SPTIMES 12/22/98:Letter to the Editor!
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Letter to the Editor
A word of warning at Christmas season
It's the Christmas season again. Finally, some cool weather. Homes, stores
and towns all decorated, parades, Christmas carols, food shopping. Everything
to remind you of the Christmas season.
Santa handing out Scientology propaganda. What?
Yes, beware of the Scientology Wonderland and Santa Claus trying to recruit
for the cult by handing out Scientology literature to your kids. That has got
to be a new low. But what can you expect from an organization whose only goal
is to expand and sell their expensive programs. They will even use Christmas
to accomplish their goals. -- David Rodman, Dunedin
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gerry armstrong
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>Letter to the Editor
>
>A word of warning at Christmas season
>
>It's the Christmas season again. Finally, some cool weather. Homes, stores
>and towns all decorated, parades, Christmas carols, food shopping. Everything
>to remind you of the Christmas season.
>
>Santa handing out Scientology propaganda. What?
>
>Yes, beware of the Scientology Wonderland and Santa Claus trying to recruit
>for the cult by handing out Scientology literature to your kids. That has got
>to be a new low. But what can you expect from an organization whose only goal
>is to expand and sell their expensive programs. They will even use Christmas
>to accomplish their goals. -- David Rodman, Dunedin
I recall that one of the cult attack lines is that the "out-of-town
picketers don't represent the views of the local citizens. I would
bet, however, that a compilation of Tampa Bay citizens' letters to the
editors (Clearwater Sun, SP Times, etc). through $cientology's 23
years in Clearwater will reveal a high level of agreement between the
local citizen critics and out-of-town citizen critics. Such a
compilation will make a good response to this cult attack line, and
make a good handout for future Clearwater protests or media
involvements.
(c) Gerry Armstrong