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Scientology Critic Arrested After 6 Years
destinyland writes "Friday police arrested 64-year-old Keith Henson. In 2000 after picketing a Scientology complex, he was arrested as a threat because of a joke Usenet post about "Tom Cruise Missiles." He fled to Canada after being found guilty of "interfering" with a religion, and spent the next 6 years living as a fugitive. Besides being a digital encryption and free speech advocate, he's one of the original Burr-Brown/Texas Instruments researchers and a co-founder of the Space Colony movement."
"Other posters joined in the internet discussion, asking whether Tom Cruise missiles are affected by wind. "No way," Keith joked. "Modern weapons are accurate to a matter of a few tens of yards."
So, does that make Tom Cruise a 'straight shooter'?
It could be worse, it could be Monday.
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Can we set up a solar colony for the Scientologists?
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
2003 called, it wants its troll back.
I don't know who these Friday police are, but they should be stopped. Friday police don't have the right to stop free speech anymore than normal police do!
'In 2000 after picketing a Scientology complex, he was arrested as a threat because of a joke Usenet post about "Tom Cruise Missiles."'
I thought people only read Usenet for the pictures.
Legitimate religions are based on Gourds or Sandals. Scientology is based on science and so clearly is not legitimate.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
maybe it's about time someone starts an open-source religion? license it with the gpl so it can be distributed freely and not require payment to participate in. everyone can modify it as they see fit and all gods/goddesses must be open for all to see.
i just wonder how long will it take for microsoft to embrace the new religion, add their own pantheon, patent it and try to squash the rest of us? i can hear the chant now... "developers.. developers.. developers.." as we do a monkey dance around a bonfire of burning penguins.
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Not true. I heard a great one this morning. A terrorist, A scientologist, and a donkey walk into a bar.... Oh snap... I suck at remembering jokes.
Step right in for a free personality test. :-r
While not outright illegal, everyone here would give me the eyeball if I went out picketing a Jewish mosque.
If you can find yourself a Jewish mosque to picket, then I say go for it. You'd probably get a lot of support from Jews and mosques around the world (not to mention the evangelical Christians) for picketing such an abomination.
> While not outright illegal, everyone here would give me the eyeball if I went out
> picketing a Jewish mosque. But if I picket Scientology, everyone cheers me on?
Where did you find the Jewish mosque in question? Right next to that Muslim synagogue maybe?
Like the 95% evangelical community I live among here in the Bible belt. Go ask those people, just like the rich powerful Scientologists, they whine that they're oppressed. Screw them.
I don't get it... screw them because they're oppressed?
Sony ha
Xenu imprisons YOU!
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
and all...goddesses must be open for all to see
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The terrorist says to the scientologist,"Stay away from the donkey, I've packed him full of explosives."
The scientologist says to the terrorist,"You can't blow up the donkey, I've packed him full of thetans!"
Finally the donkey says,"Actually, I'm fine. You filled each other up, you Asses."
Some people have both genes, but I'll Cruise away from further speculation on that subject.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
but, make sure you don't do xxx or that's an instant do not pass go, go directly to hell.
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So now it's just a matter of time before creationists start having archeologists arrested for digging up dinosaurs and interfering with their religion...
"I can be self-referential if I want to," said Tom, swiftly.
Don't mess with space aliens.
I guess you're from Europe and did'nt know any better.
The US of America has the best legal system money can buy!
And we have a constitutional right to freedom of speach, and our gummermint has a right to break in to our homes sieze our property
put us on a (very special) plane and send us to an undisclosed location where there is no constitution.
And never come home, ever.
I killed da wabbit -Elmer Fudd
The terrorist says "Where's the Koran"
The Scientologist says "Where's L Ron."
and the donkey says, "Where's El-Juan"
It's all good.
And yes, it is pointless to karma whore as an AC.
If an AC karma whores in a forest of posts and noone mods him up, does he really karma whore at all?
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You're being glib.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 is the magic number.
My faith has little to do with sects
This is slashdot. We don't get much sects around here.
Note: the following joke is subject to final script approval by Mr. Tom Cruise, in accordance with his production company's contract with United Artists.
OK, see, this Scientologist walks into a bar with a frog on his head. And the bartender says, "HEY...what the hell is THAT?!" And the frog says, "Well, I'm not sure exactly, but it started out as a wart on my ass."
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
--David Ogilvy
Tomato, Tomato.
This is not my sandwich.
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