http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2000-10-05/news.html/page1.html "The Securities Division of the Arizona Corporation Commission, in an unprecedented action against a major accounting firm, said it would seek restitution from Arthur Andersen to help investors in the Baptist Foundation of Arizona. The state accused Andersen, which had revenues of $7 billion in 1999, of committing fraud by covering up and participating in the Baptist Foundation of Arizona's Ponzi scheme, in which 13,000 investors lost $590 million. "

Perhaps if a law firm helps cover up fraud on behalf of a religious group, THEY would be called on the carpet. Perhaps if some PI's break the law on behalf of some religious corporation, THEY will be charged with the crime.

Evil groups require the cooperation of many people. If no one will cooperate, they cannot succeed. Vaclav Havel gave an excellent example of this... a grocer is told by the dictatorial government that he must put a poster in his shop window which supports and shows his store's support of some government program that no one really likes.

What should the grocer do, refuse to put up the poster and face the wrath of the dictator, or put up the poster and pretend to support the government and live a quiet life?

It is those green grocers who put up the sign that keep the dictator in power. It is those grocers who refuse to put up the sign who are feared by the dictator. If enough grocers refuse to put up the sign despite the harassment they will be under, then the dictator loses his power base.

Thanks to the above article, I think that it is nice to see that our government sometimes sides with the aggrieved parties rather than letting the bad people slide by. The government often fails in this duty, such as Bernie McCabe did here in the Lisa McPherson criminal case. But I'm grateful when I see the power of our government supporting the notion that cooperating with evil can get you in trouble.
When a Scientology staffer used a syringe to force a mixture of aspirin, Benadryl and orange juice into McPherson's throat while others held her down, it was "spiritual sustenance," the church argues.

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