Part II of my question.
Question answered by FreeZone in Scientology
Anonymous asked this question on 8/25/2000:
If we believe that scientologists believe that defending
scientology is a "Just Cause." May we presume that the
scientology code of honor, which says, "Never be afraid to
hurt another in a just cause," would be applied to their
treatment of critics? Is that why we see such hostility on here
from the scientologists? Would they injure me simply to defend
the reputation of their religion?
FreeZone gave this response on 8/26/2000:
I've seen a great deal of criticism of this point in ARS and
other sites frequented by CoS critics. Truthfully, I think
much of the criticism is bogus, because I don't believe that
most people attacking this really disagree with the
fundamental principle. If you reject philisophically what
Hubbard is saying here, you would certainly have to be an
absolute pacifist, and few or no of the critics I'm aware of
fit that description.
It could indeed be used to justify attacks on critics of
Scientology, but in practice it rarely is. The policies on
suppressive persons and the Keeping Scientology Working
policy are what is normally cited to justify such attacks. In
fact, what was once called 'Fair Game' before the term was
cancelled was, when I was in CoS, referred to as KSW, for
Keeping Scientology Working.
As for why we see such hostility on this board and
elsewhere from RTC loyalists, they're behaving in pretty
much the manner that their indoctination has made seem
appropriate. The CoS programming gives them no real
options on what to think about those who criticize it in
public; we have to be SPs. Engaging in real conversation
with an SP is pointless by definition because they're insane.
If they seem to be friendly and rational, it is a 1.1 trick to
destroy you. The way to handle an SP is to use the terror
any SP has that his or her crimes will be revealed.
For a critic, this makes life pretty easy. You don't have to
knock yourself out making CoS look awful, a genuine
believer is sure to come along and do it much more
convicningly than you can. And you don't have to worry
too much about their next move. They're programmed, and
if you know the source code it's easy to predict.
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