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- imbatman05, on 05/20/2008, -7/+1120I am appalled by the conduct of the police and ashamed to live in a city that stamps on freedom of speech like this.
Anyone know if there's any way we can help this poor guy out? - bakkouz, on 05/20/2008, -19/+683***** CULT SUCKS!
- Rosear, on 05/20/2008, -2/+534"The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology."
wut. - Anonymous1331, on 05/20/2008, -4/+499This is terrible. Freedom of speech has been trampled on. If a justice can call the cult a cult in the legal record, then there should be no question as to the right for the citizens of Britain! Freedom of speech means you get to express yourself and your thoughts, even if someone else disagrees...and when that someone else is a dangerous cult, then it's all the more important to keep saying it!
- SevenTwo, on 05/20/2008, -7/+361***** Co$, you took Will Smith.
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -2/+237Those of you who want to help him, we're already guaranteed to win - the law is on our side. We'll be demonstrating outside the court and possibly going inside if we're allowed, so keep an eye on http://www.wirah.com for more information closer to the time.
- williambuddusky, on 05/20/2008, -3/+225cult -noun "a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader."
Sounds like a very precise definition of scientology to me, synonomous.
The judge and Epic Nose Guy get an A.
City of London Police and scientology scammers trying to mis-use the law to supress free speech and social activism are flunk.
scientology is a dangerous CULT. The truth may be difficult for some to accept for some... yet it remains the truth. - inactive, on 05/20/2008, -7/+215'Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.'
'Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.'
'Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.'
'Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.'
Come and get me. - digitalc, on 05/20/2008, -2/+197Write a letter to the editor of the Guardian in response?
More information about the issue to more people = Win. - wirah, on 05/20/2008, -4/+198We will cover his legal costs if needed.
- deanoplex, on 05/20/2008, -0/+175TEN MORE TO TAKE HIS PLACE!!!
- deanoplex, on 05/20/2008, -12/+175First Scientology came for the gullible , -but I was not gullible so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the politicians and law enforcement officers, -but I was neither, so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the scientists, -but I was not a scientist so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. - csm888, on 05/20/2008, -3/+149Scientology are a bunch of Cu*ts..ok Im not scared.. Scientology are a bunch of Cults!
- BXRWXR, on 05/20/2008, -8/+150SCIENTOLOGY IS NOT A RELIGION, IT IS A DANGEROUS CULT
- DarkANon, on 05/20/2008, -13/+152Great, nice exposure is nice. :3
- twiztidsinz, on 05/20/2008, -2/+133Last time I used exposure as a weapon I was labeled a sex offender :-(
- nommynom, on 05/20/2008, -5/+130protestsign idea?
"City of London Cult is a dangerous Police" - superted, on 05/20/2008, -4/+128the reason the police are being so interested is probably to do with this from the Times:
"Scientology has already won a series of tax victories. In 2000 it persuaded HM Revenue & Customs that it should be exempt from Vat on received payments because its services were nonprofitable and educational. A tribunal awarded the Scientologists £8m in overpaid Vat.
Scientology's expansion in Britain has been accompanied by increased lobbying of politicians, police officers and businesses. Earlier this year, City of London police ordered records to be compiled of hospitality to officers, after an initial review found some had accepted tickets to a charity dinner hosted by the Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, a Scientologist, and to the London premiere of Cruise's film, Mission: Impossible III.
Chief Superintendent Kevin Hurley further embarrassed the force by describing Scientology as a "force for good" at the launch of its London centre. Its followers believe the radioactive souls of aliens, or thetans, have attached themselves to humans and are at the root of our problems. Celebrity adherents include Cruise and John Travolta."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article27 ...
terrifying. - tommq, on 05/20/2008, -0/+118Protest more. :]
- ToadLeg, on 05/20/2008, -2/+111http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
Brace for epic. - tommq, on 05/20/2008, -2/+107Should read: "Teenager faces prosecution for telling the truth."
- CassiusVerbank, on 05/20/2008, -1/+100There will be a protest in the court.
Fliers are allowed OUTSIDE, and signs AS WELL.
MASKS are allowed OUTSIDE, but not inside. So, if you want to go in, make SURE that you get THOURGH THE DOORS AND ROUND THE CORNER, OUT OF SIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, before de-masking. - Xenuislove, on 05/20/2008, -2/+98Epic nose guy is epic!
This young man has balls of steel. - brainworms, on 05/20/2008, -5/+95Scientology is a cult in the UK. Why isn't it a cult in the U.S ?? Their tax exemption is based their claim to being a charity.
Its certaintly not recognised as a religion anywhere in the world. - bracketdash, on 05/20/2008, -0/+89WE'LL PROTEST LIVE!
- protogenxl, on 05/20/2008, -3/+89Actually, I see this as a positive. The judge will have to make a decision as to whether or not Scientology is a Cult.
- felinonymous, on 05/20/2008, -2/+88This article is one of the reasons I love The Register. I can't figure why an opinion is now being classified as "hate speech" and hope that the Anon involved is able to pursue the issue to the courts.
Perhaps City of London Police should crawl out of Scientology's back pocket? - huggybarrel, on 05/20/2008, -6/+80LOUD NOISES
- justWog, on 05/20/2008, -2/+7418 x 24 posterboard with one letter on each, held up separately means nothing.... together it breaks the law. ARREST THAT!
- JurisAnonimus, on 05/20/2008, -1/+72Under this logic, anyone calling a suicide bomber a "suicide bomber" will be arrested and imprisoned. Law enforcement in Great Britain has decided to shape reality in favor of a cult that destroys lives for profit. This should be a call to arms to all fee speech advocates. If big brother can get away with this, we have lost everything.
- Stavrosian, on 05/20/2008, -1/+72I might have to head down to my local CoS tomorrow and have a little fun. It would be interesting to see what I was allowed to do/say until Greater Manchester police followed the same route the City of London lot did.
I think making more noise is the best way to support the kid. There's no way the CPS will prosecute this trumped-up nonsense anyway. - imbatman05, on 05/20/2008, -1/+71Agreed. I will write to them later today.
At least so far it's a law that's been 'broken' rather than the lad taking on the wrath of the vicious cult itself. A semi-decent solicitor might help him out of trouble.
I'd be happy to donate to the cause if someone has the expertise to set up a charitable website. - JulyZerg, on 05/20/2008, -1/+67Opinions: Illegal
Truth: Illegal
Freedom of Speech: A Lie - inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+65 Mom, Dad what happened to free speech? Oh, we all said nothing when the bureaucracy to us what to think!
- wyrdness, on 05/20/2008, -0/+64For the information of those who don't live in London, we have two main police forces. The City of London Police are a small force who cover only the financial district (known as the 'City'). The Metropolitan Police ('Scotland Yard' for those who read old detective fiction) cover the rest of London.
http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk
http://www.met.police.uk/ - elimrawne, on 05/20/2008, -0/+62Damn the city of London police... they are an antiquated institution that needs to be absorbed into the metropolitan police.
(for anyone who doesn't know, the city police only police a small area in the center of london, the rest is the Met)
Corruption is obviously rife and needs to be stamped out - JMSHappyCat, on 05/20/2008, -4/+65Yup. Exposure, exposure, exposure should be the weapon of choice.
- lordpanik, on 10/08/2009, -1/+60the illuminati will soon put an end to this cult
- MattSirrell, on 05/20/2008, -2/+58Scientology is a cult.
No religious status in England yet. - Murdats, on 05/20/2008, -3/+57***** 'EM, WE'LL PROTEST 'EM LIVE
- CaptMonkey, on 05/20/2008, -0/+53In the US, you can say whatever you want about someone, and to find you guilty of libel they have to prove that you knowingly lied to tarnish someone's name. In other words, you can call Scientology a cult, as long as you truly think that it's a cult.
However, the UK is notorious for it's silly libel laws, people have been found guilty for calling psychics "fakes" and "con-artists" despite the fact that they couldn't prove they weren't fakes and offered no proof that they really had psychic powers. Despite what anyone says about the government trouncing on our freedoms in the US, at least we can say what we want about people without worrying too much about legal troubles. - saxreturns, on 05/20/2008, -2/+53May Xenu bless you, sirs.
- OwdenBowden, on 05/20/2008, -2/+53If it walks like a duck; and it talks like a duck; and it looks just like a duck - the it is a DUCK. With this in mind Scientology is a cult.
Scientology is a cult.
Scientology is a cult.
Scientology is a cult.
Scientology is a cult.
Scientology is a cult. - Melodik, on 05/20/2008, -0/+50WHAT DO THOSE WORDS SAY?
- Stavrosian, on 05/20/2008, -0/+50Surely there can be no harm in taking a free personality test, and answering with nothing but "so I heard your cult lieks mudkipz?"
*ahem* - JurisAnonimus, on 05/20/2008, -2/+50How many lives will be destroyed by Englands new policy to criminallize the truth?
- yournightmare, on 05/20/2008, -0/+47The judge won't have to make a decision as to whether Scientology is a cult or not, but rather whether or not one is free to call it a cult.
- DekarCorvus, on 05/20/2008, -0/+44your right....sadly scientology has bribed its way to the top...and likely is in very little threat. more noise needs to be created to shine a light on all those officers accepting bribes from the church.
when the heat is turned up...they will hide...
sort of like how cockroaches run from the light.... - bracketdash, on 05/20/2008, -3/+46They what!? When did that happen?
- mountvale, on 05/20/2008, -0/+42I wonder if Scientology will sue the judge for deciding that Scientology can be called a cult.
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