On 1/23/06, Keith McGuinness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't care if he likes to give interviews sitting in a bath of > warm custard with a lampshade on his head. > > That would be weird, but harmless. > > Scientology is weird BUT NOT harmless. The organisation harrasses > and hounds critics very vigorously. > > The religion/cult/philosophy [take your pick; I'm not going to > argue about it 8-)] -- by denying modern medicine, particularly > psychiatry -- has the potential to harm its followers; and > certainly HAS done in specific cases. > > By promoting scientology -- and specifically by criticising > modern psychiatry from a position of ignorance -- Tom Cruise is > potentially harming people. > > Now, the cynical side of me is inclined to say that anyone who > takes health advice from an actor/celebrity deserves what they > get (i.e. bad advice). > > The not-so-cynical side, realises that people with major physical > or psychological problems may NOT make entirely rational or > informed judgements. > > Tom Cruise is perfectly entitled to state his opinions. > > Others are perfectly entitled to "bag him" when he strays from > his area of expertise -- the art of make believe -- and makes > statements which are ignorant, misinformed or wrong; especially > when such statements have the potential to cause harm. > > Keith McG > > PS I like so of his movies too.
Stop making so much sense! -fr*nk -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
