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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie
Has anyone else been hearing about this? If you haven't, here's the short version as I understand it: Apparently after Tom Cruise went insane on YouTube, Scientology tried to have the video removed, and Anonymous (an internet group) was offended at the idea of internet censorship and declared war on Scientology.
Fast-forward to recent times, when I heard about all of this after the BBC picked up this story about a teenage boy in London being given a court summons for using the word 'cult' on a protest sign about Scientology. Um...free speech, anyone? I'm glad I have a First Amendment - I had no idea the situation in the UK was so bad.
On a sadder note, after my interest was piqued and I started researching all of this, I found out that a young man named Noah Lottick, an ATO, committed suicide after becoming involved with Scientology.
There's so much horrifying stuff related to Scientology that I never even knew about. I thought it was a harmless Hollywood fad, but apparently not. Scary! I hope the Anonymous members' fight brings more media attention to all of this! |
It's funny to me how the environment can be like that in the UK, while in Germany, where I live, they don't tolerate the presence of Scientology AT ALL. In fact, the interior ministers declared Scientology unconstitutional in hopes to rid Germany of its presence.