Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!xs4all!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: ABC 20/20 - Fluff, but Revealing Date: 22 Dec 1998 08:12:49 PST Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3682c184.3081756@news.concentric.net> References: <75lkjk$3st$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <367f2cff.0@news2.lightlink.com> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts025d06.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:157707 noscieno@aol.com (NoScieno): >They will remember Alley gesticulating wildly and drawing an ill-advised >analogy. An ugly scene. >They will remember, "Do you feel the need to defend >Scientology?" -- "No... I've never felt the need to defend anything >good... Fight for it, yes...." An eerie echo of Hubbard's policies, >"Never defend. Always attack." Very chilling even to myself. The whole piece had a dark feel to it. The commentators let the piece do the talking. What could Barbara actually say? >Up until >this program I have always thought that the celebrity Scientologists were >blissfully unaware of Scientology's dark side. They weren't unaware. They were unable to connect the dots right in front of them. Why should they care that people are being tortured, held prisoner, bilked, and destroyed by their so-called religion. >Thank you, John and >Kirstie, for demonstrating once and for all where you stand -- foresquare >in support of the rampant abuse of people and the law, factually >documented not only on the 20/20 program but on a thousand web pages; >absolutely indifferent to the pain and suffering of cult victims. Yes, I was stunned by how perfectly Travolta and Alley demonstrated their vindictive indifference to the valid claims of those of us who were THERE, behind the curtain, servicing THEIR insecurities. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *