would sue if necessary. Dandar also
asked the transit agency to honor the rest of its three-day contract and
allow the ads to run again this December, when another protest is planned.
Instead, board members agreed to work on a new policy that would ban such
ads in the future. Board member Bob Clark, also a Clearwater city
commissioner, said it should be modeled after a Phoenix policy that
confines bus ads to 'speech which proposes a commercial transaction.'
"Sweeney said he pulled the buses out of service after he was contacted by
Scientology attorney Paul B. Johnson, a former prosecutor who said the ads
violated a 1945 state law regarding published material that 'tends to
expose any individual or any religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule
or (abusive language).' The law says such material must contain the name
and post office address of the corporation or person responsible for
publishing them. The anti-Scientology bus ads contained only an Internet
address. Since then, the Scientology critics have said they would happily
add their name and address so the ads can run again.
"Dandar argued that the buses are public forums and no policy prevented
the ads when they were bought. He said the group of Scientology critics
was expressing a viewpoint. 'There's no hatred, no malice,' Dandar said.
'You have violated its civil rights.'"
The text of the bus ads was posted to a.r.s this week.
"Are you REALLY Happy in the Sea Org? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Being in the S.O. is NOT What You Thought it Would be, Is it? for
information go to www.factnet.org
"Do you Dread 2:00pm on Thursdays? QUIT $cientology; for information go
to www.factnet.org
"How Does Knowing About Xenu Affect Your Case? for information go to
www.xenu.net;
"Think For Yourself; Why isn't LOVE on the Tone Scale? for information
go to www.factnet.org
"Find Out Why So Many People Oppose Dianetics & Scientology; for
information go to www.factnet.org
"Does Your Church Have Private Investigators? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Don't Walk, RUN! Quit $cientology; for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Recall a time when you were Happy; Quit $cientology; for information go
to www.factnet.org
"From Where Could You Communicate to an SP? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Doubt is NOT a Crime; for information go to www.factnet.org
"Think for Yourself... QUIT $CIENTOLOGY; for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Who 'Really' Reads Your Confidential P.C. Folders? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"Why Does $cientology LIE to its Own Members? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"What TRUTHS Does OSA keep from its Own Members? for information go to
www.factnet.org
"What Could You Not-Know About OSA? for information go to www.factnet.org
"$cientology is 'NOT' a Religion; for information go to www.factnet.org"
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> Sweden
Catarina Pamnell reported a death threat on her swedish web page this
week.
"On my swedish web page, I have a form mail function for readers to
respond. I got thirteen of these messages (all identical):
"S1: du snakar ju skit jag ska doda dig om du inte lagger ner hemmsida
Rough translation: 'you're talking bullshit I'll kill you if you don't
take the homepage down.' The IP address belongs to Telia."
Scientology recently applied to the Swedish government to allow
Scientology wedding ceremonies.
"The Church of Scientology in Sweden hereby applies for the right to carry
out weddings in accordance with the law, rights to carry out weddings
within other religious communions than The Swedish Church. The Church of
Scientology has once earlier, 7th October 1975, applied for authority to
the ministers of the communion to execute weddings. This application was
denied by the Department of Justice in a decision of the 27th of January
1977. (Dnr. 2633-75). The Department of Justice based their decision to
deny the application on the ground that the Church of Scientology had no
such durability and stability that was considered necessary to be given
the authority to carry out weddings according to at the time the valid
rule in the 3rd chapter 3rd paragraph of the Marital Section Law.
"More than 20 years have passed since the first application was filed. The
Church of Scientology has since 1975 become more established in Sweden. It
now has a permanent place among other religious communions. The numbers of
active members have increased by thousands. With the great number of
adherents that the Church of Scientology has in Sweden and that all agree
to that wedding is a holy alliance it is natural that a wedding within the
own church can be legally valid in accordance to the 3rd paragraph 4th
chapter of the Marital Section Law. It is important that the adherents of
the Church of Scientology must not compromise their beliefs in order to
have weddings within the own church which also is legally valid in the
society. With this background the association has again decided to apply
for executing legal wedding ceremonies."
Arbetet Nyheterna reported that the Gothenburg org faces bankruptcy.
"The local org has heavy financial problems, was on the brink of bankrupcy
during the last week, but managed to produce some money at the last moment
and make a payment plan. They owe about 178,000 SEK ($22,250) back rent."
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> CCHR
The Arizona Daily Star published an article on electoshock therapy this
week.
"After just four electroshock treatments, Daniel Sutton said his whole
life changed. He holds a degree in computer programming, but his memory
and skills were wiped out, he said. Four years after the treatments, he
still gets splitting headaches that he can't control with medication. And
he carries a daybook with him because he forgets appointments.
"Sutton will be among others who tell their stories to a legislative panel
today as lawmakers get set to debate a bill requiring stricter regulation
of electroshock treatments. The three-pronged bill would ban treatments
on children under age 16, order providers to tell patients about any
potential side effects and require mental health providers to report the
treatments to the state.
"'Shock treatment is back and it's back in a big way,' said Les Koel,
president of the Arizona Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a group
established in part by the Church of Scientology that focuses on
psychiatric violations. Koel said he believes the elderly are targeted
for their Medicaid benefits, especially since that's how most of the Texas
cases are paid for. Psychiatrists counter that women after menopause are
twice as likely as men to suffer severe depression.
"Although some psychiatrists privately noted that the Scientology church
in general is critical of psychiatry, Chavin said the opposition to
electroshock and psychiatry has nothing to do with a religious agenda.
'As psychiatry gets a greater influence in society and takes a greater
hold, things in society get worse,' he contends. 'If a religious body,
whether it's Christians or Episcopalians or Hindus, says something is bad
and can back it up objectively, it is nothing but obfuscation to bring
religion into it.'
"Dr. Aimee Schwartz, medical director for the state Division of Behavioral
Health Services, said the Arizona State Hospital provides electroshock
treatment annually to about six patients out of the 60,000 it serves.
'People have this vision of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and in the
old days, it was used indiscriminately and on everybody,' Schwartz said.
People broke bones and injured themselves before muscle relaxants made the
procedure safer. No one knew then how often treatments should occur
whereas now, patients get about three treatments a week for three weeks,
she said.
"Deborah Doherty, director of nursing for Tucson's Palo Verde Psychiatric
Hospital, said patients are fully informed of potential side effects, such
as temporary short-term memory loss or headaches, before undergoing the
treatment. And, she said, it is only used as a last resort when
medications fail."
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> Chick Corea
The Jazz Report carried an interview on Scientology celebrity Chick Corea
recently.
"I know that some of the things that changed were the result of the
studies that I got involved in back in 1968--the study of L. Ron Hubbard's
philosophies, Scientology and Dianetics. I've been into that ever since.
In addition to any other musical study that I've ever done, Hubbard's work
has helped me shape my own view of the world. It has mainly helped me get
a larger perspective on life and how individuals interact with each other
and what place the arts have in general in our lives."
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> Germany
Sueddeutsche Zeitung published an article critical of a recent concert by
Chick Corea
"The world-renowned artist, who formerly played with Miles Davis and Stan
Getz before he turned into the grandfather of jazz-rock in the 1970's with
his 'Return to Forever,' had come to Berlin as ambassador of Scientology.
Corea is one of the most prominent members of Scientology ever since he
advertised for the sect in a whole-page advertisement in the International
Herald Tribune and thanked its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, for his 'spiritual
direction.' In interviews, as well as on the cover of his CD's, Corea has
thanked the former science fiction author Hubbard as the 'ultimate friend
of mankind' without whom he 'never would have made it so far.'
"If there was any doubt that there was more going on than just jazz music
in Berlin, this was dispelled by the concert's theme 'A Tribute to
Freedom.' 'Corea and his Friends' are all members of Scientology. They
were accompanied on their tour by a lady from the Scientology center in
Los Angeles who called herself 'Director for Human Rights' - as though
Scientology had to see to human rights in Germany and defend its members
from attacks.
"Surprisingly, the small festival was financed by the American Embassy,
who had invited selected correspondents and topped off the Berlin concert
with a small reception and hors doeuvres. It was revealed in diplomatic
circles, many good reasons to send Chick Corea to Germany.
"The US Embassy in Berlin will have a difficult time getting Corea back in
Germany. An offer was made to the Berlin Jazz-Fest for the keyboard player
to play - for free. Nevertheless the organizers refused. Finally, the
'Traenenpalast,' which is in financial need, agreed to letting the artist
on stage - on the condition that the subject of Scientology not be brought
up. The artist did not keep up his end of the bargain in that he stated to
the TVB broadcast company that he had come to Berlin for Scientology.
Neither did Corea leave any room for doubt as to his particular motivation
for this concert in his interview.
"The question remains of why the Scientology 'problem' is now being played
up again from the American side: is an actual change hoped for in the new
Schoeder administration? Should newspaper entertainment departments be
mobilized here in order to protest against Corea's 'performance ban'? The
Berlin coup has more likely backfired. Concert arrangers are talking about
'impudence'; the gestures by the US Embassy are seen as an intrusion into
the independent music scene. Among those who experienced Corea live, some
share incredulous surprise in the embarrassment which was offered there.
The one-time world class artist is openly seeking sect membership instead
of musical quality."
Stuttgarter Zeitung reported this week that the Stuttgart org will hold a
celebration on its 40th anniversary.
"On February 17, the controversial Scientology Church will celebrate its
'40 years of existence in Europe.' The anniversary will be held on
municipal property: the sect has rented the Cannstatt Community Center for
an 'information presentation' for three days.
"Alfons Schwedler, senior attorney at city hall, justified the letting of
the rooms: the Scientologists are recognized neither as unconstitutional
nor as banned, therefore the city had no other choice but to rent them the
hall. One official joked, 'We could only get rid of them if we called in
the painters.'
"It is a different story in the legal situation as to the public
appearances of the Scientologists: advertisement by the sect on streets
and squares has been forbidden by the city for years; no flyers may be
distributed in the pedestrian zones."
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> Dennis Erlich
Keith Henson reported on a hearing in Dennis Erlich's copyright
infringement case.
"He ruled that CoS could drop the statutory damages part of their claims,
indicating he had no choice. He denied an advisitory jury on the copyright
case. And on expert witnesses he cut one and left two, though he said that
Brad Tempelton's testimony was of limited application to the copyright
case. Rosen manage to argue for a long time on the subject of limiting the
damages from the raid, something which I got the distinct impression Judge
Whyte did not want to hear about.
"Harold McElhinny of MoFo got up and did a really remarkable job of
showing that unless the clams filed more papers, the trade secret issue
and that of 'willfulness' absolutely required a jury. He also made the
point on some issues he had reintroduced that even if Judge Whyte thought
the points invalid, he had to get them on the record for the appeal court.
I have heard that Judge Whyte is the most overruled Judge in the Northern
District so it is easy to understand the need to make these points. Mr.
McElhinny's arguments right before a recess about how scientology policy
interacted with copyright and what Dennis need to demonstrate at trial
were masterful. The argument he made was that, you have to show a
considerable amount of scn material to make a point, because the stuff
does not lend itself to being extracted since anything but the *exact*
words of LRH are considered 'verbal tech' and scns are conditioned to
ignore anything but pure LRH. McElhinny pulled out the stops on describing
scientology and what it does to hurt people in terms which would be about
standard for a.r.s, but are seldom heard on a court."
Dennis Erlich also commented on the rulings.
"Whyte apparently intends to rule against the scienos' motion to limit my
damage claims to the $25 k bond they had to put up to get him to allow the
ransacking of my home by armed scienos 4 years ago. I believe the
bifurcation (splitting into two) of the case into separate trials; one to
take place in front of Whyte for the scienos' to get a permanent
injunction, and one before a jury, to hear my counter claims of trespass,
invasion of privacy, conversion of property and denial of civil rights
under color of authority, is a done deal. I believe this is just another
issue that we will appeal after Whyte is finished slapping me around."
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> Providence Dentist
The Providence Journal continued coverage of a trial in which a former
receptionist claims her employer, a dentist, fired her because she would
not take Scientology management courses.
"Dentist Roger N. Carlsten took the stand in his own defense yesterday and
reiterated that he never made the Hubbard Administrative Technology
courses a contingency for receptionist Susan E. Morgan's promotion. In
fact, he said, he never even offered to promote her at all.
"Yesterday, when Carlsten was asked by his lawyer, Sandra A. Lanni, 'once
you knew [Morgan] objected on religious grounds,' to taking the Hubbard
courses, 'why did you persist?' 'Because I knew intellectually and in my
heart' that the courses were not religious in nature and 'so I was at a
loss to think why' Morgan believed they were, Carlsten replied.
"Under direct questioning, Carlsten yesterday defined terms including
'developed traffic,' 'up statistics' and 'down statistics' he learned as
part of a 'Management by Statistics' course in Hubbard technology, with
Sterling Management Co., in California. He cited the principles as among
those he tried to put into practice in his Lloyd Avenue office after
returning from California. In explaining 'developed traffic,' Carlsten
said: 'It's not like I wanted to be a drill sergeant in the office -- you
ask nicely, direct, you ask that person to do something. You don't allow
the person to chat in the hallways -- just do it.'
"Carlsten hired Precision Management, of New Hampshire, as consultants for
his dental practice, he said, because 'they used the same Hubbard
Management Technology, the same courses I thought were so great' in
California. Though both Precision Management and Sterling Management are
licensed by WISE, or 'World Institute of Scientology Enterprises,' they
are both 'tax-paying businesses,' and neither company has anything to do
with religion, Carlsten testified. They share only 'a business
connection,' he said."
The case was decided in favor of Roger Carlsten.
"The civil suit, brought by Susan E. Morgan, alleged that Carlsten fired
her because she refused to take a Hubbard Administrative Technology course
that Morgan asserted was 'thinly veiled Scientology.' Morgan had sought
$12,063 in lost wages, medical benefits and costs. Her lawyer, Renee J.
Bushey, said she would appeal, based on several rulings by Judge Alice B.
Gibney that she said caused the trial to be 'really unfair.'
"Both Judge Gibney and defense lawyer Sandra A. Lanni cautioned jurors
that they should avoid penalizing Carlsten for a religion -- Scientology
-- that they might find unusual or, as Lanni put it, even 'distasteful.'
When jurors returned their verdict at 3:20 p.m., Carlsten turned to his
companion, Julia Stearns of Providence, and kissed her. Then he embraced
Lanni and two of his office staff, one of whom had testified in his
behalf.
"The verdict was based on one question alone -- the first, and as it
turned out the last, in a sequence that Gibney instructed the jury to
consider. The question: 'Do you find that the courses were religious in
nature and violated her religious beliefs?' The six jurors replied 'No.'
They then heeded Gibney's instruction that 'If the answer to Number One is
no, go no further.'
"Bushey said she would base her appeal in part on what she called 'errors
of law from the beginning, when the judge would not allow specific
evidence of beliefs of Scientology to come into the case.' That ruling was
on a motion by Lanni, who argued that substantive discussion of
Scientology would be likely to 'inflame the jury into 'punishing'
Carlsten' for his 'unusual religion.'
"In her closing statement to jurors, Lanni argued that Morgan was using
Scientology as 'a distraction' from the real reason Carlsten fired her --
incompetence. 'This case is about Susan Morgan's prejudice about
Scientology. She clearly found it distasteful,' Lanni said, and 'this case
is an attempt to prejudice you about Scientology.'
"Bushey called it 'a little suspect from the start' that the only people
licensed to teach the Hubbard Administrative Technology courses 'are from
the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises,' one reason her client
'was afraid' from the outset that Scientologists might attempt to recruit
her to the Church of Scientology. 'Let's see,' said Bushey. 'The courses
are promoted by a Scientologist, written by L. Ron Hubbard' (the founder
of Scientology), and employed terms and principles it shared with
Scientology such as 'the God dynamic, 'dev-T' and 'MEST' (matter, energy,
space and time). Asked Bushey, 'Does this sound like a standard business
course to you?' Reminding jurors that 'this country was founded on
religious freedom,' and that 'the government can't make you follow any
gods,' Bushey said, 'I implore you. Don't let employers.'"
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> Cheryl Nelson
Keith Henson posted declarations from Cheryl Nelson, formerly a legal
secretary at a Scientology lawyer's office.
"I was employed as a legal secretary by the law firm of Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky & Walker, LLP ('Paul, Hastings'), between April 27, 1998 and
October 16, 1998.
"Near the end of my tenure with Paul, Hastings, I observed a conversation
between attorneys Samuel Rosen and Barbara Reeves, both partners of Paul,
Hastings. Mr. Rosen was passing my desk when he stopped and turned around
on an afterthought. He called down the hall to Ms. Reeves and said
something to the effect of.. 'And remember, your client is REVEREND Glenn
Barton' (with emphasis on the Reverend title). Ms. Reeves rolled her eyes
and shook her head in disgust, and said something like 'yeah, right', then
they both laughed. The impression generated from this display of
unprofessional conduct was that they did not take their client's religious
title seriously since it appeared that Mr. Rosen was mocking their client
under the guise of chiding Ms. Reeves about her apparent deficiency in
using that title,
"During the course of my employment as a legal secretary with Paul,
Hastings I had contact with many levels of personnel. One in particular
was Mike Fort, court services specialist. Mr. Fort informed me, sometime
during the Summer of 1998, that certain attorneys at Paul, Hastings had a
practice of instructing him to persuade the court clerks to backdate Paul,
Hastings documents that were given to him untimely to file, so that the
documents would appear timely filed. He did not name which attorneys
participated in this practice.
"Mr. Fort further told me that he did not like this practice and that in
an effort to discourage the practice (without losing his job), he told the
relevant attorneys that it would cost $300 each time for him to accomplish
this. However, his tactic backfired when the involved attorneys willingly
paid the money."
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> Juliette Lewis
Jesse Prince posted his memories of actress Juliette Lewis while she was a
child.
"I remember Juliette and one of her step mothers from the mid seventies.
Scientology needed slaves to do the renovations work on what is now known
as the 'Complex' in LA. They created an RPF of over 180 people and kept
them working for 21 hours a day for a time. The basement is where I met
one of Juliette's step mothers. Her name was Tracy Lewis and she had been
on staff at Celebrity Center.
"As an infant Juliette spent time in the pre 'Cadet Org' which was located
on Melrose St in LA. This place was filthy and roach infested. The infants
were often looked hungry and cried a lot. El Ron's law was to feed the
infants barley water and lock them up alone in room if they cried to much.
"There came a time when Tracy was about to have a psychotic episode and
demanded to see her infant child. I was in the Scientology slave labor
camp at the time as well and I ended up with the job of driving infants
and other children in a Van with no seats but the driver seat from the
Melrose building to the Complex. I carried Juliette as well as other
children to the basement of the complex to see their imprisoned parents."
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> Protest Summary
David Alexander reported on a protest at the Dallas org this week.
"Arrived at noon, stayed till 1:30. The large, upstat, blue sign with gold
letters, 'Now Hiring. Church of Scientology', is still down and it's down
permanently. In it's place is a small, less conspicuous white sign with
red letters, in a less observable place, 'Now Hiring. Suite 260'. No
mention of the 'S' word. Aaron O'Roark came out and stood on the porch to
feign a good confront. But he was so unnoticed by the traffic. I don't see
too many familiar faces there. It speaks more for the attrition that
replaces old members with new."
Bruce Pettycrew protested at the Mesa, Arizona org.
"Kathy and I picketed the sole Arizona org today, 8 to 9 AM. When the
believers arrived at about 8:45, one of them commented that Kathy's sign,
'Hubbard was a Fraud', was ungrammatical: he said that it should read
'Hubbard _is_ a Fraud', presumably since he believes that El Flubbard is
still alive in some sense."
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> Scientology School
The Los Angeles Times published an article this week on Renaissance
Academy, which uses Scientology methods of education.
"Loweree, a high school teacher at Renaissance Academy in La Canada
Flintridge, was on trial Friday for not keeping her promise to take her
students to the movies. If convicted, she faced a pie in the face.
Renaissance Academy is a nondenominational private school with 112
students kindergarten through 12th grade in La Canada Flintridge.
Students must follow 'The Way to Happiness,' a nonreligious moral code.
The school learns from study methods developed by L. Ron Hubbard.
"Loweree, who teaches 42 students grades seven through 12, was prosecuted
by a student team of three who attempted to prove she lied when she told
them she would take them to the movies for grades earned, then did not
follow through. Presiding Judge Laura Lewis, whose day job is principal of
the school, said Loweree was trying to teach the children about another,
arguably more important impeachment proceeding in Washington, D.C.
"Both sides made impassioned pleas to the jury during closing arguments,
both referring to 'The Way to Happiness,' the school's code of conduct.
Jake Moreno, a senior at the school, began for the prosecution. 'The truth
is not something that can be manipulated for one's own benefit,' he said.
'This is not a personal vendetta but a search for truth. The way to
happiness lies along the road to truth.' Naomi August, a 10th-grade
defense attorney, pleaded her teacher's innocence. 'One of the ways to
happiness is a precept that says 'do not harm a person of goodwill,' she
said.
"After 10 minutes of deliberation in the science lab next door, the
seven-boy, five-girl jury delivered the verdict: innocent."
Message-ID: <36faa429...@news.snafu.de>
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> U-Man
Swedish technical magazine Ny Teknik included Scientology's U-Man
recruitment test in a recent review article.
"Two final-year engineering students were sent to try out 'two widely used
test systems', one of them by the Scientologist-run company U-man.
"In beautiful rooms with a view of the Sodertalje canal, the U-man company
performs its services. Close to a swimming pool, there's a room with table
and chairs for those being tested. Besides stands a bust of the man who
initiated the U-test; L. Ron Hubbard, also the founder of the Church of
Scientology.' The testing took almost 6 hours. Aptitude test, stress test,
personality test ('U-test') and production analysis. Cost for the U-test
[a.k.a. the OCA] is listed as 2800-4000 SEK [$350 - 500] The students were
reasonably satisfied with the test, one of them especially with the verbal
advice he got from U-man ED Marten Runow.
"It concludes with an interview with Christer Sandahl, a psychologist who
works with recruitment, who says many tests on the market are not serious
or adapted for the local market, and that you should question where the
test information ends up."
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> Switzerland
Tages-Anzeiger reported this week that the Zurich Switzerland org will be
moving to smaller quarters.
"The main reason for the surprising move by the Scientologists may lie in
their financial situation. When the organization moved in, in 1992, it
paid annual rent of about two million franks for the huge building, which
encompasses 7,000 square meters in six stories. At the time, the Zurich
seat was the largest individual center in Europe. The pseudo-church, which
is categorized as a sect, wanted to sub-let the two upper stories, but did
not find any external, long-term renters. There are many indications that
the organization has been stagnating for some years, and that the income
is not near as high as it was at the begin of the decade.
"Juerg Stettler, spokesman for Scientology, does not want to reveal the
reasons for the move. 'We want to be present in various places with
services,' he stated. This has the strategic advantage that the
Scientologists will be able to distribute their little contracts and
personality tests in more districts. The Scientology missionaries often
invite pedestrians on the street in to take a test or have a trial
session, or to watch a video about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron
Hubbard. Therefore, the danger exists in the future that neighbors and
shop owners of even more districts will be confronted with the missionary
practices of the Scientologists. They are on the streets at all times of
the day and night.
"At the time, up to 150 full time staff work at 141 Badener Street. The
wage is dependent upon their work, which is often 60 or more hours per
week for which they receive about 150 franks. The Scientology employees
mainly ply courses and take care of the administration."
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> John Travolta
Time Magazine published an article on John Travolta's movie project
Battlefield Earth, based on an L. Ron Hubbard novel.
"JONATHAN KRANE says the new deal calls for small indie Franchise
Pictures, run by L.A. club owner and actress Tia Carrere's husband Elie
Samaha, to finance the production. Travolta, a Scientology adherent, will
produce and star as a space villain named Terl. Hollywood insiders had
gossiped that major studios shied away from the project because of the
connection to Hubbard, but Krane insists the production is completely
unrelated to the group. 'I've never even dealt with or talked to the
church on this,' says Krane, who is not a member. 'This is an
action-adventure, science-fiction story. Period. The movie has nothing to
do with Scientology.'"
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Frank Copeland
Rod Keller <rke...@netaxs.com> wrote:
>I don't have the other cancels, but WIR is gone from the voicenet spool,
>but older articles are still there. Sounds like WIR has been cancelled
>twice. So here it is again.
<shrug> I've received all three copies, and no cancels that I'm aware of.
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Bernie
Keller) wrote:
>I don't have the other cancels, but WIR is gone from the voicenet spool,
>but older articles are still there. Sounds like WIR has been cancelled
>twice. So here it is again.
If it has been canceled, how come it doesn't show up
with Lazarus (or whatever replaces it now)?
Cornelius Krasel
In de.soc.weltanschauung.scientology Bernie <ma...@bernie.us-inc.com> wrote:
> On 2 Feb 1999 04:48:47 GMT rke...@netaxs.com (Rod
> Keller) wrote:
>>I don't have the other cancels, but WIR is gone from the voicenet spool,
>>but older articles are still there. Sounds like WIR has been cancelled
>>twice. So here it is again.
>
> If it has been canceled, how come it doesn't show up
> with Lazarus (or whatever replaces it now)?
Lazarus is apparently broken at the moment, since it generates only
empty postings. You can sift through the Lazarus logs at lightlink,
but this is not really a pleasant experience, because they contain
also gazillions of legitimate spam cancels.
Personally, I have seen one message with a Supersedes: header on my
spool (which doesn't really matter since I ignore Supersedes: anyway).
I am too lazy to look whether WIR has indeed be canceled (I got both
the original and the repost).
--Cornelius.
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