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CoS Bigwig Likens Wikipedia Ban to Nazis' Yellow Star Decree
We mentioned on Thursday that Wikipedia has banned edits originating from certain IP addresses belonging to the Church of Scientology; reader newtley writes now that Scientology leader (CEO and Chairman of the Board of the linked, but legally separate, Religious Technology Center) David Miscavige calls the ban "a 'despicable hate crime,' and asks, 'What's next, will Scientologists have to wear yellow, six-pointed stars on our clothing?' During World War II, Hitler forced Jewish men, women and children to wear a a yellow cloth star bearing the word Jude to brand them in the streets of Europe, and in the Nazi death camps."
If they'd made edits to correct factual errors instead of their own (since they have already violated Godwin's Law) NAZI like internet tactics this never would have happened.
But they may have a point. Does the Wikipedia do this to other religions?
If you search for "Wright" on the article for the United Church of Christ you'll find two mentions of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Neither mention the "God damn America" sermon, and neither mention that the UCC as a whole came out strongly in support of him.
If you check the history, you'll discover that a NPOV violation tag was removed without any fix to the article by someone whose user page identifies them as a member.
Go look at all the edits on the Star Wars Galaxies article and SOE liar in chief John "Smed" Smedley.
The edits in the Star Wars Galaxies article appear to be by fanboys. Never underestimate the loyalty that a monthly subscription manages to put in people - the thought that they've blown hundreds of dollars on a crap game is too unbearable to face, so they'll instead defend it to the death. It can be funny, actually, when someone playing in a non-World of Warcraft MMO tries to justify why their MMO has less than 1% of the subscribers than WoW has despite being "so much better."
Same with consoles - when you have to invest a large amount in a technology, it becomes in your best interest for everyone else to as well.
As far as the Smedley article, it appears that most of the retooling there was done by Wikipedia rule-whores, rather than Sony fanboys.
In case any of you don't know, the guy quoted there, David Miscavige, was named heir as the leader of Scientology by its' founder, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, and from everything I've seen, is equally schizophrenic.
Scientology has destroyed countless lives. There are very few things about which I agree with Anonymous, but their quest for the end of Scientology is one of them.
Eventually, Scientology will be destroyed, all of the lives that it has taken will be avenged, and their wronged spirits will finally be able to rest.
You might have been able to survive everything that came before it, Dave; but you will not survive the righteous wrath of the 'Net.
Would anyone here complain if Gitmo were repurposed solely for curing the world of scientology?
It'd be better than its current racist use, at any rate.