Re: Snake Thompson - the Article

Andrew Milne spluttered: > The 8 million people refers to the Scientologists.
If there are 8 million Scientologists out there, milne, then I'm a blue-arsed baboon. > Now let me ask you how
> you can look in yourself in the mirror when you know that you are supporting:
> 1. A group that supports a copyright violator, Dennis Erlich, who is also
> a wife-beater who has reneged for years on his child support payments.
a) That's *alleged* copyright violator. Dennis' defence of 'fair use' appears pretty strong to me. b) Dennis has freely admitted to hitting Rosa *once*. I do not condone violence of any kind, but a one-off loss of temper can be at least understood. In the light of what she's been up to since the harrassment began, I am amazed at his self-restraint, to be honest. I do not think Dennis is a violent man, and certainly not a "wife beater". c) As I understand it, Dennis has been refused access to Holly for many years. Morally, I would think Dennis had a right to withold payments while his wife was refusing him access.

> 2. A group whose members think nothing of holding the religious beliefs
> of millions up to ridicule, contempt and ignominy. Civilized groups have
> always regarded religion as sacrosanct.
I am an athiest myself, but I would defend anybody's right to practice their religion. The trouble is, in your "religion", the more you progress through the levels, the more you have to pay. In that respect, I don't consider Scientology a genuine religion at all.

> 3. Did you protest against the bomb threat made against churches of
> Scientology?
Now what bomb threat would this be, milne? I want documentation here. Henry has already demonstrated that the vague threat in one of his posts was a forgery. I don't recall seeing a genuine threat.

> 4. Did you protest against threats to kill Scientologists made on this
> newsgroup?
One arsehole made such a comment, and was immediately shot down in flames. I don't remember any other sceptics here advocating any kind of violence.

> Your allies are such as Grady Ward, who makes a big deal about how tough
> he is but is such a wimp that he squeals about intimidation solely because
> someone knocked on his door and invited him to talk.
Correction. Someone drove *5 hours* to knock on his door, unnanounced. They refused to leave his property when asked. *I* would be intimidated in those cercumstances, and I'm not a regular poster to this group.

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