The middle quote is from a letter to the editor of the New LA Times. In an article about how a brain-damaged man was told by Scientologists he met at a swap meet that they could cure him of the damage sustained by an encounter on the road with an 18 wheeler. They then proceeded to rip him off, taking most of the settlement money intended to support him for the rest of his life, around 1.5 million dollars. The writer noted that "Scientologists passed him around like a teen-aged girl at a Hell's Angel party." One biker was offended enough to write the editor, and I thought it was quote-worthy. -- -- Barb Chaplain, ARSCC "Every week, every month, every year, every decade and now every century, Scientology does weird and stupid things to damage its own reputation." -Steve Zadarnowski "Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as Scientology." -ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club" "$cientology sees the world this way: One man with a picket sign: terrorism. Five thousand people dead in a deliberate inferno: business opportunity. $cientology oozes _under_ terrorists to hide." -Chris Leithiser
Like riding, it's more than a hobby. ;0 -- -- Barb Chaplain, ARSCC "Every week, every month, every year, every decade and now every century, Scientology does weird and stupid things to damage its own reputation." -Steve Zadarnowski "Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as Scientology." -ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club" "$cientology sees the world this way: One man with a picket sign: terrorism. Five thousand people dead in a deliberate inferno: business opportunity. $cientology oozes _under_ terrorists to hide." -Chris Leithiser
Hi Barb! Love you bike oriented posts. Could we please save the Scientology bashing for the appropriate NG? I think there a bunch of dangerous loonies as well, but I'm getting tired of OT rants here. Thanks! -- PC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt
OT rants...lol. Only Phil, Doc Wong and I get that one! (the rest of you can google OT if you care) But hey, there was a bike in my story! -- -- Barb Chaplain, ARSCC "Every week, every month, every year, every decade and now every century, Scientology does weird and stupid things to damage its own reputation." -Steve Zadarnowski "Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as Scientology." -ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club" "$cientology sees the world this way: One man with a picket sign: terrorism. Five thousand people dead in a deliberate inferno: business opportunity. $cientology oozes _under_ terrorists to hide." -Chris Leithiser