Scientology

From: bob@minton.org (Bob Minton)
Subject: Flyer for New Hampshire
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:25:42 GMT
Message-ID: <3617213b.10140019@news.tiac.net>


A couple of local newspaper called to ask me about the attached flyer which has been distributed in Sandown over the last few days (a jpeg is posted to abs).

For the record, I wish to correct the least obvious lie in this flyer that "A year ago, he appeared out of nowhere to hand out millions...."

Wrong you impotent fools. Do you just want your members to think that I have been a short-lived flap for scientology.

Well, I showed up on ars in January 1995, delurked in October 1995, started handing out money soon thereafter, offered a $360,000 reward for the revocation of your 501(c)3 status in March 1996, and have generally been in your face and on your ass ever since.

This obviously begs the question, why are you so impotent?

Now, for the New Hampshire flyer:

THE TRUTH ABOUT ROBERT S. MINTON
Leader of an Anti-Religious Hate Group As a director and the main financial backer of an anti-religious hate group, Robert Minton has blatantly lied to the American public and the media about the Church of Scientology, its members, its goals and actions. We protest this effort to smear, malign and now subject our members to violence. Proclaiming himself to be a "free speech advocate", Minton can't stand to let others enjoy the same free speech rights and has resorted to violence on several occasions.

A year ago, Minton appeared out of nowhere to hand out millions of dollars to individuals found by federal courts to have been engaged in unlawful. activities against the Church of Scientology. Members of our Church pointed out publicly at that time that Minton was unstable, had been institutionalized in the past and was on psychiatric medication. A warning was issued that he could explode into violence at any time. Minton confirmed our fears a few weeks ago when, accompanied by a married woman, Stacy Young, he appeared with a shotgun and fired at three Scientologists who were engaging in a peaceful demonstration.

Minton repeatedly lied to the media and has tried to destroy our religious beliefs and practices. Minton is a hypocrite. Minton's present of a $260,000 home to Mrs.

Young, a married woman not his wife, was NOT a humanitarian act - as he claimed to the press while denying their affiair - but apparently part of a scheme to lure her away from her husband. Yet, he has now publicly abandoned his own wife and children for Ms, Young.

When his hatemongering against our parishioners was, given prominence in the Boston media, our church was repeatedly vandalized. We said then that he was a trigger's width from an outburst of psychotic violence. His violence struck this recently. Reeking of alcohol, Minton turned up outside the Church of Scientology on 10/9/98 carrying picket signs and started abusing staff and parishioners.

When two Scientologists tried to stop him, he thrust his sign into the face of one, knocking off his glasses. He finally smashed a stick over the head of the second, who was taken to hospital.

Robert Minton has failed to conduct himself decently toward members of our church. He has instead chosen to lie to the media and public and create hatred and violence. He has demonstrated that truth has no place on his agenda.

Mr. Minton has paid to create an atmosphere of intolerance against our religion. His religious bigotry, hatred and violence must stop.

Free Speech & Religious Freedom Committee of the Parishioners[sic] of the Church[sic] of Scientolqy