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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.
You work at will, they employ you at will. If you don't like it, then find a new job. This isnt the government forcing this upon you.
"Then again, we are talking about Scientology^Wreligion, which is more of a business than anything."
There, fixed it for you.
Religions don't pay their fair share of taxes on their income. Therefore, I have to pay more in taxes, to make up for their not paying. I end up subsidizing religion, which goes against my religious beliefs as an atheist. This is an obvious case of religious discrimination built into the tax practices.
Why should atheists, or followers of any particular religion, be forced to subsidize the religious practices of others?
Excuse me?
They are the definition of a Church. I see next to no difference between them and the Roman Catholic Church. An organization who suckers people in with platitudes, encouraging them to open their pocketbooks on an ongoing basis, to benefit those at the top?
For fuck's sake, the pope wears a gold god damned hat and sits on a gold fucking throne. I'm pretty sure that church sums up Scientology quite neatly. Just like every other church.
At least with Linux I can opt for ext3 and other formats to avoid the link with Hans Reiser.
But this link to Scientology is just another reason to avoid Windows. At least in my opinion.
This is not megacorp that is the only employer in a tiny "company town". This is a group of 103 individuals -- in Southern California where many other employment opportunities exist -- who would like to freely associate with each other while pursuing a livelihood in software. And they're not even trying to claim tax exempt status because of the religious nature of their organization.
Discrimination of all sorts is already largely tolerated for companies under 50 employees. It is expected, for example, that small family businesses will practice nepotism. 103 employees is not a big business, especially given the population and economy of Southern California.
Otherwise I can recommend this filesystem that does not need a defragger.
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you know, the one with all the dumb fucks are already proclaiming obama the best president ever even though his ass has yet to hit the seat? they're a bunch of loonies too but i don't see anything about them here. a bunch of flimsy claims made by a false prophet. these people are dangerous.
you obama fags are going to be the end of us all.
Im not a Scientologist, but Id be careful about labeling things Pseudo. If something works for you, and you cant explain it, it doesnt make it less of a reality then what we cal science in todays age, newage or not..
Yes... Because the Roman-Catholic church has never been accused of any of those either.
I wonder how many religions have started that way?
Tickling may be construed as torture. You should try waterboarding.
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Interesting. I have thought about this too. This is in no way a defense of Scientology, which I consider to be a glorified scam, but I have to wonder about the testimony you hear from the excommunicates or what-have-you...they were crazy enough to join a cult. But now they're rational and trustworthy? Maybe. Or maybe not.
throwing a notepad seems pretty restrained to me.
So, you approve of tantrums in the workplace? How very revealing.
By not standing up to people like that they win, period.
I agree. When someone starts throwing things in the office, it's imperative to remove them as soon as possible.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Focusing on the fact that essentially on his last day he did something harsh?
Try to grasp the difference between 1) saying something, 2) throwing something, and 3) throwing something at another person. If you can't recognize which of these is beyond the pale, then you're basically unemployable as far as I'm concerned.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I find your willingness to bend over and lick the corporate boot even more revealing, by the way.
I find your fantasies about what I am or am not willing to do rather more revealing of yourself than of me. If you think it's boot licking to refrain from throwing a tantrum, then your parents must have done a very poor job of raising you.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I see by the verbosity of your response that I touched a nerve. Try to work it out in therapy.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
In my opinion Scientology is probably WHY Windows needs defraged in the first place.It has something to do with an audit and Xenu removing bits and bytes to be hid under a volcano.It could be a mental health issue,but since Tom Cruise knows everything about mental health care,they've opted for a cleansing defrag.
Incedentally there is an ad at the top of this slashdot page offering to show me "the facts" on $cientology,as told by the scientologists rather than an unbiased party who actually is posessed of mental health.
There is a reason my Debian64 lives on and on on this drive while I have to purge and reinstall XP every 6 months or so.That reason is L.Ron Hubbard,native Wichitan,burger flipper and failed writer.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!