Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars,
the best way would be to start his own religion”
L.Ron Hubbard
I’ve been feeling a little like reporter John Sweeney myself lately, and only today did something like this to a neighbor of mine, someone whose blithe inhumanity needed a good smackdown. Maybe the BBC should hire me, as I definitely scored more hits than this poor, hapless Brit.
To be fair, he’d just sat through a video designed to destabilize people; to be fair to the Scientologist production crew, it’s obviously quite effective. But before they had a chance to move on to the “love bombing” phase of the experiment, the subject returned to the clutches of his profession and started asking questions.
Here is the full, just-under-a-minute rant when he snaps and goes apeshit on Tommy Davis, the blocker droid that L.Ron‘s minions sent to deal with him. Listen to the bot as he flawlessly repeats the same line for the entire duration of the verbal assault; it’s like the dilithium crystals got scratched and they’re skipping. THAT, my friends, is the truly scary part.
The rant is parenthesized by background reports from the BBC that explain, among other things, that prior to his outburst the reporter had been stalked for several days by Scientology operatives, and had just endured a 19-minute video designed to show that the Holocaust was the fault of psychiatry; this video included helpful scenes such as children getting needles in their eyes and other such light fare to set the tone.
One thing I’ll say for them; the Scientologists, for all that they’re psychiatry naysayers, understand psychology very, very well indeed.
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Scientologists: born-again solipsists.
I had to room with one of those freaks. If the same ever happens again I’m gonna plant thetans under the bed.
But the worst thing is trying to keep them from jumping up on the couch–no matter how often you swat them with the newspaper they just keep coming back for more.
Whenever I’m confronted by this sort of idiocy I like to pretend I’m a devout convert to Normanism, also known as Religion of Gor.
Wow. It is amazing how they try to silence any form of criticism.
Scientology has long since jumped the couch in my opinion.
I’m all for freedom of religion, but they seem to believe that it means freedom from criticism or analysis, and if they’re going to play religion with the big boys, they’re going to have to take exactly the same kind of knocks. If the church of Scientology can’t handle it, it should stop pretending and just be okay with the fact that it’s an MLM scheme.
I watched the progamme and it certainly puts John Sweeney’s rant a little more into context. This is a dangerous cult that preys on people with weak minds and weak egos. That is probably why it is so popular in Hollywood. : )
What I did learn from the programme is the useful tool to upset any Scientologist. You call it a cult. Simple. I shall use it at any opportunity.
Phoebs
Oh NOW you hit the internet. Now that I’m going to bed (three hours late, too).
It IS a cult, too.
Email me a date/time and we’ll get together on MSN. Seen the other blog yet? Check the blogroll: raincoaster media group.
Well we know we’re right so there and if you don’t agree I’m just going to HAVE A TANTRUM and now matter how much you shout to make yourself heard Mr BBC man, my friends are posher than yours so we must be right.
nuh!
Tom Cruise isn’t anybody’s idea of posh since his movies started tanking and he started jumping the couch and all. But he’s still purty: in fact, I’m wondering if they cloned him to grow this robot.