Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: RE: AOL TOSses Me
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referen@ibm.net (Diane Richardson)

>Gentle Readers:
>
>You may be aware that I have been posting here about the
>difficulties "Church" <spit> of Scientology[tm] critics have
>been having trying to refute the lies spread by the culties
>on America Online.
>
>For nearly a week, I've been unable to access AOL.
>Finally, today, I managed to make a connection, only to receive
>the message "Your account has been canceled" or some such,
>before being disconnected.  I have NEVER been contacted by the
>AOL Terms of Service people, in spite of the fact that I have
>written them on several occasions and cc'd them on my numerous
>letters to the Religion & Ethics Forum sysop, Jerry White.
>
>What AOL is doing is seriously wrong.  By permitting the "Church"
><spit> to spread its propaganda unchallenged by critics, the
>"Church" <spit> is managing to reach an audience of
>middle-income, relatively unsophisticated people that they would
>NEVER manage to reach through their normal marketing methods.
>
>Most net people have the attitude that AOL isn't worth bothering
>about.  Unfortunately, when it comes to the "Church" <spit> of
>Scientology[tm], that's not the case.  Most net users are far too
>knowledgeable to be sucked into a scam cult.  Most AOL users are
>not.  As a matter of fact, that's the reason I kept my AOL
>account open for so many years -- as a genealogist, the fact that
>AOL reaches retirees, small towns in rural areas, and people
>without the expertise to navigate the "scary" internet was a real
>benefit to me.
>
>I have no idea what sort of hold the "Church" <spit> has over
>AOL, but I would imagine that money has something to do with it.
>AOL has given protection to the Scientologists[tm] that they
>offer to NO OTHER religious group on their Religion & Ethics
>Forum.  There's something operating behind the scenes there
>. . . .
>
>Diane Richardson
>referen@ibm.net
 
    Well, doesn't this just stink to high heaven!

    AOL jumps on the censorship bandwagon and into a roll in the
    hay with the slimos.  Here comes another "Good Hands[tm]" 
    fiasco.
    
    You just wait.
    
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           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"