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Beckstein: "Scientology is a system of organized child exploitation"
Measures taken by the Bavarian state administration against Scientology
September 9, 1997
+++ Bavaria's Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Gunther Beckstein,
characterized the Scientology Organization (SO) as a system of organized
child exploitation. Ex-members reports testify that children have been
subjected to degrading and arduous forced work. "The SO system aims for
the destruction of natural parent-child relationships, with the risk of
severe psychological damage to children." Beckstein criticizes the
SO system, "the SO transgresses the human rights of parents and
children with their robotic teachings of the creation of a cybernetically
directed technocracy." +++
On the evening of September 18, 1997, in a talk in Augsburg, Interior
Secretary Dr. Gunther Beckstein warned parents and students of being
taken in by Scientology in education and in the fight against drugs. The
Scientology system is only looking for more victims in this. The human
friendliness shown in the advertisements is only a facade of pretense."
The true face of the SO teachings is shown, according to Beckstein, in
the story of Tanya, the young ex-member. She had to perform forced
labor with the Scientology elite unit, the Sea Org, along with other
young people and also children. With total disregard for their human
rights, children and youth were systematically ill-used, and their work
was exploited by the system. Arduous physical work was demanded
from youths and children from 8:30 in the morning to 10 at night, up to
seven days a week. Further examples: night labor, digging ditches,
cleaning sewage pipes, building walls, sorting out mail by the bagful up
until 3 o'clock in the morning by 13 year olds; insufficient time for
lunch; punishment for unpermitted trips to the bathroom during work.
"Parents that follow Hubbard's prescribed regimen for raising children
according to 'Child Dianetics' endanger the development of their
children," warned Beckstein. Among the brutal training methods
recommended by Hubbard are the inquisition-like processes of
questioning and the unkind training of toddlers. Staff members' time
with their children are often restricted to a minimum. If need be,
children who disturb their parents' work for the SO are declared to be
"suppressive persons." That means that parents and child must
separate.
As far as the SO campaign "Children say no to drugs," Beckstein
stated, "SO presents itself as a fighter against drugs. It distributes
leaflets and brochures against drug abuse. Following the USA model,
meetings are announced in which children are publicly praised for
leading a drug-free life. Actually, this campaign only serves for
recruitment of victims into the power apparatus and money-making
machine of Scientology. It is claimed in the increasing advertisements
for Narconon that the drug problem is being alleviated. In reality,
however, parents are being financially exploited and youth, as well as
their parents, are introduced into an addictive relationship. Cases have
been documented in which, people, after being exploited, have been
left to backslide by the organization."
German Scientology News:
http://cisar.org/trn0455.htm
Nots 34
http://home.sol.no/~spirous/CoS/archive/events/9805henson-case/nots34_anal.html
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Subject: Beckstein: "Scientology is a system of organized child exploitation"
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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:10:44 GMT
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