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Respect is EARNED: it is never granted!

Many human rights activists around the world consider Scientology Inc. to be organized crime. They have excellent reason for thinking so. Just consider the Office of Special Affair's crimes and human rights abuses, for which 11 Scientology crime bosses went to prison. USA Vs Mary Sue Hubbard et al, Criminal Case No. 78-401, A partial list of those crimes, from the sentencing memorandum:

1) The infiltration and theft of documents from a number of prominent private national and world organizations, law firms and newspapers

2) The execution of smear campaigns and baseless law suits to destroy private individuals who had attempted to exercise their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression

3) The framing (of crimes) of private citizens who had been critical of Scientology, including the forging of documents which led to the indictment of at least one innocent person

4) Violation of the civil rights of prominent private figures and public officials;

5) The burglary of Government offices

6) The theft of Government property

7) The interception of private Governmental communications

8) The obstruction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Grand Jury investigation into those burglaries

9) Thefts, and electronic "buggings" of government offices and private citizen's residences and business offices

10) The harboring and concealment of a fugitive from justice;

11) And the making of false declarations to the federal Grand Jury.

L. Ron Hubbard turned his dangerous "self-help" scam into a "religion" specifically for tax-exemption status only: HE NOT ONLY SAID SO, HE WROTE SO, several times.

Scientology was started by L. Ron Hubbard in 1954, after telling his friends that starting a religion is the best way to make a million dollars. In 1953 Mr. Hubbard wrote

[quote]"I await your reaction on the religion angle. In my opinion, we couldn't get worse public opinion than we have had or have less customers with what we've got to sell. A religious charter would be necessary in Pennsylvania or NJ to make it stick. But I sure could make it stick."[/quote]

If the Scientology crime syndicate wishes "respect," it has to earn it. First they must cease thier crimes and human rights abuses!

David Rice, President National Coalition of Human Rights Activists nchra@hotmail.com

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"I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what [religion] they do." -- D. Dale Gulledge

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