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Without getting into this discussion - and just clarify two terms, Policy and Ethics (This also relates to another ongoing thread where these terms have been used):
In Scientology, per the "tight conspiracy" (Hubbard's term) model that Scientology's founder created in the 1960s, there is policy (selected - to be promoted to wogs, raw meat, and public - items, from the Green Volumes and other places, such as 'The Way to Happiness' booklet, etc.), and Policy (in the Green Volumes), and then there is POLICY (not in the Green Volumes, confidential HCOPLs), and then there is P_O_L_I_C_Y (which is not in the form of Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letters, and are instructions directly from L. Ron Hubbard at the highly confidential level. These instructions cover finance, Intelligence, Propaganda, PR, Sea Org matters, legal, and anything about which Hubbard chose to pontificate in his highly confidential writings and taped briefings.)
So, when a Scientologist says, "Policy," what does he or she mean?
What does it mean when a rank-and-file foot-soldier-level Scientologist say, "Policy"?
Similarly, what does it mean when a rank-and-file foot-soldier-level Scientologist says, "ethics"? It certainly doesn't mean ethics in the non-Scientology sense, as in "wog ethics."
In Scientology, "ethics" has as many shades of meaning as does "Policy."
Most Scientologists have only partial knowledge of what the doctrine (subject matter or full materials) of Scientology actually is, and have an incomplete notion of "Scientology ethics" determined by their position in the stratified secret doctrine and operation of Scientology.
This makes discussing Scientology with Scientologists difficult.
Those who do have a complete view of the subject, of which David Miscavige and - possibly - Marty Rathbun are two examples, are not talking - at least publicly. The are covering up.
In Scientology, per the "tight conspiracy" (Hubbard's term) model that Scientology's founder created in the 1960s, there is policy (selected - to be promoted to wogs, raw meat, and public - items, from the Green Volumes and other places, such as 'The Way to Happiness' booklet, etc.), and Policy (in the Green Volumes), and then there is POLICY (not in the Green Volumes, confidential HCOPLs), and then there is P_O_L_I_C_Y (which is not in the form of Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letters, and are instructions directly from L. Ron Hubbard at the highly confidential level. These instructions cover finance, Intelligence, Propaganda, PR, Sea Org matters, legal, and anything about which Hubbard chose to pontificate in his highly confidential writings and taped briefings.)
So, when a Scientologist says, "Policy," what does he or she mean?
What does it mean when a rank-and-file foot-soldier-level Scientologist say, "Policy"?
Similarly, what does it mean when a rank-and-file foot-soldier-level Scientologist says, "ethics"? It certainly doesn't mean ethics in the non-Scientology sense, as in "wog ethics."
In Scientology, "ethics" has as many shades of meaning as does "Policy."
Most Scientologists have only partial knowledge of what the doctrine (subject matter or full materials) of Scientology actually is, and have an incomplete notion of "Scientology ethics" determined by their position in the stratified secret doctrine and operation of Scientology.
This makes discussing Scientology with Scientologists difficult.
Those who do have a complete view of the subject, of which David Miscavige and - possibly - Marty Rathbun are two examples, are not talking - at least publicly. The are covering up.