Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: Help stop the spread
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 95 11:49:25 -0700
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tilman@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr)

>shoki@world.std.com wrote:
>Jim has the right to call all he wants.  So do you.  But you
>guys are missing the point, which comes right from your
>beloved Constitution:  you have to PROVE that the COS ads
>are "false and fraudulent."  Unless you can do that, you
>have NO legal or moral ground on which to base your request
>to remove them from the air.

Tilman:
>Irrelevant, since the matter is not in court. The boss of that TV
>station will pull their ads off simply because he wants it. It is his
>decision not to take their money. Luckily, there is no such thing as a
>"right to advertise".
>
>Besides, the cults criminal activities are proven by several courts
>(Armstrong trial, Wollersheim trial). In the Christofferson-Titchbourne
>trial they did not even deny their activities, they instead said that it
>was part of the free excercise of religion.
>
>With your logic, Tammy and Jim Bakker would advertise for years, until
>the trial of the managers would be over (usually a long time after there
>is evidence).
>
>For the record, I support Jim's activities to stop co$ ads on
>television. I will do the same if I ever see one. There was one on a
>small satellite sports station which I don't have, and it was stopped
>quickly after viewers complained (I guessed it helped that one viewer
>was a member of parliament).
>
>Tilman
 
    Toadly, Tilman.
    
    I've gotten their PSAs (public service announcements) thrown 
    off several radio stations in the LA area simply by calling 
    up and saying "Did you know that Applied Scholastics (or 
    whatever scieno front group) is a recruiting arm of the cult of
    scientology?  And that by running this ad for them, they will
    undoubtedly get some unsuspecting youth to join and throw
    away his or her life?  That actually happened to me.  Would you 
    like to hear about it?"
    
    Next day PSA gone.  Media tends not to readily accept
    advertising money from organizations suspect of defrauding
    the public and subverting justice.     
    
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