--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 21, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Jeff Fischer wrote: > > > People do come in to start trouble and attack us. I have > > witnessed and handled it several times myself. > > Could the vast majority be characterized as from a particular > sector, e.g. fundamentalist or conservative Christian? It always > seemed to me that the vast majority were Christian cult buster > types--which is kinda funny as I would consider these fundie types > would fit the description of "cult mentality" quite well on their > own...
It's pretty strange the "hit" that Scientology has taken. I used to live in L.A. for a time, and because it was well-established there, and because a number of people in the entertainment industry were known for their participation, it became (strangely) "the religion it's OK to hate." I'm serious. People who would never in a million years stoop to hate speech (and actions) about Jews, or Buddhists, or even lesser spiritual groups felt absolutely NO compunctions about attacking Scientology. And doing worse -- there were publi- cized incidents of businesses blacklisting Scientologists and refusing to hire them, and doing other stuff that they would not think of doing with any other group. It's just weird. While I'm not a big fan of some of the past examples of "overkill" in defending themselves that have been exposed, I do respect the organization's right *to* defend itself. At least legally. Their legal staff managed to put away the Cult Awareness Network, an organization that did a great deal of damage to a great number of people before they were essentially bankrupted by the Church of Scientology lawsuit against them. For that alone Scientology has my respect. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
