I really like that post.
But, I think that the chances a federal agency will try to make a case against Scientology's abuses is remote. Because it sits squarely in that demilitarized grey zone that frames a protective bubble for religion. Even civil litigation derails & fails (for the most part) when it comes to trying to hold Scientology to account for its degenerate human rights abuses.
However, I really believe that the one achilles weak spot--the place where a demolition crew must place their explosive charges at critical points of support in order to trigger a cult implosion--is just about as glaringly obvious as it can be. To wit, the easily observable fact that the cult is SELLING A PRODUCT BASED ON A PRICELIST.
This alone should disqualify them from any consideration for non-profit status. Any half-witted judge, jury or regulatory panel could not help but conclude that. As I have mentioned a number of times before, the COS could preserve a certain number of square feet in each org/mission where it has a dedicated use for WORSHIP.
The net effect would be that Scientology would NOT BE DENIED non-profit status for those fractional portions of the building where nothing was being promoted, marketed, sold or delivered. The other 98% of the orgs and Scientology real estate and assets would be taxed as a business.
That would kill the cult's ass almost overnight. And nobody could complain about abridgment of their "religious rights".
Common sense dictates that any enterprise that has a published PRICELIST is a commercial enterprise, subject to all of the regulatory agencies and consumer protections afforded to all other businesses are required by law to comply with.
How stupid does this have to get? A freaking PRICELIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL How is that not a-----pricelist?! Only businesses would have any use for a pricelist. Legitimate religions don't sell products/services and therefore have no conceivable use for a pricelist.
It just doesn't get any simpler than this.
Have I mentioned before that Scientology uses a pricelist? LOL
Yes, HH, I agree that what you've described (and you did it without even mentioning that the E-meter consists of $40 worth of parts and costs a mere $4,000.00) appears to be very low hanging legal fruit. And I'll take it in a heartbeat. But only for starters.
New thinking is needed, because, in truth, Scientology has more Achilles heels than a millipede.
I'd want to go after their deeper and darker crimes; including Lisa McPherson, and others, in Federal, not State court, and with offers of immunity to key individuals. (For all we know, it could already be happening.)
It begins with US Attorneys recognizing that Scientology is an International organized criminal enterprise masquerading as a religious organization. Most foreign governments do not recognize it as a religion. The CIA and FSB are already well aware of this.
Who are the Michael Meisners and Mitchell Hermanns of 2017 that are spying for Scientology from within the DoJ and the IRS?
A/G Sessions doesn't owe Scientology. He's not in their pocket. Nor is Shea, the FBI designee.
Social movements are born when societal outrage and longstanding inaction and injustice collide with a fearless media.
Think about it.
There are so many cracks in the Scientology dam. So many incomplete patch jobs and half assed cover ups. And the pressure on the dam just keeps building.
Yes, they have money. Lots.
But we have truth, and righteous justice on our side. Along with the public.
That's why Miscavige and OSA are so freaked out. They suspect what's coming...
I loved the GoT post! Battle of the bastards indeed, lolol!
(And please don't tell me that Scientology is too insignificant a subject, or target, for prosecution. I'll wager that whichever political party first displays both the guts and wisdom to take them on, publicly, and loudly, would see a 15 point bump in their polls. They are sooo deservedly reviled.)