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Corporations deny ties to Scientology

latimesblogs.latimes.com — Several multinational corporations have released statements refuting those made by David Miscavige during the 2006/2007 New Year's Celebration. The article also makes note of his "slippery" words.

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  • diggitny, on 02/09/2008, -1/+89So the head of CoS fudged on the facts. What a surprise.

    Watch Scientologists "handle" an SP (suppressive person) who shows up to their party. "What are your crimes? Murder, perhaps!" Great stuff: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pPol_m8wm8Y
    • 40yrOldVirgin, on 02/09/2008, -0/+8The guy in green laughs just like Tom Cruise.
    • FoxOrian, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15"What are you afriad of? Hubbard knows about you."
      "Uhhh.... Hubbard's dead."
      Heh, that was great.
      Also its amazing how any video on scientologist followers can be SO aggravating.
    • shaundee, on 02/09/2008, -5/+4David Miscavige = Mitt Romney
    • Mexicore, on 02/09/2008, -3/+15Did you take time off from beating your wife to post that?
      • zephyr42, on 02/10/2008, -1/+4no he had to take a break from chopping up the ups guy.
      • mightydavefish, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1No, he can type with one hand.
        OR
        No, she's doing the typing, he's just dictating.
    • known, on 02/09/2008, -2/+2All religions now are a form of socio-economic Collusion.
    • stonedthot, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2Good *****, better than original post
  • skyfire1, on 02/09/2008, -4/+42Lets digg this ***** up.
    • shaundee, on 02/09/2008, -1/+3Yeah definitely, it's interesting to see corporations who can actually fight back in a legal way involved in this
    • diggitny, on 02/09/2008, -0/+12Please Digg this posting about the niece of CoS leader before the diggtologists bury it for good. Raised as a Scientology child, saw her parents once a year, criticizes the disconnection policy of the organization.

      http://digg.com/world_news/David_Miscavige_NIECE_t ...
  • prisoner24601, on 02/09/2008, -2/+214Hi Scientologists! Is there even ONE of you with enough courage to post on even ONE of these threads on Digg? I'd love to hear you respond to any of the questions that have been raised.

    Digg's got Christians, Atheists, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, Apple Fanboys, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ron Paulites, Obama Girls, Gays, Jews, Agnostics, Tree-Hugger liberals, right-wing fascist Nazis, dope-smoking hippies, goths, emos, anti-tax separatists, Lolcat-ers, Aqua Teen Hunger Forcers, and just-plain-off-their-meds-crazies here and...

    EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM deserves more respect than Scientology does. Why? They have the guts to stand up for what they believe in the marketplace of ideas and speak for what they believe in. In the dozens of posts in the last few weeks I've yet to see ONE representative of Scientology even make a feeble attempt.

    How can you not be utterly ashamed?
    • Toshibi, on 02/09/2008, -4/+33Dude, you're so getting sued...
    • Mr.Gone, on 02/09/2008, -2/+19I've got Scientologists responding on this thread http://www.digg.com/educational/How_to_help_not_hi ...
    • Herolint, on 02/09/2008, -5/+8That is an excellent point, for which I awarded you an extra hardy digg by clicking the green thumb excessively, and with great force. And while I don't mean to detract from your comment in the least, I have to ask why the term "right-wing" gets applied to both conservatives as well as fascists.

      I am a conservative in that I don't like large government and government controlling every aspect of our lives and wealth. Those, along with other beliefs, put me in a position very much contrary to both fascism and Nazi-ism.

      Of course, the various beliefs I have used to classify me as a liberal, but that all changed with the 60s, so perhaps the classification of "conservative" has also changed and I need to start calling myself a libertarian or something. Maybe I could be classified as a curmudgeon, that certainly fits, but doesn't really describe my political views. But, I ramble on...

      Not that I care what moniker gets applied to me... I just thought I'd ask.
      • foreignwarren, on 02/09/2008, -1/+5probably because the term "conservative" has been hijacked by Bush and his cronies..... Agree with Bush and his assholes? then you're a fascist and probably deserve to be called worse....but if not, I suggest finding another term to describe yourself. A parallel can be found in the use of the word "gay" which has lost its meaning in modern usage as "happy".....though many would disagree... I notice alot of "conservatives" have adopted the use of the term "libertarian" such as P.J. O'Rourke.....try it on for size I guess.
      • mightydavefish, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1Because under the Bushtard they all work together.
        Do I really give a ***** about their idealogical differences?
        Nope.
        All I care about is that they shill for a corrupt administration.
        I care that they are antihealthcare and antichoice. I care that they are pro-war, pro-lies, and pro-corruption.
        Other than that, the tiny differences they use to tell each other apart are insignificant.
    • JusticeFriend, on 02/09/2008, -1/+10Comment of the year!
    • epohs, on 02/09/2008, -0/+28Keep in mind that scientologists are encouraged to lie to non-scientologists... so, any post they did make would basically carry no integrity. I am fine with them staying off digg to be honest.
    • ddufour, on 02/09/2008, -0/+10Nice point, but I run into all those groups you mentioned more than I run into Scientologists in everyday life. Come to think of it... I don't believe I've ever met a scientologist.
    • metric7, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1Prisoner, I am am one of the ring-wing nazi fascists that you speak of. Digg has a very diverse collection of people from all over the religious and political spectrum, and thats part of what makes this place so special and fun. But for the sake of accuracy if I'm a right-wing nazi fascist then my brethren of the left should be referred to as "Left-wing commie totalitarians". Otherwise I agree with the rest of your post and will digg you up, comrade.

  • Berkana, on 02/09/2008, -0/+60Earth Link is a Scientology front company. If any of you are part of the Anonymous effort, and your ISP is Earthlink, you'd better believe they're on your case.

    http://www.digg.com/world_news/EarthLink_NET_is_a_ ...
  • fixty, on 02/09/2008, -0/+16Here's the video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfu7Sr50N7U

    Miscavige sounds like a creepy-ass robot during this LRHOMGPONIES rant of his. Now I know where Cruise gets it from.
    • diggingaround, on 02/09/2008, -0/+4FF to about 6:30 if bored..... "You're gettin' DELL dude"..
  • Berkana, on 02/09/2008, -0/+27Quoted from a comment in the article:

    Dell has used the Co$ to train its workers in Ireland:
    http://www.xenu.net/archive/WIR/wir7-09.html
    From a June 2002 Magil Magazine article: "Since February of this year, Dell's Limerick plant has been availing of the services of Effective Training Solutions and its '100% Proficiency
    Training' programme"
    ______________________________
    Chances are, they unknowingly hired one of the front companies created by the CoS to disseminate the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard. Either that, or they hired a Scieno over in Ireland to do their Human Resources work, and he hired a CoS affiliated consultancy. Here's a list of Scientology affiliated companies. You can see that a good number of them are consultancies:

    http://www.lermanet.com/cos/frontgroups.html
    http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=950365
    http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/themagazine/vol14/s ...
    • NSResponder, on 02/09/2008, -0/+7"Chances are, they unknowingly hired one of the front companies"

      They wouldn't be the first big company to do so. Companies hire woo-woo training providers all the time, without checking them out at all. Some of them just spout Deepak Chopra-style feelgood blather, some are watered-down scientology derivatives like EST (now doing business as "Landmark Forum", IIRC), some are old-fashioned bible-thumpers, and a few are clambots.

      I don't believe Michael Dell would have knowingly inflicted this ***** on his employees.

      -jcr
  • thelastdyingday, on 02/09/2008, -1/+43when are these people gonna drink the special fruit punch and be done with it
    • rancidpony, on 02/09/2008, -0/+11Scientology can't get as much money out of a corpse so they try to limit their deaths.
    • spawnfree, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2many cults collapse because the leader really fears the day that his minions see through the ***** web of lies.
      Scientology doesn't seem to have this flaw. Also, there is a board controlling Scientology and they react to any development that threatens the house of cards that is made of L Ron Hubbard's psychotic beliefs.
  • cristianl, on 02/09/2008, -1/+5Some hoaxes used to say P&G had ties with the Church of Satan.
    These were the times... Anonymous were still anonymous.
  • ryanonfire, on 02/09/2008, -0/+87/11 always did seems a little shady
    • hellokittyownsu, on 02/09/2008, -2/+1Well it's because 7 plus 11 is 18 and 18 divided by 2 is 9, since there are 2 numbers 7 and 11, than you replace 9 with 7, because 7 is single digit number than you get 9/11 HOLY ***** ***** 9/11!

      Hey guys I just ***** PROVED that 7/11 and Scientology were behind the 9/11 attacks!

      LOOSE CHANGE DO YOU HEAR THAT 7/11 and Scientology were behind the 9/11 attacks!
  • PurpleDee, on 02/09/2008, -0/+5From the video - its the huge audience that cheers and applaudes Miscavige so much which scares the crap out of me - how can they not see through all that meaningless double speak? Meh
    • NSResponder, on 02/09/2008, -0/+5Google for "Kieth Henson" and look up the papers he's written on how a criminal nut-cult is able to gain followers by carefully doling out and then withholding attention rewards. It's basically the same brain chemistry that gets people wrapped up in gambling and other destructive habits.

      -jcr
    • Kral, on 02/09/2008, -3/+0For the same reason Christians and Muslims don't see through the meaningless double speak. That truth will likely get me dugg down by those who believe in double speak.
  • Auzy, on 02/09/2008, -16/+2You know whats funny, in the forums, all the protestors as warning people at tomorrows protests to make sure they aren't being followed when they go home, and if they are, to capture any scientologists on camera to prove it.

    So there are going to be a bunch of rioters, too paranoid for photos for risk of exposure, who all stay away from each other for risk that another is a scientologist pretending, who all take 5 laps around the block before going home so they aren't followed. Tomorrow is going to be a terrible news day. I wish them the best surely, but I don't know if a lot of them have thought this brilliant plan through. They just gonna drive up there with their masks on already (which is a driving hazard), so take their masks off when they get in the car.

    What I want to know, is where will protesters be sleeping in the night, because a scientologist could be watching at any time people take off their masks.. OH NOEZ.

    And remember kids, dont by your masks from a street stand. They may be trying to work out your identity by whose buying masks. OH NOEZ!
  • ORBAT, on 02/09/2008, -0/+7They might be using a management consultant company affiliated with the COS. Most of them try very hard to sound legitimate and avoid mentioning either the COS or L. Ron Hubbard.
  • TheSkunkMonkey, on 02/09/2008, -0/+8Let's add more to the Google cache on these nitwits
    http://www.stupidprize.com/?name=Scientology
  • cobrawu, on 02/09/2008, -0/+16Yay! More coverage on the evils of the Co$! Let's not let this one get buried. The harm they have done to individuals as well as entire families is unthinkable. Please anyone reading this do a little research! Find out for yourself! To active members: $cientology does not allow it's members to read news articles, watch TV or read anything outside of it's control. This is not because they are protecting you, this is because they are controlling you! You have so many people here to help you, just reach out. Make the decision for yourself.
  • wilhoitm, on 02/09/2008, -2/+9Scientology is a cult! When is the space ship coming?
  • Vill4no, on 02/09/2008, -0/+7Watch how David Miscavige spins the Lisa McPherson case

    http://digg.com/world_news/Scientology_Spins_the_L ...
  • shaundee, on 02/09/2008, -1/+6Surprisingly candid for corporations, they might as well have said "We have nothing to do with the crazy *****, and if this causes any bad perception of our brands we will teach them what suing really means"
  • person2006, on 02/09/2008, -5/+3scientology, central intelligence agency. german intelligence created the cia. they won world war 2 with brainwave signals. now we're as close as ever to knowing brainwave satellites are manipulate corporations. german brainwave satellites are the most powerful in the world. we all need to realize this. countries of the world protect yourself. united states has alot of german intelligence in the united states. i am menaced day in and day out with brainwave signals from orbital technology.
    • skyfire1, on 02/09/2008, -0/+5This is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard.
      • person2006, on 02/09/2008, -3/+2must be us gov intelligence. traitor air force signals unit vacuum s yur brain. karl rove robert m gates mike hayden. all german trash infested in usa for half a century. they mind control things in usa every day.
        • HunterSeeker42, on 02/09/2008, -0/+4HUH?!?!?!?!?

          Wait, a thought is coming... ALL GLORY TO KARL ROVE
  • mrmorris, on 02/09/2008, -0/+7Anonymous grows stronger:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8EQsnXu1bU&NR=1
  • daxsymbiont, on 02/09/2008, -0/+11As a scientologist, I must say that I'm not a scientologist.

    Huh, gotcha, you wanted a scientologist to nail didn't ya.
    • mattmcm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+11Xenu is not amused.

      On the other hand, I am.
    • prisoner24601, on 02/09/2008, -0/+3Awww... You had me going there for a second!
  • sdigroup, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2Digg up people for Great Justice
  • AlienMushroom, on 02/21/2008, -1/+3Everything connected to the Scientology is under a microscope.
    It's just a free banner from Coke, people, because scientologists drink Coke.
    Don't get me wrong, I hate Scientology too, but I know Coke pretty well.
  • MaidenFan2358, on 02/09/2008, -0/+6Digg makes me "entrubulated" when the wogs "disentigrate" the tech of LRH and the loyal officers of the Sea Org.

    Fiddlity fiddlity foo
    I can make up words too.
  • Icouldbe, on 02/09/2008, -1/+2Notice their bent on destruction, but their freedom costs thousands upon thousands of dollars.
  • 3tcp, on 02/09/2008, -0/+6Sounds like they need to sue Scientology
  • JusticeAK, on 02/09/2008, -1/+5Bring them down tomorrow 2/10/08 11:00am
  • dicknuts, on 02/09/2008, -1/+10Religions DO NOT charge money to learn their teachings. Businesses do.
    • FeargusMcDuff, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Lets just forget the millions of times that has happened in human history.
      • Berkana, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Like the Catholic church charging money for indulgences, which triggered a backlash that led to the reformation, for example.
    • Berkana, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Indeed, whenever the Church of Scientology sues people for disseminating their materials, they cite violations of trade secrets. When your scriptures are trade secrets, your church is engaging in trade, not religion, and should therefore not be tax exempt.
  • DSGalvin, on 02/09/2008, -1/+2David Miscavige is ***** creepy...
    He talks to his audience like an angry father scolding his kids.
  • tybris, on 02/09/2008, -2/+1I don't understand a word that guy is saying, but it seems like a very bad joke.
  • m1k3yboi, on 02/09/2008, -9/+4Am i the only one who is completely ***** off with all this anon *****? Digg, Kev, Please stop this avalanche of pure *****!
    • CATSCEO, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2Shut up scifag.
      • m1k3yboi, on 02/10/2008, -1/+1Very articulate reply, anon member maybe? lol, sci-fag? Yeah, I love science fiction, so i spose i am.
  • ericnorris1, on 02/09/2008, -3/+1You know why the scientoligists dont defend themselves on digg? Because there are none. Everyone is just paranoid about the whole scientology conspiracy, and they want to feel big and talk down to them. Before you guys start calling me a scientoligist, which im not, open your eyes and see that your religion is not better than thiers.
    • CATSCEO, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2Shut up scifag.
    • FeargusMcDuff, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1You really hit the nail on the head there. I think its just that a lot of people on the internet want to feel like someone is oppressing/censoring them, so they have a goal to achieve.
      Although its best to ridicule them, I think, as with religion, paranoia will always be a part of human nature.
  • b8man99, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Oh my god! Apple is actually fully owned and run by the Scientologists!!!!

    (just kidding Mac fans - but that would be a good twist in the story)
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