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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: RICO SUIT?
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janda@netcom.com (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran)

<an435146@anon.penet.fi> wrote:
>In the short run, a RICO action, based in whole or in part on Kim
>Baker's sworn statements about an alleged ars-based squirrel church, would
>devastate the lives of many of a.r.s.'s more prolific and public posters.
>But in the longer run, it would involve the "Church" of $cientology shooting
>itself in the foot yet again, and with the highest caliber shell ever. The
>mobilization of the net community which we all witnessed early this year
>after the raid on Dennis, the rmgroup attempt, the breach of penet.fi, etc.,
>will pale in comparison to the reaction to such a flagrant attack on free
>speech.

Keith:
>Depends on who, specifically, they file the RICO suit against.  You
>are correct that in the short run, it could/would be devistating to
>many of the posters to ars.
>
>Grady has taken on the NSA, though.  Naming him in the suit won't get
>the cult jack shit, except for maybe hundreds of encrypted disks.
>
>Dennis, Larry, Arnie, etc have already been raided.  Naming them
>in a RICO suit will allow them to file another lawsuit, but they
>already have everything from their previous raids.
>
>Naming Deana would be an incredibly stupid move.  About the only
>thing that naming a lawyer in the RICO suit would do would be that
>the other folks would get lots of free legal advice.
>
>Naming Diane might be a good move from a legal standpoint, but the
>news stories about "cult attacks librarian in attempt to supress
>free speech" would be about as helpful as trying to swim through
>a pool of rusty razorblades.
>
>Naming Rogue Agent might be a good move, because it would probably
>allow them to force his provider to give them his "personal" information,
>so that he would no longer be "anonymous".  There is no guarantee,
>however, that RA gave the correct information to his provider.
>
>There are some posters who don't post a whole lot here that they could
>name, but again, I think you're correct in saying that filing a RICO
>lawsuit can only give them an "advantage" for the short term, and
>possibly the very short term.  In the long-term sense, filing a RICO
>lawsuit would be a disaster to them of proportions that I don't think
>even they can comphrend.
>--
>According to Kendrick Moxon, lawyer and expert witness for the cult of
>Scientology, the fact that Jesus was a pedophile is a part of the cult
>of Scientology's holy scriptures.  Read alt.religion.scientology for more!

    This is precisely how I see it.

    However, having said that, I would only add this little quip:
    There have been no boundries on the self-delusion in which the
    scienos seem willing to engage.

    Wounded waterbuffalo with bloated bank accounts, sense of
    self importance, and legal staff. <excuse the mix>

    This is slow-motion seige.  It could errupt in flames at any 
    moment.  And yes ... firetrucks *will* be standing by.

            +--------------------------------------+
           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"