South Africa and The Way to Happiness
Ted Mayett (KOX)
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Recently someone started a thread on a.r.s. about a possible
connection between Scientology and Coca-Cola, as claimed on
one of the Church's webpages:
>>The picture in question:
>><http://www.lronhubbardprofile.org/p_jpg/twth3.htm>
While corporate relationships can be intriguing, they aren't
my thing. I wouldn't have looked at this page without
further prompting. South Africa again! My, how the Church
loves to boast of its "big wins" in South Africa! From that
"Coke" page:
The Way to Happiness
Internationally, Mr. Hubbard's _The Way to Happiness_
has also proven a significant catalyst for positive
change. In the South African black township of Soweto,
for example, a campaign based on the precept "Safegaurd
and Improve Your Environment" was supported by the
largest food chain in the country and two major labor
unions, after distribution of _The Way to Happiness_
was found to have dramatically improved community
relations. As one resident explained, "The rate of
violence has decreased so much that we now know how
to sit down together and share our views. This
relationship comes from your wonderful booklets."
Still another campaign in the South African city of
Pietermaritzburg proved highly successful in easing
racial tensions. Consequently, the South African
police requested 114,000 copies of _The Way to
Happiness_ booklet--one for every policeman in the
country.
This is the same bit of braggadocio that Rena Weinburg
(current President of A.B.L.E.) wrote about in the
Scientology magazine _Impact_ 10 years ago, portions of
which were posted on a.r.s. (and elsewhere) in the thread
"Soweto Riots Anniversary".
Have you read "The Way To Happiness" booklet? It's online at
<http://www.thewaytohappiness.org>. It presents and
discusses 21 precepts in Hubbard's inimitable style
(tortuous grammar and all):
1. Take Care of Yourself
2. Be Temperate
3. Don't Be Promiscuous
4. Love And Help Children
5. Honor And Help Your Parents
6. Set A Good Example
7. Seek To Live With The Truth
8. Do Not Murder
9. Don't Do Anything Illegal
10. Support A Government Designed And Run For All The
People
11. Do Not Harm A Person Of Good Will
12. Safeguard And Improve Your Environment
13. Do Not Steal
14. Be Worthy Of Trust
15. Fulfill Your Obligations
16. Be Industrious
17. Be Competent
18. Respect The Religious Beliefs Of Others
19. Try Not To Do Things To Others That You Would Not
Like Them To Do To You
20. Try To Treat Others As You Would Want Them To Treat
You
21. Flourish And Prosper
According to the CoS, just READING this booklet prevents
violence, cures drug addiction, and reforms hardened
criminals. Never mind that large portions of humankind have
been reading the Ten Commandments for 3,500 years and social
ills still exist, it took L. Ron Hubbard and his stultifying
imitation to bring us the "tech" to save civilization. God
bless Ron!
Returning to the "Coke" webpage, Scientology's "data" there
is OLD: the Church's "big wins" in Soweto occurred 10 years
or more ago, assuming they occurred at all. I want to know
what the Church has done in South Africa LATELY. Perhaps
they've distributed more "The Way To Happiness" booklets to
quell the factional violence in KwaZulu-Natal (was that their
Pietermaritzburg campaign)? Or maybe they helped write the
new constitution, basing it on the one produced by Hubbard
in 1966 for Rhodesia? Have they submitted their official
statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (online
at <http://www.truth.org.za> detailing how tirelessly they
fought apartheid? No?
Wankers.
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Ted Mayett OT 1.1
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