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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 16:41:31
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Yeah, equating news corp and scientology is a harder thing to do than equating fox news and all the other news stations.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 16:59:21
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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gorgon wrote:But that doesn't make the entire News Corp organization morally bankrupt.
I would suggest you look at the Levinson inquiry if you wish to see an organisation that is not so much morally bankrupt, as morally in the red.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 01:57:59
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Anointed Dark Priest of Chaos
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Frazzled wrote:Didn't the previous wives complain of the same thing?
Mostly they complained about erectile dysfunction, meglomania and ultimately being married to a guy the size of a hobbit...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 02:03:41
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Is it odd that all of Tom Cruise's divorces happened when the women were 33? 3 divorces at 33? IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 02:27:42
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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gorgon wrote:Look, I have no love of Fox News, but some of you guys are out of your gourds by putting them in the same category as a cult, especially one in its own category like Scientology. Fox News and News Corp don't "brainwash" people. They simply cater to people of a conservative bent...and sometimes not even that.
I think a lot of Americans are making the mistake of hearing 'Newscorp' and thinking 'FOX News'.
They are not one in the same, and while FOX News is a gakky news carrier that lies a lot, they aren't the biggest problem with Newscorp. Seriously, the Levinson enquiry is a big deal. Automatically Appended Next Post: Ahtman wrote:Is it odd that all of Tom Cruise's divorces happened when the women were 33? 3 divorces at 33? IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
I think its really odd to find out Katie Holmes is 33.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 05:35:56
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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sebster wrote:
I think its really odd to find out Katie Holmes is 33.
And not at all attractive*.
*By Hollywood standards.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 09:34:59
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
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sebster wrote:
I think its really odd to find out Katie Holmes is 33.
Really odd? I am trying to think of a reason why anyone (other than Katie Holmes & family) would care.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 11:51:12
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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Orlanth wrote:Really odd? I am trying to think of a reason why anyone (other than Katie Holmes & family) would care.
I think it's more that, man, it seems she was just in high school with Dawson, right?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 14:31:30
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Rampaging Khorne Dreadnought
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Scientology participates in brainwashing. It is pure evil.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 14:47:18
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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rockerbikie wrote:Scientology participates in brainwashing. It is pure evil.
Evil?! Surely that is a bit strong isnt it? I dont even call most actual Religions "evil" no matter what gets done in their name.
What and every other Religion doesn't participate in brain washing? How many Catholics love gay people and are vehemently pro-choice? How many Muslims think Bacon is great and women should be allowed to wear a bikini when it gets hot?
I find it funny when people slate Scientology so much, it does less harm than most surely? If people want to be in a zany club it doesnt bother me too much.
Ill start worrying about Scientology when a Scientologist fills his pockets with rat poison and high explosive, blows himself up on a crowded bus, and then all his friends and family have a party to celebrate the fact the he just did a wonderful thing, and nobody at all who knew him condemns the deed, thus encouraging anybody else who is credulous to do the exact same disgusting act of indiscriminate murder.
And dont even start me on genital mutilation, stoning to death rape victims and child brides. I suggest you look to the east for some truly fething evil gak... you can even read about it in The Guardian, and its not like they write right wing propaganda.
Until then, I can live with secret hand shakes and ridiculous theories about miniscule robots living in our blood.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:11:10
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Oh Rupert, first it's all tha hacking stuff...well actually first there's the being a ruthless media mogal, then all the hacking stuff; now your attacking perfectly nice in-no-way odd puesdo religious types. It'll be candy from children next! Reminds me of........
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:21:13
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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notprop wrote:Oh Rupert, first it's all tha hacking stuff...well actually first there's the being a ruthless media mogal, then all the hacking stuff;
You forgot bribing police, interfering with a murder investigation (amongst others), holding politicians to ransom by threatening character assassination if they didn't act in News Corp's interest. Yeah, Murdoch is really quite dodgy. This is without the hypocrisy of when they would have a front page of "Look at this evil paedo" and then on the next page a countdown to Charlotte Church's 16th birthday.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:23:52
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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dæl wrote:notprop wrote:Oh Rupert, first it's all tha hacking stuff...well actually first there's the being a ruthless media mogal, then all the hacking stuff;
........Yeah, Murdoch is really quite dodgy. ................
Really, what gave it away.  
I was paraphrasing dood, it's cool though joke are so much better when you have to explain them.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:27:59
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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notprop wrote:dæl wrote:notprop wrote:Oh Rupert, first it's all tha hacking stuff...well actually first there's the being a ruthless media mogal, then all the hacking stuff; ........Yeah, Murdoch is really quite dodgy. ................ Really, what gave it away.   I was paraphrasing dood, it's cool though joke are so much better when you have to explain them.  And jokes get exponentially better the more times you have to explain them. I kind of wanted to give a bit of a low down of just how dodgy he is for those who haven't really been following the Levinson inquiry, it's all over the news here but I don't know how much is being reported in the States, I would hazard a guess not at all on FOX. I mean Scientology is bad, but it doesn't affect my life in the slightest, I doubt it affects many lives unless you join up or are unlucky enough to be born into it, but News Corp affects everyone in Britain because of the power they have over our two main political parties.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:31:06
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Still its not hard to work out.
He owns (many) a newspaper (ergo a journalist) + Austrailian = Evil.
Basic math really.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:35:35
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Secretive Dark Angels Veteran
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notprop wrote:Still its not hard to work out.
He owns (many) a newspaper (ergo a journalist) + Austrailian = Evil.
Basic math really.
Fair point. Some journos are alright though, the investigative kind mostly, like the ones who reported the whole phone hacking in the first place.
Also, how in the name of tea and crumpets can you as a Brit say math? It's maths, I allow our American friends to do it as they don't know any better, but I saw that, then looked at your wee flag, then shuddered uncontrollably.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:46:10
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Yeah I thought that as I typed it but thought I would err on the side of comfort to the majority here at Dakka USA.
At least i am still spelling labor and color correctly.  D'oh!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 15:55:16
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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I occasionally say math because Ive lived with a bloody American for years..
And "store" for "Tescos"
But then I go outside and roll in my crumpet pit for twenty minutes.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 16:27:11
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Battlewagon Driver with Charged Engine
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mattyrm wrote:I occasionally say math because Ive lived with a bloody American for years..
And "store" for "Tescos"
But then I go outside and roll in my crumpet pit for twenty minutes.
Can I just say that I really want a crumpet pit now
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location, location, locationMagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 17:06:21
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Rollin around in a pit with some crumpet.
[Sid James laugh] Hooharhaaa!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 04:28:22
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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dogma wrote:And not at all attractive*.
*By Hollywood standards.
I really only remember her from The Gift, because that film happened to come along at time when those kind of, uh, performances, caught my attention. Basically I don't think I've seen her since*. So its just kind of that strange thing where you get reminded that once someone disappears from view for ten or 15 years or whatever its been, they also aged 10 or 15 years.
*Well, except the first Batman movie. And that Kennedy mini-series. But they were both so forgettable that I did. For about two minutes until I came back in here and edited this.
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Orlanth wrote:Really odd? I am trying to think of a reason why anyone (other than Katie Holmes & family) would care.
Odd enough to comment on, then forget about, yeah. Exactly that odd, no more and no less.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 18:30:15
Subject: Re:Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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You know, I was reading the wikipedia article on L Ron Hubbard (I don't know why) and some stuff really struck me.
He has a dedicated private army of religious fanatics
He has a fleet he travels in
Has practiced science of the mind and allegedly possessed psychic powers
He was a vicious xenophobe
He led several crusades to explorer the unknown
He founded a church of unimaginable power whom rule through fear and mysticism
He withdrew from mankind to engage in intense research
After his death, he remains a beacon for his followers; who think he will awaken again soon
The only rational conclusion you can make is that; in actuality, L. Ron Hubbard is the Emperor of Mankind.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 18:44:01
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ahtman wrote:Is it odd that all of Tom Cruise's divorces happened when the women were 33? 3 divorces at 33? IT'S A CONSPIRACY! Is it odd that he wrote in the pre-nup that she wasn't allowed to make gay jokes about him?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 19:00:19
Subject: Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 18:24:10
Subject: Re:Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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Fully-charged Electropriest
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this "religion" is fething creepy as hell
they get you to give them your money and all your dirty little secrets then they use your secrets to get the rest of your money and then they are theirs. It is sickening that something hasen't been done about them, but it only goes to show that high ranking gov officials are also members of this cult Automatically Appended Next Post: Ouze wrote:You know, I was reading the wikipedia article on L Ron Hubbard (I don't know why) and some stuff really struck me.
He has a dedicated private army of religious fanatics
He has a fleet he travels in
Has practiced science of the mind and allegedly possessed psychic powers
He was a vicious xenophobe
He led several crusades to explorer the unknown
He founded a church of unimaginable power whom rule through fear and mysticism
He withdrew from mankind to engage in intense research
After his death, he remains a beacon for his followers; who think he will awaken again soon
The only rational conclusion you can make is that; in actuality, L. Ron Hubbard is the Emperor of Mankind.
I thought it was quite well known that he was a huge Sci Fi nut? I'm sure he has read most every hit sci fi novel, and borrowed from them all. Imagine if you had people that already listened to you, then you read about an Emperor of all mankind, wouldn't that be a title you would then strive for?
All I know is there is a "church" here in Portland Oregon, and there are protests in front of it all the time. I worked at Powells Books for a few years and we would get people transferring books to our store from other warehouses and they would be a stack of Scientology books. They would then go put them on the shelf for others to find I guess. We had a store rule, no fething Scientology BS is allowed. This is actually a pretty big thing, since as a private independent bookstore, they pride themselves in not censoring much of anything. They have books of pictures of naked kids for feths sake, I guess some call that "art". Yet NO SCIENTOLOGY BOOKS is a rule, that is how fethed up that "religion" is
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 19:21:31
Subject: Re:Rupert Murdoch: Scientology creepy, maybe evil
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DIDM wrote:
they get you to give them your money
tithing, though I suppose not all of your money and all your dirty little secrets
confessional
then they use your secrets to get the rest of your money and then they are theirs. It is sickening that something hasen't been done about them, but it only goes to show that high ranking gov officials are also members of this cult
Okay, this part is novel (and evil).
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 20:03:43
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Apparently there is a crack in the monolithic structure, as a Scientology church/mission has broken ties to the official Church because they say that David Miscaviage is a bad man, essentially.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/07 20:03:15
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Zealous Sin-Eater
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AlexHolker wrote:gorgon wrote:Until then, maybe do a little research on Scientology and try to keep your opinions fair and balanced? 
Or maybe you should do a little research on Fox News. If they limited themselves to focusing on a particular sort of news story, that wouldn't be objectionable. Outright fabrications presented as fact are.
The amount of harm done by Scientology and it's draconian practices, on a personnal level, far outweight whatever thought-crime you think Fox News to be guilty of. We are talking about alleged kidnappings, sequestrations for years at a time, forced labour, and one documentary I saw implied institutionnalized sexual assaults. Fox News might be guilty of misinformation, but spin and private propaganda isn't a crime...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/07 20:09:06
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Hmm. Rupert Murdoch and I are in agreement. Something odd is happening.
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