Re: [Marxism] scientology

[Einde O'Callaghan <eindeoc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Koechlin wrote:
> Shane Marge was incredibly prescient !
> 
> "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."
> 
> Yesterday, the Attorney General (="procureur de la république", thanks for 
> the translation) upgraded charges against scientology to include :
> - membership and incentive to join in organized crime as defined in French 
> law as an organized criminal group devoted to committing widespread and 
> systematic criminal offenses (namely: widespread and systematic fraud, 
> misappropriation of funds, witness intimidation, attempted corruption of 
> officials, extortion and obstruction of justice). 
> 
> Next week, Scientology might officially be defined as "organized crime" 
> in France.
> 
Whereas the systematicv abuse of children over decades in Ireland (and 
elsewhere), the systematic cover-up by the hierarchy of the Roman 
Catholic Church and its continued complicity in protecting the 
perpetrators does not merit from the state authorities in numerous 
countries the designation "organized crime against humanity" that it 
deserves.

Big religions get away literally with murder, whereas latecomers are 
subject to prosecution. You just couldn't make this sort of stuff up!

In China the persecution of a new religion "Falun Gong" is considered to 
be religious persecution by Western governemnts, some of whom are 
beginning to behave in exactly the same manner with regard to Scientology.

Einde O'Callaghan

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