Anne Hidalgo, who has led protests against the criminal cult of Scientology
has been elected Mayor of Paris.
Au revoir, Dave.
Anne Hidalgo, who has led protests against the criminal cult of Scientology
has been elected Mayor of Paris.
Au revoir, Dave.
Anne Hidalgo, who has led protests against the criminal cult of Scientology
has been elected Mayor of Paris.
Au revoir, Dave.
Anne Hidalgo, who has led protests against the criminal cult of Scientology
has been elected Mayor of Paris.
Au revoir, Dave.
[video=youtube;AZxrvslGt5w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZxrvslGt5w[/video]I love Paris in the springtime.
The Anabaptist Jacques
Anne Hidalgo, who has led protests against the criminal cult of Scientology
has been elected Mayor of Paris.
Au revoir, Dave.
In case Poor COB in never invited to visit Paris
[video=youtube_share;M4C6cqo4EjY]http://youtu.be/M4C6cqo4EjY[/video]
Joe Dassin's death is, imho, one of the sadder ones. He'd had heart trouble for years. He and his wife of a few months took a vacation to Tahiti, where he died of a heart attack. Not quite as sad to me as Wolfman Jack's though.
All that is true but a high public official still has lots of influence. In a case where discretion is involved, you can be sure things will not go well for the cult.I don't follow the reasoning here. Unless Paris (1) altered the powers of elected officials to be those of an autocrat, a dictator, and (2) gave the Mayor of Paris office extraterritoriality so that her autocratic writ would run throughout the world (or so it can be hallucinated), it would seem that Hidalgo's elevation to the mayorship is not as decisive as to announce "au revoir, Dave." She might now have her time so consumed by other affairs, compared to the previous state where only a select number of people might seek audience with her, that it actually diminishes her influence on the fate of Scientology in Paris. It is unlikely that a Parisienne will overlook poor air quality, poor road maintenance, ill thought out budgeting, etc etc., which might come about by neglect, all because they are en mass so enthusiastic that a blow be struck to an noisome and noxious yet obscure small group of people.
I understand applauding the success of someone who has stood up to the church, but don't see that it helps to hope for profound effects from that without a proper analysis.
Anyway, congrats to Hidalgo nevertheless. Nice to hear of success by an enemy of the church.
> Innominate
Would your reaction be more enthusiastic if the newly-elected President of the City Council of Los Angeles had recently demonstrated outside the Celebrity Centre and had a long history of opposing cults in her city?
Not really. That kind of broad brush opposition doesn't show enough intelligence to think its proponent will be effective. It is the kind of stance that politician idiots might think popular, but if they live in a society governed by a constitution and the rule of law and don't stop to think that you can't suppress something by convicting it of being a "cult" in such a society, they are just set to spin their wheels. Only a profoundly undesirable society to live in is prepared to suppress or mistreat a group upon mere proof that it is a "cult".
Now if such a person actually had the brains to focus their opposition on specific illegal acts, regardless of who is doing them, like illegal electronic surveillance tactics, stalking, illegal human trafficking, false scientific/medical representations such as those associated with the Purif, etc., then that would be a real burst of good news. That is someone with enough intelligence to actually make a difference, not a mere noise making glad handing politician idiot.
Not really. That kind of broad brush opposition doesn't show enough intelligence to think its proponent will be effective. It is the kind of stance that politician idiots might think popular, but if they live in a society governed by a constitution and the rule of law and don't stop to think that you can't suppress something by convicting it of being a "cult" in such a society, they are just set to spin their wheels. Only a profoundly undesirable society to live in is prepared to suppress or mistreat a group upon mere proof that it is a "cult".
Now if such a person actually had the brains to focus their opposition on specific illegal acts, regardless of who is doing them, like illegal electronic surveillance tactics, stalking, illegal human trafficking, false scientific/medical representations such as those associated with the Purif, etc., then that would be a real burst of good news. That is someone with enough intelligence to actually make a difference, not a mere noise making glad handing politician idiot.
All that is true but a high public official still has lots of influence. In a case where discretion is involved, you can be sure things will not go well for the cult.
Helena
In case Poor COB in never invited to visit Paris
[video=youtube_share;M4C6cqo4EjY]http://youtu.be/M4C6cqo4EjY[/video]