Yet another damned mailing list but there was a specific need for such a mailing list not too long ago: When Phil Scott was hauled off by the cops and run through a forced evaluation by the City, he disapeared abruptly and there was some concern. There was difficulty getting information _out_ of the facility that he was taken to until many concerned people called in to ask about his health and safety and what had happened. What's needed is a network of individuals across the United States, across Canada, and wherever there are critics that are Fair Game (picketers take note) that can be alerted about such events quickly so that critics in the effected area can launch up to provide whatever help and assistance (as well as MORAL SUPPORT!) Let's start the High Alert mailing list hosted by The Skeptic Tank (I have 100 empty mailing lists doing nothing right now.) Every 2 weeks the subscribers to the mailing list would receive a message listing who the other subscribers are. Other than that there would be no other traffic in the mailing list unless something happens. If a picketer gets beaten up by a cultist in San Diego, for example, people in Southern California would see the alert and get on the phone to the hospital and the police to make sure that the person is okay, to provide moral support, and to make sure that the cops get background on Scientology's history of such behavior -- with an eye toward making sure the cops understand the media that's heading their way as well as the cult's lawyers and spin doctors that'll try to "handle" the "PR flap." If that were to happen, I would probably drive to San Diego myself to meet with the victim and to yell loudly for the punishment of the perp. in person. There's often very little lag time between an event that's of some magnatude, and information -- however spotty -- getting posted to a.r.s... But not everyone reads a.r.s every day or has time to review a.r.s's headers for the latest important information. This would be for extremely urgent High Alerts only. News media would be encouraged to subscribe. The Lisa McPherson Trust should have at least one representative subscribed. Every geographical area should probably have at least one critic subscribed. Everyone should subscribe, in fact. If someone disappears like that in the future, let's have a well-populationed network in place that can get alerted quickly. A phone call from any critic in trouble to someone in the network would alert everyone. --
"It doesn't give me displeasure to hear of a virgin being raped. The lot of women is to be fornicated."-L. Ron Hubbard, "Affirmations" 1947 "A drunk driver was better than no driver at all, wasn't it?" -Hubbard http://www.skeptictank.org/ http://www.xenu.net/ http://holysmoke.org/

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