After the London Police were denounced worldwide for banning the word “cult” to describe the cult of Scientology, all charges were dropped.  The Guardian:

The Crown Prosecution Service ruled the word was neither “abusive or insulting” to the church and no further action would be taken against the boy….

The summons was issued under the Public Order Act on the grounds that the sign incited religious hatred.

BBC News:

“Our advice is that it is not abusive or insulting and there is no offensiveness (as opposed to criticism), neither in the idea expressed nor in the mode of expression.”

A spokeswoman for the City of London Police said: “The CPS review of the case includes advice on what action or behaviour at a demonstration might be considered to be ‘threatening, abusive or insulting.

“The force’s policing of future demonstrations will reflect this advice.”

And Glosslip has a commentary:

The pseudo-religion has used its “religious” status as a cloak and shield to keep critics and investigators from looking too closely at their fascist activities. Some European Union countries have taken more severe steps to prevent the group from “spreading” throughout their country, and in places like Germany, France and Belgium, the Church of Scientology is under serious attack, with several pending lawsuits and criminal investigations currently working their way through the respective legal and legislative systems.

Only in the United States, UK and Australia is the Church of Scientology treated with kid gloves and given special dispensation. The United States has even gone so far as to give the Church of Scientology and its adherents special tax exemptions no other recognized religions gets, despite hundreds of eyewitness accounts of abusive, cult-like behavior perpetrated by the Church of Scientology.

Congratulations Epic Nose Guy! Frame that summons. Keep it with you until the day you die as a reminder of HOW FUCKING AWESOME YOU ARE.

The word “cult” is banned in the city of London, and The Guardian reports that London cops are cozy with the Scientologists and civil rights activists are frothing mad.

Officers confiscated a placard with the word “cult” on it from the youth, who is under 18, and a case file has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service….

The teenager refused to back down quoting a 1984 high court ruling from Mr Justice Latey, in which he described the Church of Scientology as a “cult” which was “corrupt, sinister and dangerous”.

After the exchange, a policewoman handed him a court summons and removed his sign….

The City of London Police, who issued the summons, came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology.

City of London police chief superintendent, Kevin Hurley, praised Scientology for “raising the spiritual wealth of society” during the opening of its £23m headquarters near St Paul’s Cathedral in 2006….

The decision by City of London Police to issue the summons provoked anger from civil liberties campaigners and groups helping former cult members.

Liberty director, Shami Chakrabarti, said: “This barmy prosecution makes a mockery of Britain’s free speech traditions.

“After criminalising the use of the word ‘cult’, perhaps the next step is to ban the words ‘war’ and ‘tax’ from peaceful demonstrations?”

EDIT: This is currently the top story in all topics on digg. And it’s on Gawker. Entheta press ahoy!

EDIT 2: The Register.

Standard issue nonsense from the cult, opposing life-saving legislation on the grounds LRH told them to do so.  This time with postpartum depression.

The MOTHERS Act runs against a major tenet of the Church of Scientology, whose beliefs are rooted in the writings of science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Followers oppose psychiatry and mood-altering medication.

In 2006 Scientology’s most visible member, the actor Tom Cruise, criticized the actor and model Brooke Shields for taking the antidepressant Paxil to combat postpartum depression. Cruise this month told Oprah Winfrey that he had been “wrong,” adding: “I’m not trying or want to tell anyone how to live their life or what they should believe or shouldn’t believe.”

Some other church members won’t waver. The Scientology-affiliated Citizens Commission on Human Rights encourages its Web site visitors to send a form letter to senators, stating that postpartum depression could be treated with “normal medical or alternative means.”

An absolute disgrace to the profession.

The two cops in this video are bored bullies who felt like getting a power hard-on to show off to each other. Not only was their behaviour in dealing with the public completely arrogant but completely counter to what their duty requires of them. Enturbulation found out how to complain about these two failures:

City of Orlando, Florida Police Department
Please call the Information Desk at (407) 246-2470 to inquire about filing a complaint on an Officer.

1. You must request a complaint form. The form can be mailed to you or can be picked up at the station.
2. You must complete the form as fully as possible and have your signature notarized.

This is a translation of the information package the German government distributes about the Scientology cult; the original German can be found somewhere on this page. An excerpt:

Picking up on systems theory, Scientology sees itself as a network (HCO PL, December 4, 1966) and as a game system (HCO PL, December 4, 1966), for which new players must be found by means of special moves. Scientology gives the appearance of being an open system, in which a person can decide by himself when to begin and end a game. In truth, however, the system is set up to permanently maintain a hold on the other players, i.e., to turn them into integral elements of the system’s structure. Systems bearing this characteristic are called “enslaving” in systems theory. When a system of this kind expands, the enslaved elements enhance the expansive force of the system like an avalanche within the context of a so-called synergy effect (H. Haken, 1981). Scientological management acts according to this systemic concept; this is what determines Scientology’s expansion strategy.

Cold War double agent (officially KGB but he worked for the CIA) Boris Korczak recently posted a video on his Youtube channel discussing Scientology and Anonymous:

At first people were suspicious; however doing research he certainly checks out. His story has been read into the congressional record and he has appeared on several different TV shows in the past. When we asked for advice, he provided:

We’ve now captured his heart:

QFT from Enturbulation:

And that jackass defendscientology had those stupid videos saying all this shit about how we should consider our futures and the NSA is watching and we’ll forever be labeled known terrorists and never be able to get jobs again.

Yeah. The government fucking hates us. That’s why the police eat our cake, give us hugs, make speeches about how much we rock… and why a damn CIA AGENT is coming to chill with us.

After the Boston Herald ran a front-page story about the cult trying to obtain tax dollars for one of their flawed LRH tech schools, the city is now carefully reconsidering the plan.

“We’re reviewing the grant proposal in light of new materials,” Boston Foundation spokesman David Trueblood said of the organization’s $20,000 gift to the proposed “Cornerstone for Success Academy.”…

Scientology is a federally recognized religion but has been widely criticized as a destructive, mind-controlling cult. A national anti-Scientology campaign was recently launched by Anonymous, a group of computer hackers and protesters who have blasted the church’s teachings.

Boston Teachers Union spokesman Richard Stutman criticized the Boston Foundation grant as “irresponsible,” in light of financial woes facing existing city schools.

Moar hurr.

The Citizens’ Purity League was a con job for taking over the allegiance of local prominent citizens and the police department L. Ron Hubbard outlined in his State of Man Lecture Series. He floats it as a “gag”, but constantly reminds the audience how to cope with possible outcomes “if” — wink wink — they decide to execute it. This is a transcript I made of excerpts for review purposes from a legally purchased copy. You can obtain the lecture series from Bridge Publications here, or on eBay. I recommend searching eBay.

Now I’m not outlining this as something we’re going to do instantly and immediately, I’m simply outlining this as something which is a good idea. That is to say, a funny idea, an idea that would be a little sport. (more…)

LRH in HCO PL 15 Aug 60 sets up the Department of Government Affairs. How is it to conduct itself?

The object of the department is to broaden the impact of Scientology upon governments and other organizations and is to conduct itself so as to make the name and repute of Scientology better and more *forceful*. Therefore, defensive tactics are frowned upon in the department. We are not trying to make the Central Orgs and HCOs “be good.” We are trying to make their reach more secure and effective. Only attacks resolve threats…. (more…)

Council President: councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org

Police chief William Bratton: Contact@lapdonline.org

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