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While I was videotaping a picket at Scientology's Celebrity Center in Los Angeles, I accidently bumped into a security guard. He called the police and tried to have me arrested.
Scientology confrontation caught on video
Seeded on Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:31 PM EDT
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Excellent find.
Assault usually requires intent. I think, almost always, intent. No intent to assault? No assault. The act usually has to be knowing an intentional. Given it's documented on video, the evidence favoring the cameraman's story is incontrovertible.
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#1 - Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:02 PM EDTHow exactly did this become a recognized religion?
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#3 - Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:02 PM EDTJust fill out a couple forms...
But, it's not *recognized* as a religion by many. For example, in a related story, Nicole Kidman was given the OK to marry in the Catholic church because the church doesn't recognize her former marriage to Tom Cruise since it took place in the "Church" of Scientology...which the Catholic Church doesn't recognize.
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To my knowledge it also varies from country to country. For instance, in Canada, Scientology is not recognized as a religion... organization yes, but religion no.
From what I learned in a Cults and NRM class I took awhile back, there may have been some shady dealings with the admin of Scientology and the IRS that got Scientology its religious designation and its tax exempt status in the US. But, that's mostly conjecture.
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Germany recognizes Scientology as a commercial business. Not too far off, but the question is, what are they selling?
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Scientology is not recognized by the IRS as a religion and therefore does not have tax exempt status. They sell "self-improvment" books and seminars that are supposed to be alternatives to anti-depressant prescription medication and therapy. Their big causes are achieving tax exempt status and destroying the psychiatric industry.
Oh, and they think a big alien overlord used to rule the earth and 68 other planets. And L. Ron Hubbard, their founder, was a science fiction author. And he spent years in prison for fraud.
These people are nuts.
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Germany recognizes Scientology as a commercial business. Not too far off, but the question is, what are they selling?
They have this revolutionary way of creating fertilizer (usually found on farms as a waste biproduct of male cows) from thin air. It's pretty amazing.
They do have tax-exempt status in the U.S. under Section 501(c)(3).
Hetep and Respect, What a waste of energy. This guy's leader's number one rule about public relations is don't lie. Talk about a Church rule violation.
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#4 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:20 AM EDTthis is very common in America. bump into someone by accident and pouf, $13.37 million lawsuit.
this kid is a stupid little prick. First he acts all wimpy and say "OMG U BUMP INTO ME!" then he has the audacity to refer to the protester as a fatty fat man who violently pushed him and say it was assault?
BAHAHA. Why do people exploit the judicial system so much in this country?
He should be glad he didn't bump into me.
why is it so surprising that people like him go for the security guard jobs and the sort in order to bewilder people?
There's a Freudish word to explain that, I forgot what it is, I want to guess "penis-envy" but I think I'm wrong on that.
good job, mr blogger for sticking it to the scientomonkeys
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#5 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:36 AM EDTInteresting film, but, I thought it was something new and recent until I got to the end and saw, "Copyright 1999, Factnet Films." Just makes you wonder if it would be handled so delicately in the post-911 world.
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#7 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:52 AM EDT"You're a big guy, my chest kinda hurts...." Geeze what a whiny little putz. I'm surprised the cops kept such a level head during this. I kept saying "Assault? Do you want me to show you assault?" But that would be playing their game.
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#8 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:55 AM EDTI think I would have knocked that smug little smile off of his face and taken the assault charge as kind of a sick guilty pleasure.
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#9 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:36 AM EDT@JustinPM:
They sell EVERYTHING. They have a machine used for "auditing". When they lost their tax exempt status initially, they became a "religion" so they could classify this machine as a religious artifact.
They also sell auditing sessions, which are required to progress to the next "level."
#10 - Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:20 PM EDTScientology confrontation caught on video
Damn... judging by the headline, I was hoping for a video of a fight between Xenu and a Helatroban
-J
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