Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: An Open Letter Message-ID: <9508011443.0KP2A00@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Tue, 01 Aug 95 14:43:56 -0700 Lines: 68 peter@petermc.demon.co.uk (Peter McDermott) >Personally, if _I_ was looking for the traitors, I'd look for someone who >has gotten friendly with Dennis Erlich over a period of time. Someone who >sought to gain his trust. > >Think about it, Dennis. You know how they work... Everyone who knows me well, knows it's not easy to gain my trust with regards to important matters. If I trust someone enough to make myself volnerable to them, I like them well enough to take that chance, no matter who they are or work for. In other words, phatt chance anybody's penetrated my perimeter, and if they have ... so f*cking what? >Personally, I believe that the right thing to do is to give as full an >account as possible of everything that you know, and how it is that you >know it, here on ARS. We tend to have a bit more faith in the power of >subjecting information to public scrutiny than Scientologists do. You see, >they gain so much of their advantage by keeping things secret and >conducting whispering campaigns. Maintain deniability and rumours, and >never let anyone get access to the source of the data seems to be the >Scieno strategy. > >Here, we like to be able to verify any information that is put forward. >That way, if it _is_ a crock of shit, we can see it is a crock of shit. >And if it isn't, well, we can check that out as well. Each and every one >of us. Not some delegated 'trustworthy' person. She deputized Rogue to investigate. >You see, that's how cults work. Someone 'hats' somebody else and puts >them i/c of the investigation. Precisely! >They carry it out in secrecy, and then >report back. How about it, Rogue? Share the info and we'll all help you investigate. Put it on the table. If Tumor can't be straight, you do it. Tell us the info she gave you. >"It's OK. I checked Ol' Timer's info out and she's right. >Tom _is_ a rapist.' > >It won't wash here, I'm afraid. Anyone who trusts _anything_ that they >can't verify themselves in a conspiracy of this nature is a fool. > >Again, we can't know that unless we know who it is. Rogue Agent. >We also have >no reason to believe you. Your reputation here has been shot, and >this will not resuscitat e it. Nothing less than a full and frank >accounting would do that. S'go Old Girl. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"