I've had the pleasure of knowing Keith for better than 10 years now and the entertainment of similar if lesser levels of harassment by the 'Church's' in-house Gestapo, the 'Office of Special Affairs'. At the same time I've had the experience of knowing many Scientologists; in, out and out-but-still-believing and in general consider them well-meaning and often very intelligent people who just happened to fall into a marcabian mind-trap that they didn't deserve.
It's nice to see the camoflage begin to flake off in the past few years (Thank you Tom!) and, while as wacky cults go, they have a lot of amusement value, the actual *harm* they cause is unspeakable, and, unfortunately, all too seldom spoken of.
Thanks to Keith for allowing, however involuntarilly, a visible demonstration of 'What is Scientology' and more 'Keeping Scientology Working.'
It's a recursive phenomenon; it's *always* worse than you think. And, worse than I think it is.
Your 'sig' reminds me of the 'Scientology Litany':
We didn't do it You can't prove we did it Everybody else does it too Everybody else does it worse It was done by infiltrators trying to make us look bad It was done by a rogue scientologist who was an infiltrator We did it for the good of Mankind Look! It's Tom Cruise! We didn't do it (repeat ad nauseum)
1) It doesn't 2) While it's not working; it's also not working the way they say it does.
It's a wheatstone bridge, it reacts to galvanic skin resistance (not 'measures'.) According to Scientology, it 'reads' (meaning, shows a change) when something 'traumatic' is mentioned (an 'engram' or 'incident' etc.) It's got an undamped needle, so it tends to wild swings and the 'auditor' constantly changes the baseline resistance to keep the needle on the dial.
In practice it's used like a Magic 8 Ball, or 'Hotter/Colder' game while the mooch is questioned. This is the 'research' that Hubbard used to 'discover' the marvels of Xenu, the transtemporal, intergalactic 'Psych Conspiracy' and the 'Martian Implant Stations' all to within an accuracy of microseconds over gadzillion years (longer than the universe has existed anyway.)
Naturally, this is the short version. The 'Tech' has lots of names for various kinds of 'needle bounces', all of which supposedly have very special and specific meanings. If you get a 'Rockslam', it means you're having bad thoughts about Ron Hubbard or Scientology:)
Beyond that, the e-meter also serves as an analogue to the hypnotist's 'swinging watch'; as a distraction from what's actually being done to the victim.
Although it's not considered 'auditing', the e-meter is also used in the 'Sec Check' (security check, also called the 'Scientology Confessional'.) There are number of different flavors, regular, ethyl, joberg, gang-bang and even one just for kids (which is pretty disgusting.)
My favorite is the 'Whole Track Sec Check' which 'locates' the targets 'crimes across the 'Whole Track', i.e. in past lives.
Did you come to Earth for evil purposes? Have you ever smothered a baby? Have you ever enslaved a population? Have you ever destroyed a culture? Have you ever torn out someone's tongue? Have you ever zapped anyone? Have you ever eaten a human body? Have you ever made a planet, or nation, radioactive?
there are lots of funnier ones, but you can google them.
Heh. As long as they don't donate their Overture profits to the 'Church of Scientology' whose 'ethics' would be the only ones justifying such blatant exploitation.
But they are. By immutable dogma they are coming after *everything* and everyone not in 100% compliance with Scientology's goal of 'Clearing the Planet'.
Of course they're nuts, and about as likely to gain the position to implement their stated genocidal ambitions as they are to *actually* make ashtrays fly.
It's not about what they can do though; it's about the relatively lesser harm they cause while trying.
If you consider corruption of your government officials, perversion of the justice system *you* pay for, deliberate obstruction of civil liberties all citizens are supposed to be guaranteed to be irrelevant to you...
Strictly speaking, you're right. If you decide that offering yourself up to the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' inherent in publicly criticizing the 10,000 lb. pinworm known as the Church of Scientology is not your cup of tea, it's your good right.
There are levels of social responsibility that are *not* mandatory, but, while you hardly deserve condemnation for not feeling up to the challenge, you also hardly deserve the self-adminstered 'clap on the back' you feel is due you for your cleverness in avoiding the issue.
In fact, the only real objection to your post is that you felt it necessary at all. What's it to you? Apathy isn't a crime.
I've often done so. I object to judaism and islam in about the *same* measure as I object to *any* dissolution of Church and State.
As it happens, after some very low level criticism the Church of Scientology declared *me* as their enemy. Who am I to dispute that?
If the state of Israel does the same maybe I'll start making graphics using Golda Meir:)
I would certainly have no problem making fun of Mohammed... but, they already have all their hit-men out for Salmon:)
What I'm implying is that, there are many evils in the world, and a confusion of church and state is at the base of many of them...
Scientology happens to be one that *hasn't* become a state yet... but any reading of L Ron Hubbard gives enough of an understanding of the 'Plan' that I for one feel it necessary to oppose it.
In point of fact, Scientology is about as likely to actually become a 'state religion' as Pogs are to replace holy grails...
But, the harm they cause in *trying* is worth opposing.
That is entirely correct. Operation Clambake (http://www.xenu.net) has been only marginally 'restored', and only to the extent that the law *prescribed* and Google originally violated.
On the *other* hand, Andreas reports a practically slashdotted interest in the site, and Scientology, not to mention his message board.
Good work Scientology! Good Work Google! Who needs a cowardly search engine that is afraid of an UFO Cult?
Last I heard, Keith Henson is alive and well in Canada, where the Office of Special Affairs has too little infrastructure to actually oppress him. (They do have some of their more fanatical 'publics' there, but Keith is a *very* cool dood, and doesn't have much problem dealing with spittle dripping stalkers with humor and even love, although his enforced distance from his family may sometimes ragged the edges of his love)
Let's see if Slashdot believes in 'freedom to link':)
Here is an image that is absolutely irreplaceable in criticizing 'Scientology' and I'll include the commentary here...
David Miscavige - otherwise available in his guise as a poodle at http://laugh.at/scientology - leading his acolytes up the 'Escalator to Total Freedom'.
http://members.tripod.com/zinjifar0/esc01.jpg
Somehow, I suspect Slashdot will hear about this link:) (even if it *isn't* html)
As many have noticed, Google has regained its senses, although we're still missing an explaination for it's lapse.
I highly recommend reading 'The Road To Xenu', although, Operation Clambake (AKA xenu.net) has more information on it than any single person could expect to digest in even *years* of involvement.
Most Scientologists are *not* terrorists. Scientology as an organization certainly is; by dogma.
Most Scientologists are not aware of the crimes of the cult they belong to; are decent, and wonderful human beings, although, their willingness to believe that they are 'homo novus' may be a little hard to take:)
Most Scientologists are unaware of the actions of their 'Church'. Mostly it takes years before they're even willing to look at the 'crimes' of Scientology.
The crimes exist. As does the 'mind-control' that protects the 'Cult' from recognition by even its own adherents.
Scientology is *indeed* a 'Terrorist Group', although, it prefers that its terror not be publicly visible. The 'Church' of Scientology prefers to put on a happy-faced 'we're just a Religion!' mask, and only practice its Hubbard-mandated 'Shudder them into silence' without public notice.
Admittedly, this 'Stealth' terror, as directed from the Hemet home of the 'maximum leader', David Miscavige, doesn't talibanishly push its face into the awareness of the 'wogs'/Garden-Variety-Humans as much or as obnoxiously as a 'Trade Towers' destruction... but in point of fact, the home of the para-military 'Sea Org', who sign 'Billion Year' contracts is a terrorist base kept secret from even the 'faithful'.
Picture at:
http://members.tripod.com/zinjifar0/gold.jpg
Many reports of it as an armed camp are available, although... thanks to Google's cowardice, possibly harder to find.
Scientology, by *dogma* is a terrorist organization, although, it prefers to terrorize its victims individually.
Google's willingness to abandon specifically DMCA granted exemptions for 'directories' and 'non-service-providers/hosts' from DMCA regulations is a blanket invitation to 'complaints' from every nutball in the universe to destroy *all* excuse a 'Search Engine' has for existing.
From ARS:
Andreas can indeed send them a 'counter notification' and should. *But*, Google by claiming that its 'links' and 'directory' are subject to DMCA, is itself, despite *specific* exemptions in the DMCA, asking to be destroyed by any and all who prefer their victims incapable of finding 'information', thus removing any value it might have as a'Search Engine'.
Google's cowardice is real, even if it's primarilly the unwillingness to stand up for its own rights as a 'directory' rather than a 'service provider' or 'host'.
Zinj
Google has demonstrated it's short-sighted mercenary willingness to lemmingly wander over the cliff of opportunism.
*Especially* considering that the http://www.xenu.net site itself is still available *because* the 'claims' by the so-called Church of Scientology are as bogus as its Dogma.
The server itself is not in any way blocked, despite numerous attacks. It's specifically Google's 'links' and database itself that's the object of this particular barratrous Scientology attack.
Anyone who wants their own 'HoGram' is welcome to use any of the images at:
http://laugh.at/scientology
The animated poodle seems to be the most popular for Scientology's legal staff; and of course, put links to http://www.xenu.net on any sites you have handy.
Again! xenu.net is alive and well and the Google 'flap' revolves around their cowardly caving in to Scientology demands that they stop mentioning it.
"So I guess the Judge, defense attorney and jury were all in on the conspiracy to get Henson? So do you support the view by the Freehenson web site nuts that the DA is spying on usenet as the gospel truth?"
What's to Spy? Usenet isn't Sekrit. alt.religion.scientology is read by many, why even you could do so.
And the DA complained in public, in court, about things he read on ARS, so of coure he was reading it, or possibly just being fed things by Cult and Mafia attorney Elliot Abelson, who seems to have managed the rest of his case too.
The only people who *can't* read ARS are those Supermen called Scientologists who are so powerful they have to be protected from 'entheta' by a Church developed program that limits their Internet access. The list of 'forbidden' sites and even names is pretty funny:)
I've had the pleasure of picketing with him a couple of times, but even more, the first time I picketed at all was *for* him, back when the so called 'Church' got the restraining order against him they keep mentioning.
Seems that back in '97 when Keith was having to appear in court in LA for what I think was his 'copyright terrorism' trials for publishing Sekrit Cult Scripture that called for using 'auditing' to treat physical ailments, he decided to do some picketing at AOLA (and some other sites; there are many Scientology sites in LA).
Doing so, which had in general been considered fairly dangerous due to both the violent nature of Scientology megalomania and the insidious influence Scientology had with the LAPD, he was assaulted and his picket sign painted.
Immediately thereafter, Glenn Barton, who held a position as 'Chaplain' for Scientology with the LAPD, but whom Keith had never met, testified under oath that he was in fear for his life from Keith, and got a restaining order keeping Keith some (I forget how much) distance from him.
This began a series of 'Bouncing Barton' episodes, where Henson sightings by OSA (Office of Special Affairs - Scientology Sekrit Police) would mean piling Barton into a car and getting him within TRO range of Keith.
There was much hilarity involved, but also some danger, as when Keith was assaulted by 100% Scientology owned PI Edwin Richardson, who claimed that Keith bit him while he was applying his chokehold. (There are some tapes available of this)
In the end, LA began getting more pickets, including on L Ron Hubbard Way, Glenn Barton lost his position with the LAPD and Scientology garnered another of its continuing series of footbullets.
Funny... isn't his wife still picketing in his name?
Didn't your cult try to extort his silence by deposing his daughter after stealing her money?
Wasn't the deposition supposed to be at the Cult Headquarters, Center of Billion Year Contract slave labor and home of Cult Fuehrer David Miscavige, Hemet... in Riverside County...
Exactly the compound that you claimed was full of Scientologists 'terrified of Henson shooting Cruise Missles or abducting our diminuative leader with eagles'?
How many cultists are there?
How many guns?
How many lawyers?
How many children of Sea Org members?
Isn't that where Cult Attorney Kendrick Moxon sent his daughter to look for squirrels?
Didn't you know that the Marcabian 'Implant Stations' (cool 3D movies) on Mars are responsible for the failure of practically all NASA missions there?
And that you have to watch out for railroad trains on Venus?
And that the residents of Jupiter look like Eskimos?
Don't worry; just give your local Scientology® org $350,000 and they'll even show you how to find and remove the space cooties that are responsible for your failures in life.... (they *know* you have them!)
If the mafia declared themselves a religion, and you said 'I like pizza', then they get 10 people to perjure themselves and claim that you saying 'I like pizza' scares them....
Keith has over years done more 'sticking it out' in the courts than almost anyone else.
That has less to do with him being litagous, than being courageous enough to trust in a legal system that finally let him, and us, down entirely.
Of course Scientology® wants him to 'shut up'.
What makes you think they're any closer to that now than 5 years ago?
Last time I looked Canada had internet access. (More so than the Riverside County Jail anyway)
For some reason the ACLU has no interest in supporting civil liberties when the $10 billion 'church' of Scientology is involved.
Attorneys willing to invest their own effort and fortune in defending targets of the 'Church' such as Graham Berry, become targets themselves.
When a cult is willing to spend millions to force a $75k 'judgment' there is little to no financial motive for contingency attorneys. Criticizing Scientology is something someone does for the same reasons people object to genocide - because it's right.
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I've had the pleasure of knowing Keith for better than 10 years now and the entertainment of similar if lesser levels of harassment by the 'Church's' in-house Gestapo, the 'Office of Special Affairs'. At the same time I've had the experience of knowing many Scientologists; in, out and out-but-still-believing and in general consider them well-meaning and often very intelligent people who just happened to fall into a marcabian mind-trap that they didn't deserve.
It's nice to see the camoflage begin to flake off in the past few years (Thank you Tom!) and, while as wacky cults go, they have a lot of amusement value, the actual *harm* they cause is unspeakable, and, unfortunately, all too seldom spoken of.
Thanks to Keith for allowing, however involuntarilly, a visible demonstration of 'What is Scientology' and more 'Keeping Scientology Working.'
It's a recursive phenomenon; it's *always* worse than you think. And, worse than I think it is.
Your 'sig' reminds me of the 'Scientology Litany':
We didn't do it
You can't prove we did it
Everybody else does it too
Everybody else does it worse
It was done by infiltrators trying to make us look bad
It was done by a rogue scientologist who was an infiltrator
We did it for the good of Mankind
Look! It's Tom Cruise!
We didn't do it
(repeat ad nauseum)
Zinj
1) It doesn't
:)
2) While it's not working; it's also not working the way they say it does.
It's a wheatstone bridge, it reacts to galvanic skin resistance (not 'measures'.)
According to Scientology, it 'reads' (meaning, shows a change) when something 'traumatic' is mentioned (an 'engram' or 'incident' etc.)
It's got an undamped needle, so it tends to wild swings and the 'auditor' constantly changes the baseline resistance to keep the needle on the dial.
In practice it's used like a Magic 8 Ball, or 'Hotter/Colder' game while the mooch is questioned.
This is the 'research' that Hubbard used to 'discover' the marvels of Xenu, the transtemporal, intergalactic 'Psych Conspiracy' and the 'Martian Implant Stations' all to within an accuracy of microseconds over gadzillion years (longer than the universe has existed anyway.)
Naturally, this is the short version. The 'Tech' has lots of names for various kinds of 'needle bounces', all of which supposedly have very special and specific meanings. If you get a 'Rockslam', it means you're having bad thoughts about Ron Hubbard or Scientology
See: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/
Beyond that, the e-meter also serves as an analogue to the hypnotist's 'swinging watch'; as a distraction from what's actually being done to the victim.
Although it's not considered 'auditing', the e-meter is also used in the 'Sec Check' (security check, also called the 'Scientology Confessional'.) There are number of different flavors, regular, ethyl, joberg, gang-bang and even one just for kids (which is pretty disgusting.)
My favorite is the 'Whole Track Sec Check' which 'locates' the targets 'crimes across the 'Whole Track', i.e. in past lives.
Did you come to Earth for evil purposes?
Have you ever smothered a baby?
Have you ever enslaved a population?
Have you ever destroyed a culture?
Have you ever torn out someone's tongue?
Have you ever zapped anyone?
Have you ever eaten a human body?
Have you ever made a planet, or nation, radioactive?
there are lots of funnier ones, but you can google them.
Heh. As long as they don't donate their Overture profits to the 'Church of Scientology' whose 'ethics' would be the only ones justifying such blatant exploitation.
Zinj
http://members.tripod.com/zinjifar0/wayblock.gif Zinj
But they are. By immutable dogma they are coming after *everything* and everyone not in 100% compliance with Scientology's goal of 'Clearing the Planet'.
Of course they're nuts, and about as likely to gain the position to implement their stated genocidal ambitions as they are to *actually* make ashtrays fly.
It's not about what they can do though; it's about the relatively lesser harm they cause while trying.
If you consider corruption of your government officials, perversion of the justice system *you* pay for, deliberate obstruction of civil liberties all citizens are supposed to be guaranteed to be irrelevant to you...
Well, that's your good right.
Zinj
Strictly speaking, you're right. If you decide that offering yourself up to the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' inherent in publicly criticizing the 10,000 lb. pinworm known as the Church of Scientology is not your cup of tea, it's your good right.
There are levels of social responsibility that are *not* mandatory, but, while you hardly deserve condemnation for not feeling up to the challenge, you also hardly deserve the self-adminstered 'clap on the back' you feel is due you for your cleverness in avoiding the issue.
In fact, the only real objection to your post is that you felt it necessary at all. What's it to you? Apathy isn't a crime.
Zinj
I've often done so. I object to judaism and islam in about the *same* measure as I object to *any* dissolution of Church and State.
:)
:)
As it happens, after some very low level criticism the Church of Scientology declared *me* as their enemy. Who am I to dispute that?
If the state of Israel does the same maybe I'll start making graphics using Golda Meir
I would certainly have no problem making fun of Mohammed... but, they already have all their hit-men out for Salmon
What I'm implying is that, there are many evils in the world, and a confusion of church and state is at the base of many of them...
Scientology happens to be one that *hasn't* become a state yet... but any reading of L Ron Hubbard gives enough of an understanding of the 'Plan' that I for one feel it necessary to oppose it.
In point of fact, Scientology is about as likely to actually become a 'state religion' as Pogs are to replace holy grails...
But, the harm they cause in *trying* is worth opposing.
Zinj
That is entirely correct.
Operation Clambake (http://www.xenu.net) has been only marginally 'restored', and only to the extent that the law *prescribed* and Google originally violated.
On the *other* hand, Andreas reports a practically slashdotted interest in the site, and Scientology, not to mention his message board.
Good work Scientology! Good Work Google!
Who needs a cowardly search engine that is afraid of an UFO Cult?
Zinj
Last I heard, Keith Henson is alive and well in Canada, where the Office of Special Affairs has too little infrastructure to actually oppress him.
(They do have some of their more fanatical 'publics' there, but Keith is a *very* cool dood, and doesn't have much problem dealing with spittle dripping stalkers with humor and even love, although his enforced distance from his family may sometimes ragged the edges of his love)
Zinj
xenu.net /Operation Clambake *isn't* located in the US, but Google is.
xenu.net is still up, despite numerous barratrous, fraudulent and spurious claims against it by the UFO Cult formerly known as 'Mankind's Only Hope'.
Google has bowed to pressure on carrying *LINKS* and it's forte... *ranking*
Obvious to anyone with the intelligence of a clam is that bowing to pressure by a UFO Cult spells the death of what claims to be a 'Search Engine'.
Zinj
Let's see if Slashdot believes in 'freedom to link' :)
:) (even if it *isn't* html)
Here is an image that is absolutely irreplaceable in criticizing 'Scientology' and I'll include the commentary here...
David Miscavige - otherwise available in his guise as a poodle at http://laugh.at/scientology - leading his acolytes up the 'Escalator to Total Freedom'.
http://members.tripod.com/zinjifar0/esc01.jpg
Somehow, I suspect Slashdot will hear about this link
Zinj
It's not clear yet whether Google has reversed themselves in accepting liability for every link they carry to every site on the Internet.
It's quite likely that the 'resurgence' of xenu.net is due to 'fine-tuning' their block.
Xenu.net is a *huge* site, with more data about Scientology, Scientology Crimes and Scientology abuses than *any* single person could ever digest.
It's beginning to look like Google has begun to 'fine tune' their block to *only* block database access to the specifically mentioned pages.
This is of course no 'cure' at all to the disease of cowardly buttfucking by UFO Cults.
Zinj
My and possibly *our* mistake.
:)
Xenu.net is *not* apparently restored to Google; merely fine-tuned as to 'questionable material'.
I take back any good things I've said about your 'regained sanity' Google
Zinj
As many have noticed, Google has regained its senses, although we're still missing an explaination for it's lapse.
I highly recommend reading 'The Road To Xenu', although, Operation Clambake (AKA xenu.net) has more information on it than any single person could expect to digest in even *years* of involvement.
Zinj
Most Scientologists are *not* terrorists.
:)
Scientology as an organization certainly is; by dogma.
Most Scientologists are not aware of the crimes of the cult they belong to; are decent, and wonderful human beings, although, their willingness to believe that they are 'homo novus' may be a little hard to take
Most Scientologists are unaware of the actions of their 'Church'. Mostly it takes years before they're even willing to look at the 'crimes' of Scientology.
The crimes exist. As does the 'mind-control' that protects the 'Cult' from recognition by even its own adherents.
Zinj
Scientology is *indeed* a 'Terrorist Group', although, it prefers that its terror not be publicly visible.
The 'Church' of Scientology prefers to put on a happy-faced 'we're just a Religion!' mask, and only practice its Hubbard-mandated 'Shudder them into silence' without public notice.
Admittedly, this 'Stealth' terror, as directed from the Hemet home of the 'maximum leader', David Miscavige, doesn't talibanishly push its face into the awareness of the 'wogs'/Garden-Variety-Humans as much or as obnoxiously as a 'Trade Towers' destruction... but in point of fact, the home of the para-military 'Sea Org', who sign 'Billion Year' contracts is a terrorist base kept secret from even the 'faithful'.
Picture at:
http://members.tripod.com/zinjifar0/gold.jpg
Many reports of it as an armed camp are available, although... thanks to Google's cowardice, possibly harder to find.
Scientology, by *dogma* is a terrorist organization, although, it prefers to terrorize its victims individually.
Zinj
Google's willingness to abandon specifically DMCA granted exemptions for 'directories' and 'non-service-providers/hosts' from DMCA regulations is a blanket invitation to 'complaints' from every nutball in the universe to destroy *all* excuse a 'Search Engine' has for existing.
From ARS:
Andreas can indeed send them a 'counter notification' and should.
*But*, Google by claiming that its 'links' and 'directory' are subject to DMCA, is itself, despite *specific* exemptions in the DMCA, asking to be destroyed by any and all who prefer their victims incapable of finding 'information', thus removing any value it might have as a'Search Engine'.
Google's cowardice is real, even if it's primarilly the unwillingness to stand up for its own rights as a 'directory' rather than a 'service provider' or 'host'.
Zinj
Google has demonstrated it's short-sighted mercenary willingness to lemmingly wander over the cliff of opportunism.
*Especially* considering that the http://www.xenu.net site itself is still available *because* the 'claims' by the so-called Church of Scientology are as bogus as its Dogma.
Zinj
The server itself is not in any way blocked, despite numerous attacks.
It's specifically Google's 'links' and database itself that's the object of this particular barratrous Scientology attack.
Anyone who wants their own 'HoGram' is welcome to use any of the images at:
http://laugh.at/scientology
The animated poodle seems to be the most popular for Scientology's legal staff; and of course, put links to http://www.xenu.net on any sites you have handy.
Again! xenu.net is alive and well and the Google 'flap' revolves around their cowardly caving in to Scientology demands that they stop mentioning it.
Zinj
"So I guess the Judge, defense attorney and jury were all in on the conspiracy to get Henson? So do you support the view by the Freehenson web site nuts that the DA is spying on usenet as the gospel truth?"
:)
What's to Spy? Usenet isn't Sekrit. alt.religion.scientology is read by many, why even you could do so.
And the DA complained in public, in court, about things he read on ARS, so of coure he was reading it, or possibly just being fed things by Cult and Mafia attorney Elliot Abelson, who seems to have managed the rest of his case too.
The only people who *can't* read ARS are those Supermen called Scientologists who are so powerful they have to be protected from 'entheta' by a Church developed program that limits their Internet access. The list of 'forbidden' sites and even names is pretty funny
Zinj
Speaking of picketing with Keith;
I've had the pleasure of picketing with him a couple of times, but even more, the first time I picketed at all was *for* him, back when the so called 'Church' got the restraining order against him they keep mentioning.
Seems that back in '97 when Keith was having to appear in court in LA for what I think was his 'copyright terrorism' trials for publishing Sekrit Cult Scripture that called for using 'auditing' to treat physical ailments, he decided to do some picketing at AOLA (and some other sites; there are many Scientology sites in LA).
Doing so, which had in general been considered fairly dangerous due to both the violent nature of Scientology megalomania and the insidious influence Scientology had with the LAPD, he was assaulted and his picket sign painted.
Immediately thereafter, Glenn Barton, who held a position as 'Chaplain' for Scientology with the LAPD, but whom Keith had never met, testified under oath that he was in fear for his life from Keith, and got a restaining order keeping Keith some (I forget how much) distance from him.
This began a series of 'Bouncing Barton' episodes, where Henson sightings by OSA (Office of Special Affairs - Scientology Sekrit Police) would mean piling Barton into a car and getting him within TRO range of Keith.
There was much hilarity involved, but also some danger, as when Keith was assaulted by 100% Scientology owned PI Edwin Richardson, who claimed that Keith bit him while he was applying his chokehold. (There are some tapes available of this)
In the end, LA began getting more pickets, including on L Ron Hubbard Way, Glenn Barton lost his position with the LAPD and Scientology garnered another of its continuing series of footbullets.
Zinj
Funny... isn't his wife still picketing in his name?
Didn't your cult try to extort his silence by deposing his daughter after stealing her money?
Wasn't the deposition supposed to be at the Cult Headquarters, Center of Billion Year Contract slave labor and home of Cult Fuehrer David Miscavige, Hemet... in Riverside County...
Exactly the compound that you claimed was full of Scientologists 'terrified of Henson shooting Cruise Missles or abducting our diminuative leader with eagles'? How many cultists are there?
How many guns?
How many lawyers?
How many children of Sea Org members?
Isn't that where Cult Attorney Kendrick Moxon sent his daughter to look for squirrels?
Hmm?
Zinj
Oh Holy Implant Jeezus! You're a newbie!
Didn't you know that the Marcabian 'Implant Stations' (cool 3D movies) on Mars are responsible for the failure of practically all NASA missions there?
And that you have to watch out for railroad trains on Venus?
And that the residents of Jupiter look like Eskimos?
Don't worry; just give your local Scientology® org $350,000 and they'll even show you how to find and remove the space cooties that are responsible for your failures in life.... (they *know* you have them!)
No. I'm not kidding.
Zinj
You're understating.
If the mafia declared themselves a religion, and you said 'I like pizza', then they get 10 people to perjure themselves and claim that you saying 'I like pizza' scares them....
Welcome to Hensonland.
Zinj
Keith has over years done more 'sticking it out' in the courts than almost anyone else.
That has less to do with him being litagous, than being courageous enough to trust in a legal system that finally let him, and us, down entirely.
Of course Scientology® wants him to 'shut up'.
What makes you think they're any closer to that now than 5 years ago?
Last time I looked Canada had internet access. (More so than the Riverside County Jail anyway)
For some reason the ACLU has no interest in supporting civil liberties when the $10 billion 'church' of Scientology is involved.
Attorneys willing to invest their own effort and fortune in defending targets of the 'Church' such as Graham Berry, become targets themselves.
When a cult is willing to spend millions to force a $75k 'judgment' there is little to no financial motive for contingency attorneys. Criticizing Scientology is something someone does for the same reasons people object to genocide - because it's right.
Zinj