Re: Chronical Covers Erlich Hearing - Clams Skunked!

In <3sh9vj$gll@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> coriez@ix.netcom.com (Charles Oriez) writes:

>I had a friend in San Francisco call me this morning with info on press
>reports of the Erlich hearing. The San Francisco Chronical covered the
>hearing in detail. It matches Dave's assessment that the CO$ arguments
>were hard to follow. And a judge having a hard time following the
>arguments of an attorney is not going to rule in favor of that
>attorney's clients.
The SF Chronicle article is available online, via the World Wide Web. In fact, there are several. Access the URL <a href="http://sfgate.com/wais-chron.html">http://sfgate.com/wais-chron.html</a>and use the search term "Scientology".

Among the interesting quotes you'll find there are

== Helene Kobrin, an attorney who represents Scientology's publishing company and the Religious Technology Center, holder of the ``Dianetics'' and ``Scientology'' trademarks, insisted that the church does not expect on-line services to monitor everything that goes through their systems. ``We're asking that when they're notified that a user is doing something that's not OK, that they respond to that and do something about it,'' she said. According to Kobrin, Netcom was unwilling even to pass on a warning to Erlich. == -- Quote from San Francisco Examiner, 3/2/95, Page A3 Um... didn't they suggest monitoring everything that Dennis sent?

Here's an interesting tidbit: == Linedecker does fill us in on a few little-known facts: [O.J. Simpson case prosecuter Marcia] Clark had a nose job (``revealing a more prominent look at her nostrils''); her first husband was a flamboyant Israeli gambler who played backgammon for money in clubs such as Pips in Los Angeles, where one of the celebrity customers was O.J. Simpson; her first marriage was stormy, noisy and violent; less than a month after her divorce, she married her second husband, ``a computer expert and executive with the Church of Scientology.'' == -- Quote from San Francisco Examiner, 6/9/95, Page C9 This quote is from a book review of "Marcia Clark: Her Private Trials and Public Triumphs" by Clifford L. Linedecker, by Pinnacle Books. The review, by the way, is not favorable.

== Clark's personal life has come under close scrutiny in the tabloid media, particularly the fact that she is twice married and recently filed for divorce from her second husband, a member of the Church of Scientology. == -- Quote from San Francisco Examiner, 10/1/94, Page A5 Sort of casts new light onto her urgent child custody hearings, in light of statements that have been made in this group...

== -- Nancy Cartright, who is the voice of Bart Simpson on the TV series, is national spokeswoman for the Church of Scientology. == -- Quote from San Francisco Examiner, date/page not given

Ayi carumba! -- --Rob Levandowski Computer Interest Floor associate / University of Rochester macwhiz@cif.rochester.edu [Opinions expressed are mine, not UR's.]