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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."
I remember saying very close to the same thing quite a number of times to various people when I was... 10?
He loses the argument. End of story.
For a real argument, editing Wikipedia is not akin to, say, being able to buy food. IPs can and do get banned for all sorts of reasons.
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will Scientologists have to wear yellow, six-pointed stars on our clothing?
Actually I was thinking they should be marked with something like a scarlet letter on their foreheads.
Perhaps a big "I" for Idiot.
It would certainly make them easier to spot.
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Make no mistake: WE are the ones making huge progress in the Global Obliteration of Psychiatry. Wikipedia is acting at Big Psychiatry's beck and call.
This guy needs to see a psychiatrist ASAP.
Next thing you know Jimbo will be rounding up Scientologists,forcing them into camps near active volcanos, and then blowing them all up with H-bombs.
This death camp is a stub; edits will make one free.
Don't forget that part of their goal is expelling the souls of dead aliens from our bodies. Which is, of course, the true definition of sanity, not having dead alien souls in you.
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ummmm.... another planet I guess, but let me go ask xenu just so there is no confusion.
Deja Moo: The feeling you've heard this bullsh*t before.
Is that like the chewbacca defense with a Jewish twist?
Jews are from this planet!
I argue because it's the internet....and I can.
Do you know which Jews made it through the Holocaust unscathed?
The ones with money who fled early.
Frankly, you can take your bad analogies & shove them up your... no, scratch that - you'd almost certainly enjoy that.
or six.
*rimshot*
No, it was because they kept using "they're" when they meant "their", and Hitler was such a Grammar Nazi.
Looking at Germany's past history of being overrun by a malevolent cult; and considering Germany has barred Scientolgists from serving in public offices and had moved toward banning them all together at one point...
Wait, the Scientology leader compared Wikipedia to what?
Honestly, it's the first time I've ever seen a conversation Godwin itself from the original argument.
Well, if nothing else, you've got to admire his efficiency....
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
Through their complicity, these Jews were responsible for the millions that were slaughtered in the camps.
Oh dear, it was the fault of the Jews all along, was it...who'd have guessed it!
So there you are, surrounded by all your technology and information - and still...
Maybe you should try our free personality test...?
Only one I can think of is Apple
This guy needs to see a psychiatrist ASAP.
It's nothing an R2-45 won't cure.
So this is basically analogous to having your story submits summarily rejected by a newspaper because you've submitted so much crap in the past.
Well.... they should come on down to Slashdot, let Kdawson show em' how it's done!
"When you see a unixer brainwashed beyond saving, kick him out of the door." - Xah Lee
I think the idea of identifying CoS members has some merit, although a dunce cap might be more appropriate than a yellow star.
Or maybe the Puritans had something: we could dunk them in water, and if their body thetans don't weigh them down, they're truly "clear" and then we can put the dunce cap on them.
I don't know about you all, but I want to be able to identify people with goofy beliefs. At least on Sunday the religious nuts go to church so for a few hours a week we know where they're all at.
Anyway, everybody knows the only true belief system is Thelema.
You are welcome on my lawn.
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And here I thought it was just acid reflux.
Well, are the kittens Scientologists? Or at least L Ron Hubbard's kittens? What about the people? I think that answers that.
If just losing editing rights is as bad as Nazi prosecution then by comparison other forms of prosecution must be like killing kittens with sledgehammers.
Didn't you know? Scientologists perform a semi-annual rite in which they kill kittens with sledgehammers and then inject their blood with the contents of the kittens' brain stems. I read it on Wikipedia before the Scientologists edited the article to hide these facts.