The C word

[ciphergoth]

Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'

So next week I guess we can expect to see the banners amended to read "Scientology: it's a total c**t"

Comments

[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

It must and shall be done!

[ravenevermore.livejournal.com]

I'd go an alternative route, I'd have, 'Scientology is a dangerous:'
and then underneath have a hangman setup with a half drawn hangman, _ _ _ _ and a C, U, and T in the appropriate places.

[adjectivegail]

The teenager refused to back down, quoting a 1984 high court ruling from Mr Justice Latey, in which he described the Church of Scientology as a "cult" which was "corrupt, sinister and dangerous".

After the exchange, a policewoman handed him a court summons and removed his sign.

WHAT. THE HELL. IS WRONG. WITH THE WORLD.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I saw the story go round on one of my legal blogs yesterday, but didn't manage to find time to link to it.

[deviblue.livejournal.com]

Imagine what they'll do to me for calling them 'a bunch of cults'!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

C**t!
*Love*

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I need to do anything about this one. IIRC we don't tend to bother with Scientology because it's such arrant lunacy, but if they're trying to take 15-year-old kids to court, it's probably worth making the point.

[sweinhodge.livejournal.com]

How about T-shirts saying

"SCIENTOLOGY IS A C**T, A REALLY BIG C**T.... NOT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER, EITHER ON MY OWN OR WITH FRIENDS WATCHING"

could be anything then.....

*goes to look for printers*

[biog.livejournal.com]

I know from friends at the protest that there were several banners dislaying the word "Cult" that day, on that protest. The fact that the police went after a 15 year old smacks of bullying; going after a young-un to see if he would be intimidated and back down. Good on him for standing his ground I say, and I bet it has encouraged him to protest against bullshit like this in his future too.

[lacuna-raze.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. Really hope this is a one off..

[countess-sophia.livejournal.com]

My guess is that the CPS will drop this like a hot brick and the bench is unlikely to look kindly on the case if they don't. If not, it'll go all the way to Strasbourg if it has to and will be thrown out there. I pity the poor kid though.

Anyway, cult isn't an insulting term - one after all has fertility cults, the cults of various saints, the cult of Isis, the cult of Apollo etc etc. Besides which, Scientology is a cult, by the dictionary definition, as well as the theological, anthropological, historical, comparative religious and of course popular ones. Also the Interior Ministries of both France and Germany define the Hubbard Fans as a dangerous cult.

Soph x

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

There's Police, and there's Police. The Met have always been scrupulously fair in their management of antiscientology demonstrations, but the force responsible for this arrest is City of London... Who have been taking freebies from the cult.

City are not all that well-respected - look up their abysmal incompetence during the May Day protests a few years ago - and they have just stepped boots-first into a beartrap.

It's possible that they targeted a minor so that the case wouldn't end with a working adult getting a criminal conviction. Possible, but unlikely: they simply aren't bright enough.