Armstrong posting on Greece
Public Relations
Gerry Armstrong has posted a 1994 program which lays out a plan to
protect the rights of minority religions in Greece.
Nothing better illustrates Armstrong's hallucinatory state of mind
than his assumption that the actions in the program are somehow
illegal. He thinks that all he has to do is make the allegation and it
will stick. This is an old tactic of Gerry's. He is on record as
saying, "we don't have to prove a goddam thing ... we just have to
"allege" it." It's not unlike something the McCarthyist crowd would do
-- seize on anything that supports their hysteria so long as you don't
look at the facts.
Armstrong needs to read the U.S. Department of State human rights
reports on Greece to find out what's going on there. The reports show
why any religion would take effective actions to protect religious
freedom in that country.
Here are some excerpts from the 1997 Report:
Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties section:
"c. Freedom of Religion it states "Police frequently detained
Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Scientologists after receiving
complaints that the individuals were engaged in proselytism. In most
cases the individuals were held for several hours at a police station
and then released with no charges filed. Many reported that they were
not allowed to call their lawyers and that they were verbally abused
by police officers for their religious beliefs. Mormon church
officials allege that police failed in June to intervene appropriately
in two separate cases when missionaries were assaulted on the street
in central Athens..."
"In December 1996, an Athens court revoked the operating permit
of KEFE (now known as EKDS), the organization representing
Scientologists in Greece, on a technicality...The court's decision
contained extensive criticism of Scientology's beliefs and practices;
the Scientologists appealed the decision in order to have that
language invalidated. Since October 1996 the Government has summoned
15 members of the boards of KEFE and EKDS to face charges of
"unprovoked factual insult."
"On December 16, the European Court of Human Rights held
unanimously that Greek courts had violated Article 6 of the European
Convention on Human Rights by refusing to acknowledge that the Canea
Catholic church in Crete had legal personality and therefore the
standing to act in legal proceedings. The Court awarded the church
$40,000 in court costs and damages. Human rights observers viewed the
decision as a criticism of government policies toward non-Orthodox
religions."
There's a great deal more in reports not only by the State
Department but by a number of international human rights organizations
concerned at the situation in Greece.
It is not surprising that Armstrong is oblivious to real human
rights abuses. He faces 14 counts of contempt with a possible 28 days
in jail and a $10,000 bond for not showing up regarding his violations
of court orders. He ought to deal with that.
Beverly Rice
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> Gerry Armstrong has posted a 1994 program which lays out a plan to
> protect the rights of minority religions in Greece.
>
> Nothing better illustrates Armstrong's hallucinatory state of mind
Hi Pub!! Speaking of hallucinatory states of mind, give us your
honest opinion about on of the myriad of L Ron's space travels such
as posted below. Maybe you might also think this also has a somewhat
"hallucinatory" sound to it, yes? :
"Well, I know this: that onto this planet there's a great deal of
dumping
has gone on. Stuff from the nearby galaxy -- not this galaxy but from
the
next galaxy over and so forth, is going on here. I know they take
political
prisoners and guys who they don't want around.
But it's less personal than you think. They just have excess population
so
they start to get rid of their excess population, you see? They've got a
revolt, or you're on the wrong side of a war, or something like that,
and
they pick you up in droves, and ice-cube you and throw you into a sea
someplace.
I know this planet has been subjected to that and several planets in
this immediate end of this galaxy have been subjected to that -- that I
know.
L. Ron Hubbard
"Between Lives Implants", SHSBC #317. 23 July 1963. (45.9
seconds)
Waiting for your take on this, Public Relations.
Beverly
Mike O'Connor
publicr...@scientology.org wrote:
> Gerry Armstrong has posted a 1994 program which lays out a plan to
> protect the rights of minority religions in Greece.
>
> Nothing better illustrates Armstrong's hallucinatory state of mind
> than his assumption that the actions in the program are somehow
> illegal. He thinks that all he has to do is make the allegation and it
> will stick. This is an old tactic of Gerry's. He is on record as
> saying, "we don't have to prove a goddam thing ... we just have to
> "allege" it." It's not unlike something the McCarthyist crowd would do
> -- seize on anything that supports their hysteria so long as you don't
> look at the facts.
He was in your cult and merely echoed your own cult's sacred scripture.
Right? And you KNOW that, right? You KNOW the sacred scripture says there
is power in accusational questions alone, unfounded or not. Don't you?
That even an unfounded accusation can easily cave a person in because they
are afraid of uncovering other, real crimes? Right?
So what are you complaining about? Are you repudiating your cult's teachings?
He is stating YOUR beliefs, right? If I'm wrong, please straighten me out,
publicr...@scientology.org. I will read your reply carefully. If I'm
wrong, reply and straighten me out. Otherewise, maybe if you redouble the
spam, you can prevent someone from reading this message.
++++++++++++ SACRED CULT SCRIPTURE +++++++++++++
When we investigate we do so noisily always. And usually mere
investigation damps out the trouble even when we discover no really
pertinent facts. Remember that - by investigation alone we can curb pushes
and crush wildcat people and unethical "Dianetics and Scientology"
organizations.
It's almost funny. We sometimes learn nothing useful and yet because
people heard we were investigating their consciences sent them into
headlong flight or sudden collapse. There's power in the question alone!
[...]
Use the data you got from the detective at long last to write the author
of the [critical] article a very tantalizing letter. Don't give him your
data on him. Just tell him we know something very interesting about him
and wouldn't he like to come in and talk about it. (If he comes, ask him
to sign a confession of collusion and slander - people at that level often
will, just to commit suicide - and publish it in a paid ad in the paper if
you get it.) Chances are he won't arrive. But he'll sure shudder into
silence.
[...]
l've seen an outside investigation of a guiltless organization put the
whole place in a flap and cost it two days' work or more. I've seen an org
anization fall apart by suspending operation for ten days while it
permitted itself to he investigated.
[...]
People feel when they're investigated they must have done something wrong
even when they haven't.
-- L. Ron Hubbard
Manual of Justice
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
--
Mike O'Connor - lep...@panix.com
<http://www.panix.com/~lepton/>
Mike O'Connor
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