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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: The Noose is Tighteni
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zeltar@intergate.net (Almighty Zeltar)

>Rolf Elak (rem@nite.toppoint.de) wrote:
>
>: Once in a while "henry" finds it appropriate not to (beep) and uses
>: arguments to embarress a $cientologist and what happens? The usual - he
>: gets attacked for his amusing habit of restimulating engrams (*) and gets
>: insulted in addition!

The Almighty Quickstudy:
>Speaking of "henry", wouldn't it be wise of him to tone down on the
>mindless screaming of insults a little? After getting past my initial
>distrust of the anti-CoS movement (A distrust fostered by the air of
>angry fanaticism that "henry" exudes), I now understand that the "church"
>is a fairly scumbaggish organization, guilty of all sorts of nasty stuff.
>There's plenty of factual information to prove all this, but to hear
>"henry" rant, you'd think there wasn't a shred of evidence to support the
>anto-CoS case.

    Sorry.  Aitch is, along with Grady Ward, an ars Master of the
    Sacred Taunt, whose technique is well worth further study.

>Of course, I've seen "henry" post some intelligent stuff, so I'm
>reasonably sure he's not a blithering idiot, but most people don't take
>the time to read around.

    On the contrary, I think Aitch's taunts add a certain street
    flavor to the newsgroup.

>Your average thinks-with-his-glands guy in the
>street is going to see a CoS guy acting like he's reasonable, and henry
>screaming at him, using "fuck" every second word, and is going to come to
>the conclusion that the CoS is some sort of poor, downtrodden, valid
>religion, and these people who are against it are a bunch of insane
>hatemongers.

    "Thinks-with-his-glands" guys don't really hang around long.

    Bye.
    
>Henry is a valuable ally a large part of the time, but when he starts
>screaming, he's the best friend the CoS coould ever have.

    He is the best friend they could have.  He tells them the
    truth, in no uncertain terms.

>Zeltar

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