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Scientology On Trial In Belgium

dgharmon sends this news from the Atlantic Wire: "After a years-long legal battle, federal prosecutors in Belgium now believe their investigation is complete enough to charge the Church of Scientology and its leaders as a criminal organization on charges of extortion, fraud, privacy breaches, and the illegal practice of medicine. ... Multiple reports and the group's legal history point to one key factor here: The Belgian government won't charge Scientology for being a cult — authorities are focusing on prosecuting it as a criminal organization. Which is a new twist, as most of the group's many court battles over the years have focused on establishing its legitimacy as a religion. ... The Church of Scientology houses its European headquarters in Brussels, so a ban in Belgium could be crippling to the group — and authorities there seem to know it."

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  1. Re:Here it comes... by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    The underwear.

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  2. Re:Here it comes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mormon here. When someone disagrees with us, we do worse: we send missionaries after them.

  3. Re:it was by Fnord666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Atleast in the EU, there is some evidence that intelligent life exists, and rational debate is encouraged.

    Citation needed.

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  4. Re:Here it comes... by overmoderated · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean the Moron Church?

  5. Re:One is a religion, the other a con scam by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    The mafia don't wear aprons and roll their trousers up?

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  6. Re:Epic Corruption: Operation Snow White by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    That was in the 1970s. We had proper terrorism in those days - IRA, Baader-Meinhof, Red Brigade and all that. You know, like blowing shit up and stuff.

    Not the watery commercialized piss we get today, like calling a horse gay, saying that Barnsley Airport is shite or looking for UFOs on an open server.

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  7. Re:Matters of degree by dbIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you telling me that Saddam Hussein is Barack Obama's father?!

    Worse than that, he cut Obama's hand off with a light saber.