I don't think highly of him but when was the last time anybody saw him
or heard of him?
Barbara Schwarz
I doubt it. Seems like he was living in the Caribbean and laying low.
There was some discussion about him on Marty Rathbun's blog. Marty's
resentful comment about Mayo was that he was paid off handsomely to
shut up and go away. However, that was after he and Frank (Sarge)
Gerbode won the lawsuit and were awarded attorney's fees. The Grand
Master on the case concluded that Scientology's many motions were
intended to harass them.
Nobody at all? How would you know that? You must mean "nobody" you
have heard from, which is not evidence for anything other than the
fact you have not communicated with anyone who knows of his
whereabouts who you are in touch with. I can think of plenty of
reasons he would want to lay low and not let others know where he is.
How about Julie Mayo? Has anyone you know heard from her or do you
believe she is also dead?
Monica
This "Voltaire's Child" is not Claire Swazey, but a troll using the
same nick. Just ignore it.
I have the tool of evaluation. Check his messages for accuracy, there
are quite a few of them. Merrill Mayo also posted for a while.
RR
>On Nov 8, 11:26�am, Eldon <EldonB...@aol.com> wrote:
<snip>
>> This "Voltaire's Child" is not Claire Swazey, but a troll using the
>> same nick. Just ignore it.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>
>Eldon was convicted for defamation
Whatever. You're still sailing under a false flag of Fluffentology, you
creep.
Ever yours in fandom,
Jommy Cross
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Star's Edge, Inc.
Situation Report
12/12/2005
NOTE: Footnotes are marked in red. To access the footnote please click
the corresponding number.
A downloadable PDF file is available for you to retrieve and print at:
Avatar EPC.com/sitrep1.pdf
Avatar Bashers: Eldon Braun and Ronald Cools
(Basher: A person who, with or without justification, DESIRES to
blame, humiliate, and hurt others.)
Some recent rumors intentionally circulated on the Internet and via e-
mail have resulted in some confused ideas about Avatar, Harry Palmer
and Star's Edge.
Here is the real story behind them.
1. The story began in 1991 when Eldon Braun, a Provisionally Licensed
Avatar Master, was caught cheating on royalties he owed Star's Edge,
Inc. (the company that manages the Avatar network). When he still
refused to pay after several attempts to negotiate, his license to
deliver the Avatar Course was suspended. 1
2. Perceiving license suspension as an insult to his self-importance,
and not being invited as a complimentary guest to the premier Wizard
Course as an additional insult, Braun decided to punish Star’s Edge
and Harry Palmer, author of the Avatar Course.2 Thus Braun began a ten-
year campaign to libel and discredit Avatar, Star's Edge, and Harry
Palmer.3 He demanded large sums of money to stop. Using his
advertising background and his study of black (negative) propaganda
techniques,4 Braun twisted facts, quoted statements out of context,
and lied outright to further his ongoing, malicious campaign. In 2001,
within days after the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, Braun
published terrorism-related threats toward Harry and his wife.5 A
criminal stalking complaint was filed against him with Florida law
enforcement.
3. Braun's posted intentions are to "dismantle Star's Edge", "bring
Harry Palmer down", and "to see Harry Palmer panhandling on the
street."6 Ironically, at the time of these posts, Braun had only seen
Harry Palmer at public lectures and a graduation barbeque party at
Harry's home where he was one of more than fifty students.
In 1999, Braun decided to steal the Avatar Materials and rewrite them
as his own Source Course.7
4. After failed attempts to mediate with Braun, Harry Palmer and
Star's Edge filed suit against Eldon Braun in US Federal Court in 2000
for copyright infringement and libel.8 After a formal trial, the court
determined that Braun had infringed Harry Palmer's copyrights, and was
spreading malicious libel about Palmer. The court eventually ordered
him to pay fines and attorney fees of over $450,000.00 to Harry Palmer
and Star's Edge.9
5. In an attempt to abort justice, on or about July 15, 2005, Braun
filed for bankruptcy in California. Besides the $450,000.00 owed to
Harry Palmer and Star's Edge, Braun had stuck credit card companies to
a tune of approximately $35,000.00
After a hearing, the United States Bankruptcy for the Northern
District of California, San Francisco Division discharged the credit
card debits, but ruled that, because Braun's actions against Harry
Palmer and Star's Edge were willful and malicious, any and all amounts
awarded to Harry Palmer and Star's Edge were not dischargeable in
bankruptcy.10 Star's Edge attorneys were then able to collect
approximately $80,000.00 from property that Braun owned in California.
A balance due of $370,000.00 remains to be collected.
6. Braun is still trying to threaten Star's Edge and Harry Palmer into
not collecting their judgment.11 Braun has ignored evidence contrary
to what he wants to believe and continues to use the Internet as a
weapon to spread his propaganda and lies. Braun has posted over 5,000
critical statements about Harry Palmer, Star's Edge, and Avatar on the
Internet under his own name or under anonymous names. Braun has said
that he will not stop his libel campaign unless he is paid a million
dollars. Braun has been unemployed for several years.
7. Braun preys on mentally ill people, and using lies and
manipulation, recruits these unfortunates into joining his attacks. He
advertises for disgruntled Avatars and Masters to contact him and then
he tries to exacerbate whatever upset or misunderstanding they have
into an attack on Avatar.12 His recruiting spiel plays heavily on
money, feeling victimized, and on the failure of Star's Edge to
recognize the recruit's elevated self-importance. He manipulatively
coaches the recruits to blame Harry Palmer, Star's Edge, and Avatar
for their failures in life.
One of a small hand-full of recruits that Braun has managed to coax
into attacking Avatar is named Ronald Cools. At different times,
several different Dutch Avatar Masters have tried to help Ronald Cools
assume responsibility for his upsets and actions. After several free
reviews, he was finally banned from attending Avatar deliveries since
he was continually critical and had no interest in self-examination.
8. Ronald Cools describes himself in an Internet post: "Hi, I am
Ronald, an 43 year old homosexual. I am living a very lonely life,
without a relationship, no work, almost (sic) no friends. I feel I
cannot bear this isolation any longer. I am suicidal for 3 years now,
and every day is a torture for me. My method of stepping out of life
is with sleepingpills (sic) (NItrazepam) and a plastic bag. I hope I
have the strength to do it this week. Is here anyone in the same
circumstance? Please tell me. Warm regard, Ronald Cools from Holland"
13
Cools did not commit suicide, probably didn't intend to. Instead he
counseled others on how to commit suicide. Here is an excerpt from one
of his posts: "Giving information how to commit suicide is not
prohibited by law. Holland is a very liberate country Barbara, maybe
you have to get used to that... Our birthright(sic) is also a choosen
(sic) dead if you really want to step out of life. IMO Karin Spaink is
helping people who have a concrete deadwish,(sic) and I also sometimes
give people information how to commit suicide. I don't see anything
wrong with that..."
Cools wrongly believes that because he is diagnosed with a personality
disorder and is on welfare, that Star's Edge will not sue him for his
blatant libel and copyright infringement. To date, every friendly
attempt to stop him, or reason with him, has been interpreted by him
as a threat that he uses to justify increasing his libel and copyright
infringement activities.14 He has ignored a US Federal judge's
injunction against publishing Braun's infringing Source Course--with
Braun's approval, of course.
In 2005, Braun coaxed Cools to create a hate website (avatarscam)
directed at Avatar. Most of the material on Cools' website have been
written, re-written, inspired, or collected by Braun, some of it from
a disgruntled Scientology employee, Gale Lyons, who Harry fired 19
years ago.15 Cools has also collected an e-mail list of Avatar Masters
and periodically spams them with libelous out of context information
about Harry Palmer, or stolen copyrighted materials.
9. Braun directly (or indirectly through his disgruntled recruits)
spends many hours per week repeating variations of his five favorite
lies:
Lie 1: that Avatar is a dangerous cult
Lie 2: that Harry Palmer is dishonest and insane
Lie 3: that Avatar training harms people
Lie 4: that Avatar is connected with, or is an offshoot of, the Church
of Scientology16
Lie 5: that Star’s Edge was, or is, engaging in criminal activities.
These are malicious lies and have been documented with evidence and
testimony as lies in U.S. Federal Court. Braun has been ordered to pay
large fines for spreading them.
The final court ruling can be viewed at the Court's website:
http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200313963.pdf
The final judgment for cost against Braun can be view here:
http://avatarfriends.com/Doc243Attorney%20Fees-1.pdf
To evade U.S. justice and the fines and other penalties levied against
him, Braun fled back to Paris where he continues to spin his lies to
uninformed people. He uses his handful of recruits to confirm each
other’s lies and spread misleading and manipulative stories to local
press, TV talk shows, school boards, and governmental agencies
(including the Florida and Texas Bar Associations, and, according to
Cools, the Dutch police, the Dutch Government, and the FBI). Among
Braun's favorites slurs are that Avatar is a UFO brainwashing cult and
associated with, or similar to, the Church of Scientology. Both
statements are deliberate lies intended to inflame people who have no
experience with Harry Palmer, Star's Edge or Avatar.
If you encounter any effects from Braun's or Cools' propaganda, feel
free to use this Situation Report to establish the reality of the
situation. Every statement in it is accurate and documented. (Star's
Edge will provide court documentation, deposition transcripts, and
evidence to responsible journalists.)17
When Eldon and Ronald get over being right, they are invited, on their
own time, to cycle between the Integrity (1) and Forgiveness Option
(5) mini-courses until they feel personally responsible for their
actions and no longer have any desire to blame, humiliate, or hurt
others.
The mini-courses are available for free download here:
http://avatarepc.com/html/mini-eng.html
In spite of Braun’s malicious lies and Ronald's spam e-mails, the
Avatar Network continues to expand. Star's Edge Trainers and staff
salute the many thousands of aligned Avatar Masters, and tens of
thousands of Avatar graduates, who are motivated by service to others,
and compassion, and who are contributing to an Enlightened Planetary
Civilization.
"In a universe based on duality, there is always an opposite
viewpoint." --Harry Palmer
Wishing you success and prosperity,
The Senior Avatar C
Check the profile.This is Claire's imposter, Ecatherina Ethier.
I figured that it wasn't Claire. She has never written such hateful
things.
That's sweet, Mon. However, just to be candid, I have been known to be
quite cutting when I'm angry enough.
I could give examples but I don't want to derail this.
Suffice it to say, I have a temper and am not perfect.
But yeah, if it's voltair...@ymail.com through googlegroups or if
it's posted via Airnews with the ymail return addy, then it's me. If
it's galg...@gmail.com as the return email on the posts, then it's
not me.
I guess this sporging is supposed to bother me or something.
(shrugging)
C
>On Nov 9, 6:22�pm, jommycross@[127.1] (Jommy Cross) wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:58:44 -0800 (PST), "Voltaire's Child"
>> <galgon...@gmail.com> wrote in msg
>> <5bf1efe3-2887-46ea-b3d6-7a9a95924...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Nov 8, 11:26�am, Eldon <EldonB...@aol.com> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >> This "Voltaire's Child" is not Claire Swazey, but a troll using the
>> >> same nick. Just ignore it.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> >Eldon was convicted for defamation
>>
>> Whatever. You're still sailing under a false flag of Fluffentology, you
>> creep.
<snip>
>
>Check the profile.This is Claire's imposter
<snip>
Yeah, that was my point. And Eldon's point.
So what's your point?
I was wondering, could you please repost the MM postings? I cant find
it anywhere.
I don't know where they are but I believe it was his second wife,
Julie Mayo who posted. Merrill was his first wife, unless I missed
something.
Monica
That's correct.