Verfassungsschutzbericht 2007

Highlights (from a critical perspective) of the "Verfassungsschutzbericht 2007" annual report issued by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution on May 15, 2008.

Jason Lee

Jason Lee - another celebrity Scientologist. Glosslip is not happy about it.

Encyclopedia Dramatica Entry for Critics

Encyclopedia Dramatica as a rather accurate description of critics in its anti-Scientology page. Worth quoting - it's almost as if it was written by me :-)

"If one wishes, one may also troll on the "other side of the fence". That is, troll the critics of Scientology. This is often the source of many epic lulz, since critics get so caught up in their "activism" in railing against Scientology, that they often don't see that they are, themselves, becoming the very model of what a Scientologist should be.

Trolling critics is generally a longer set up that your garden variety troll, but depending on the set up can last anywhere from a couple of months to over a year. The troller should find a Scientology critic message board (Operation Clambake being the largest example thereof), create an account and once situated within the community, incite chaos by doing one (or all) of the following:

• Declare your love/admiration/respect for L.Ron Hubbard. Add that he was brilliant.
• Start every topic and answer every question with a Hubbard quote.
• Say that Scientology means "Study of truth" and ask the critics why they are against truth.
• Claim that there is actual "value" in Scientology "tech"
• Claim that Scientology is a "bona fide" religion.
• Say that Fair Game doesn't exist. And Xenu is an invention of ex-members.
• Claim that Scientology "helps people become more able"
• Say that all critics are oppressors, bigots, intolerant, Nazis etc.
• Bad mouth psychiatry
• Suggest to bomb the Church and say it will be a kewl terrorist attack.
• Threaten to drop docs on someone's Powerword: IRL Name on the boards.

(Note: Threatening to drop docs, or "outing" a critic is a troll ending move, but the resultant panic generates much lulz)

Any or all of the above will brand you immediately as a "Scieno", "Clam" or the entity most dreaded by the critic "community", O.S.A. which is short for Office of Special Affairs, the "dirty tricks/litigation" arm of the Scientology "Church". Many lulz ensue as the critics bad mouth you, tell you you're stupid, that Hubbard was a mad man, sling epithets and generally attempt to butthurt you with tired, cliche arguments over and over. These critics have developed a kind of "visual stealth technology" wherein if you point out that they're acting exactly like the big, bad entity they're fighting against, blinders will come down, your observation will be either categorically denied (despite the obviousness) or ignored.

Remember: these "critics" are the ones who claim to want to "help" people exit the cult of Scientology, but seem to be the first ones to drive Scientologists running screaming right back to their E-Meters for "Life Repair Handling" or courses in shattering "Suppressive Persons" (more like Smart Persons amirite?). "

Nearly Blind and Constantly Confused

Magoo not only means "nearly blind", it also means "nearly blind and constantly confused". Watch her in a thread where a poster, "Roadrunner", only asks for proof that the Admissions revealed by Armstrong are authentic. Her "answer": "OSA, OSA, OSA" and an incredibly deluded rant, while totally failing to address the simple question.

The Affirmations

Critics are totally unable to prove that the Admissions (also called the Affirmations), supposedly written by LRH, are authentic.

Indeed, the sole source for them is Gerry Armstrong, who supposedly received them from an unnamed source, supposedly re-typed them, then supposedly destroyed the original copy he received!

As to why he destroyed the handwritten copy that would have proven it coming from LRH is puzzling, except of course if it just is a cover-up to "explain" why he can't substantiate their origin and possibly just made it all up.

He claims he destroyed it for copyright reason, but this does not make much sense. At the time, Armstrong was already a fugitive from American justice because he walked away with the $800,000 he received from the CoS as part of a settlement that he repeatedly violated. Publishing the source of these Admissions or at least preserving it would not have made a difference for his case, whereas publishing them as proof such a damaging document indeed comes from LRH would have made a huge difference regarding the Scientology issue.

In this respect, the possibility that Armstrong actually wrote these Admissions himself is not that remote.

Here is a good post from this thread that summarizes the situation.


Related blog entries: R-Affirmations-

Circle Jerks

The "Circle Jerks, Noisemakers and Trolls" in ARS page is supposed to save you the trouble of reading "noise". However some of the names on the list are nothing more than dissenters to the ARS anti-Scientology consensus. These include some fine posters such Jonathon Barbera and Nec_V20, This once again speaks load about the so-called stance of "free speech" critics award themselves.

Interview with L. Ron Hubbard

A video on YouTube contains one of the rare interviews with L. Ron Hubbard. Unfortunately, it has been very heavily edited and distorted.

For example, zoom to 2:55 where Hubbard is asked to answer the question "what is Scientology". He starts to explain the origin of the word, then the commentator at 3:38 ask him to be more concrete. He let Hubbard state one single sentence then cuts abruptly and on 3:47 jumps to another out of context sentence that for the layman would be difficult to understand. Then the commentator claims "even after three hours of talking, we never got an explanation from him that we could understand" and goes on to provide his own (irrelevant and biased) interpretation. They didn't even allow the viewer to decide this for himself by letting Hubbard speak more than two sentences, mounted in such a way to make it look absurd!

This gives the tone of the whole footage. Out of three hours the team made a 26 minutes footage containing very little of the actual interview and loads of their own derogatory comments. They just selected out the few minutes in the interview that fit their obviously biased point of view.

The full uncut version of that interview is unfortunately not available.

Another Self-Serving Definition of Anonymous

Another self-serving definition of Anonymous:

"Anonymous is the voice of the body politic and the consciousness of the Internet that has stepped offline and into the real world"

never mind that this "consciousness" is basically just swallowing anti-cult propaganda so readily available on the Internet.

Moderate Opinions about Will Smith School

A couple of moderate opinion towards the anti-Smith current regarding his future schools:

"The important point is that private schooling works best for both private and public schools when it stays private".

"As hard as I've tried - and believe me, I've tried - I have never been able to get particularly upset about Scientology."

"If Will Smith wants to spend his money setting up a school so his kids get a step up in life, I say go for it."

Hip-Hop Web Site in Racist Attack

Hip-hop Web sites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com were forced to temporarily suspend access to their sites on Friday after being targeted this week by anonymous.

Anons followed their usual policy in such circumstances:

"when it's bad, it's not us, when it's good, it's us"

Unfortunately for Anonymous, their bible (Encyclopedia Dramatica) is replete with racist comments, which they present as "satires". If you still have doubt about this, just read Anonymous own page about SOHH, that goes into quite some details as to the motive and modalities of these attacks. Also take a look at the Nigger Manual to see if their brand of "humor" fits yours.

Sarcasticbag.com has an interesting description of Anonymous, calling them a "racist pricks," who are incapable of moving beyond the "bullshit racist language that angry sexless middle class white kids use all the time."

See also news articles at exclaim.ca and Huliq.com.

Crying Scientologist

Anonymous spots someone looking at their protest from a window and decided that this person was a "crying Scientologist" even though there is no evidence to show this person is crying. It just is someone watching at their shouting gathering in front of the CoS and probably thinking they are a bunch of hateful individuals.

Chris Forcand

News piece on how anonymous helped nail down Chris Forcand.

CoS Buys Fall School Business Center in Nashville

The Church of Scientology Religious Trust has bought the Fall School Business Center on 8th Avenue in Nashville. The Falls School building was constructed in 1898 as an elementary school, and is on the National Registry of Historical Places. Haynes says it was very important that the historic building be well preserved by its new owners, and looking at other historic buildings purchased by the Church of Scientology around the country, he was convinced there buildings character would remain intact.


Related blog entries: -NashvilleOrg-

Justin Meldal Johnsen

Scientology managed to convert yet another creative type, bassist Justin Meldal Johnsen.

Hate of the Worst Kind

Tom Newton reports another onlooker to critics and anonymous who decided that it was indeed just hate of the worst kind.