Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: Enough Greenberg Message-ID: <9509240855.0CJBY00@support.com> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 08:55:27 -0700 Lines: 42 Robert J. Woodhead >1) it is probably not good tactics to adopt a strategy that requires changes > in the law that may have far-reaching consequences outside of the struggle > currently being engaged in (and may come back to haunt us later, the old > "be careful what you wish for, you may get it); and I am pretty confident that the right to speak out against a criminal enterprise like the scieno cult is something that Americans would be nearly unanimous in wishing for. Collateral consequences of free speech be damned. >2) pursuing such a strategy to the exclusion of other strategies that do not > require such changes in the law is bad tactics. You don't appreciate our tactics, Woodhead? A shame really. Either does OSA. :) >May I respectfully suggest that everyone go and re-read Sun Tzu? One of >his basic precepts is "always fight the enemy on a battleground of your >own choosing." The CO$ clearly and historically wants to fight the battle >in the courts. We should deny them this. If it is not done in court and if the scienos are not driven back from their preditory use of law to silence criticism, we will be trapped in a living hell of censorship on internet. We've got to settle this issue NOW! If we don't break the grip the cult has on free speech *already*, and prevent any possible further abridgement of our free speech rights, our children and grandchildren could, to some extent, end up being the Slaves of Sleep tubby wrote about. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"