On Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:56:02 -0700, nob...@huge.cajones.com (Huge
Cajones Remailer) wrote:
> Beverly wrote:
> >WHO wrote this book? Who published and distributed it?
> The full title is HATE AND PROPAGANDA - Documentation of the Hate
> Campaign Against the Scientology Community in Germany. It was
> published 1993 by Church of Scientology International. There is another
> more recent publication entitled THE RISE OF HATRED & VIOLENCE IN
> GERMANY published by FREEDOM MAGAZINE which also gives instances of
> harassment against Scientologists.
FREEDOOM magazine regularly publishes a slew of lies about anyone who
dares to criticise Scientology. Why should any of its other
publications be different?
> - During a 1993 concert in Stadt of Golden Bough, an American folk
> singing group whose members are Scientologists, Christian Democratic
> Union youth affiliate members marched to the stage with banners to
> intimidate and ridicule the musicians.
This is poor, bad PR, and not a nice way to go about things. It is
also free speech, and in my book no worse than a bunch of Scienos
camping on Bonnie Woods's front lawn and screaming abuse.
>Earlier a German magazine
> printed a list of names of musicians who were Scientologists suggesting
> boycotting all musicians on the "hit" list.
Boycotts are a perfectly reasonable form of consumer choice.
Personally, I would prefer not to contribute money to individuals or
businesses who might channel that money into campaigns of harassment
against people I know, like, or respect.
If a magazine starts advocating that shop windows of Scientology
businesses be smashed, or that Scientology musicians be beaten up in
the street, then I strongly suspect that the German government would
be quicker off the mark than most to deal with it: past racially
motivated acts in Germany have been dealt with swiftly and decisively.
>In the fall of 1991 the
> Hamburg city government cancelled their contract at Hamburg's music
> hall, as did the city of Celle due to their "connection" with the Church
> of Scientology.
In the light of the falsehoods spread by Scientology concerning Chick
Corea's problems in Germany, I would want to see a much more
comprehensive description of events surrounding this before I gave the
story any credence.
I strongly suspect that we are talking, once again, about state
funding for concerts, in which case I believe that the state has as
much right as I do to decide whether or not to fund an organisation
that harbours child molesters, and uses its income to finance
inflammatory newspaper campaigns, frame critics and abuse the law.
> - The Kath's, a German family who got into Scientology in 1992, had
> their 3 year old son ostracized from kindergarten after the head of the
> kindergarten told other children not to play with him because he was a
> Scientologist.
I seem to recall that this was an unfounded allegation that was later
proved to be false. Perhaps one of the German posters can clarify?
>The father, Detlef, was forced out of his job at
> Mecklenburge Insurance Company. Detlef attempted to defend Scientology
> at an anti-Scientology rally in Berlin, was called a "devil" and forced
> to leave.
If he was unlawfully sacked, Germany has some of the best employment
protection legislation in Europe, and he would have been able to
challenge his dismissal at a tribunal. Did he? If not, why not? What
were the reasons given for his sacking?
> - Scientologist Klaus Kempe and his wife attempted for 7 years to adopt
> a child, which was denied due to the fact that they were Scientologists.
Not entirely unreasonable. It is bad enough that natural children are
indoctrinated into a religion (ANY religion) - I would suggest that
for the state to wilfully put a child into a Scientology family, given
the record of harm that Scientology does to people's minds, would be a
gross breach of trust.
Anyway, here in the UK, it is very common for apparently perfectly
good adoptive parents to fail to get a child for all sorts of reasons,
none of them to do with religious affiliation. I would not be
surprised to discover that this applied to this couple, too.
> They fought for 7 years in the courts but by the end of that time, the
> issue became moot as both had passed the upper age limit allowed for
> adoption.
Too bad. Time and tide wait for no man. Sometimes life just isn't
fair, whether you're a Scieno or not. That said, you'd have thought a
few OT's could have postulated things so they came out OK: where were
those Gnarly powers when they needed them?
> - In 1992 the Commerz Bank of Hanover closed the business account of
> Hubillus and Partners, a real estate business as "Mr. Kubillus is a
> Scientologist."
Scientologists in real estate in Germany have been up to all sorts of
dirty tricks - indeed, I suspect that their behaviour in this field is
one of the main reasons that they are so unpopular in Germany. If I
were the manager of a bank at which such a businessman held an
account, I would be very concerned at the negative publicity it might
have on my bank, not to mention the fact that such a person might also
be a very bad credit risk.
Banks are businesses, and as such, entitled to make their own business
decisions, subject of course to the prevailing laws.
> - Stuttgart police who witnessed Frank Pass being threatened by a man
> while handling out pamphlets, stood by and did nothing. They then
> seized the pamphlets, took him to police headquarters and fined him for
> not carrying ID at all times.
This sounds like a load of crap. I have it on pretty good authority
(relatives-in-law) that it is virtually impossible to be prosecuted
for not carrying ID. I suspect that, like so much of these claimed
slights, there is more to this story than meets the eye.
Incidentally, what does "threatened" mean?
Furthermore, I was "threatened" by a Scientologist outside the London
org, within feet of a policeman. He did nothing, either, nor did he
need to, since I was in no danger from a woman screaming at me. I
don't have a problem with that.
> The book draws parallels between the treatment of Scientologists and
> other minorities in Germany now, as compared to the beginnings of the
> Jewish persecution in Germany. It's an interesting comparison.
Yes, especially if you lose this Scieno<->Jew fixation and start
looking at the real issue, which is the Scieno<->totalitarian
organisation connection. Germany has suffered as a result of one
totalitarian group seizing power. The German government is bound to
prevent such things happening again, and I believe that they are doing
a good job, in terms of how governments normally manage such things.
If an anti-Scieno Kristallnacht, or anything remotely resembling it,
ever happens, you can be sure that a very large number of people will
be quick to stand up against it. I certainly shall, although I do not
believe that the likelihood will arise.
What Scientology *could* do in Germany is to put a little effort into
trying not to completely piss off the entire German population.
Attacking the state all the time, and publishing newspaper
advertisements showing swastikas, is not a good line to take.
--
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