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Re: [Marxism] scientology

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 18:59 -0400, Shane Mage wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 6:34 PM, nada wrote:
> >
> > Oh, yeah, banning groups that haven't actually engaged in criminal
> > activity, yet, is a political no-no in my book.
>
>
> Last time I looked, fraud (extracting money on false pretences) is a
> crime.
> A "religion" based on extracting money on false pretences is a
> criminal gang.

Yep, so prosecute the fraudsters, not the scientologists. If the the
organisation can be proved to be committing fraud, charge it for that,
not for being scientologists. If the cult can survive without fraud or
extortion, let it.
Cheers,
John


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