Bryan tells us it's due for cinematic release here in Australia. I've already seen it but would LOVE to get a bunch of us Aussies together to watch it in the cinema. I've already discussed this with a couple of Exes and they're on-board.
Anyone else up for a Going Clear party?
I'll let you know what we can work out.The Scooter family would LOVE to be there !!!
I'm sure there's a bunch of "us" who would turn up to party - especially would LOVE if the Anons who regularly turned up outside the orgs could come too.
Could "we" invite OSA ANZO too? I'd shout them popcorn.
I'll let you know what we can work out.
Why the hell not?
So if anyone here has an IMDb account (or please make one) please stop by adding in a star rating and a review. IMDb is a huge huge huge movie site (anything and everything to do with movies is there) with an even larger following. Don't let OSA/$cio's trash Going Clear. A big heartfelt thank you hug!
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4257858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
I dunno..that article pissed me off.. Saying Tony mocks Scientology? She needs to read his blog sometime! I don't see him mocking them?? She correct about the rest of it but judgy comments like that make me feel irked!An exceptionally good and important article. Trust me. Read it.
Washington Post: Why it’s so hard to beat Scientology
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/03/30/why-its-so-hard-to-beat-scientology/
Narconon
One of the ways that Scientology attempts to get future members in the door is through its Narconon program — a drug-rehabilitation program that claims an 85 percent success rate through cold-turkey withdrawal, “Therapeutic Training Routines,” a “New Life Detoxification Program," and “Life Improvement Courses.” In 2009, officials investigated the deaths of 21-year-old Hillary Ann Holten, 32-year-old Gabriel W. Graves, and 28-year-old Kaysie Dianne Werninck — three patients who died while under the care of Narconon. Werninck’s parents sued, alleging Narconon Arrowhead (an Oklahoma facility) “gave [Werninck] the wrong medication and failed to get her proper care after she developed an upper respiratory infection...
Fraud in France
In 2013, a French court rejected Scientology’s request to overturn a 2009 conviction for “organized fraud.” It claimed religious freedoms; the Cour de Cassation ordered it to pay “600,000 euros ($812,000) in fines for preying financially on followers in the 1990s.”
An exceptionally good and important article. Trust me. Read it.
Washington Post: Why it’s so hard to beat Scientology
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/03/30/why-its-so-hard-to-beat-scientology/
What it lacks is empathy for the individuals who are still members of Scientology and an understanding of what might make them stay — or help them leave.
And certainly, given the power the organization exerts and the alleged abuses it carries out, Scientology as an organization is a worthy target. But there’s a difference between convincing people outside of Scientology — including the Internal Revenue Service — that the church is a confidence scheme rather than a genuine religious organization and convincing the people who have dedicated decades of their lives to Scientology that they should, and can, leave.
Persuading members of the group to leave requires us to understand that something other than mere foolishness or naivete led them to Scientology in the first place.
Journalists and filmmakers such as Wright, Gibney and Ortega will be able to keep pushing Scientology to the margins by mocking it. But to free the people held in its “prison of belief,” we’ll have to take that belief seriously enough to help them find better options.