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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