That is actually one of my favorite examples of The Hubbard Law of Commotion.
"Talking derogatorily about another" as holy scripture.
And then, Ron writes....
There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk (derogatorily) about the rest of us.
By the way, although many Scientologists mistakenly believe that this poem was written by L. Ron Hubbard (
see example of attribution) but it was actually written in the 19th century by another author.
Even Indie KSW guru, Marty Rathbun (
in his blog), connects Hubbard "policy" to that poem:
Curiously, it has been attributed to many authors, many of whom denied (directly or through their agents/heirs) that they had actually written it, including: Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Wallis Hoch and Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler.
Somebody in the 20th century also claimed that it was penned by a man named Elbert Hubbard. Hmmmm, Elbert Hubbard. That last name sounds familiar. I wonder if Ron had anything to do with putting the Hubbard name in back of that?
Curious fact: L Ron Hubbard's father was adopted into the Hubbard family, and Elbert Hubbard was his uncle by adoption.
Anybody have the original HCOB or HCOPL to see what Hubbard actually says about that poem?
Well, the point is not who wrote it but that Hubbard is one of the worst hypocrites that ever walked the face of the earth.