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Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination
touretzky writes "Two ex-employees have sued Diskeeper Corporation in Los Angeles Superior Court after being fired, alleging that the company makes Scientology training a mandatory condition of employment (complaint, PDF). Diskeeper founder and CEO Craig Jensen is a high-level, publicly avowed Scientologist who has given millions to his Church. Diskeeper's surprising response to the lawsuit (PDF) appears to be that religious instruction in a place of employment is protected by the First Amendment." The blogger at RealityBasedCommunity.net believes that the legal mechanism that Diskeeper is using to advance this argument ("motion to strike") is inappropriate and will be disallowed, but that the company will eventually be permitted to present its novel legal theory.
Now, where did you get the idea that the Supreme Court can change the law?
Luke-Jr
Hmmm. What if that promise was made under torture?
I'm just wondering if tickling my boss really hard could help my job security.
If only the cult members could be let in on the joke!
Self help books have taught me that the best way to make money is to write the self-help books. Scientology really makes that point.
If your boss happens to be a member of the opposite sex, it's bound to radically affect your job security one way or another...
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
several people threatened them with the 'L' word
Umm.. they threatened to become lesbians?
Oh, God, the irony, Google Ads gave me a 'What is Scientology?' video from scientology.org.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
There's one product I won't be buying anymore. Oh, and before you start, I worked for a company that tried to pull that indoctrination stuff on employees, until several people threatened them with the 'L' word and a few more quit nearly putting the company OOB. They stopped it fast.
Linux?
Llamas?
Woah, I've got to be much more careful when terminating CAT-5...
Liechtenstein?
How is that a threat?
Oh wait, you meant Lieberman, didn't you?
--MarkusQ
Though, admittedly the mutilating babies isn't a *special* right to the Jews - everyone in the US is free to do it.
> Last time I checked PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATIONS enjoyed constitutional protections such as the 1st Amendment.
Hold on... Are you telling me that corporations can't get married.
I guess the wedding is off.
How am I going to break the news to my family?
Worse, how is my true love going to break the news to her board of directors?
Well, that's using strong language to describe Microsoft, isn't it? I guess if the shoe fits...
Can I be fired for being an atheist?
It would not be religious discrimination.
An SQL query goes to a bar, walks up to a table and asks, "Mind if I join you?"
Of course if avoiding the taint of Hans Reiser is how you choose a file system, perhaps you've never left the basement ;)
Good for you.
It's a bold statement to admit to voluntarily seeking out another man's taint to choose a filesystem.
Me? I'm old-fashioned. I spread my cheeks and lift my sac.
So you don't put it on your Resume?
An SQL query goes to a bar, walks up to a table and asks, "Mind if I join you?"
have you checked the code for OCA personality tests?
It's not about fate, it's about character.
there be no shelter here, the frontline is everywhere!
No his current main email is "animalshavesexwith@me.com"
> Hold on... Are you telling me that corporations can't get married.
Well, certainly not gay corporations.
No Kidding, diskeeper is most likely based on alien technology that can be used to take over the planet at some point. Or they will all drink some spiked coolaid and go up in the mothership leaving us with no technical support.
Legumes.
Something backward about this. :P
So what you are saying is that my Hard Drive isn't fragmented; it's really full of Body Thetans?
Sh*t!
I better get an audit soon, so I can get my OSX to be OT-5.... Thank the FSM that my Linux install is already "clear"!
I for one welcome a Hard-Drive overlord - but sorry, I have to denounce Xenu.
(sorry, couldn't resist...)
Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody... - Dick Armey
criminal? historically
cult? I think the word you're looking for is "Apple"
Oh, I can see it now: KB111666: Thetans cause random restarts.
Trust me, both you and Apple are happier this way. She was cheating on you with Office-for-Mac anyway.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
Most clearly it is! Where is Amnesty International when you really need them, this atrocity has to be stopped.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
You should pay higher taxes if you don't have any black friends.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
the CEO isn't Craig Jensen. he's Chairman. Lisa Terrenzi is CEO. I sent her a message telling her that I would be taking my business elsewhere just a minute ago.
So did I.
I hope she doesn't figure out that I don't do any business with her company.
My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.
I prefer to be an ignostic. It doesn't matter if God exists or not because we have free will; therefore, I just ignore the existence of God or whether God exists in the first place.
Does Microsoft hold Windows users at gunpoint? Who, exactly, is forced to use Windows?
People with jobs. You've probably met a couple and never even realised it.