Yes, I was NOT exaggerating about the being in trouble for posting. They even showed up at my house!! I lost one of my best friends over it. I kept suspending my posting cuz they'd hassle me, then I'd get pissed off about the freedom of speech issue and start posting again. Whenever I did, OSA would telex the org.
Then one day John the Wonderhusband posted a humorous JPG depicting a half naked "Sea Orger", so to speak, on the "Freewinds" and I got a call at my work. Boy, were they pissed. Another one he did was a staff photo of Flag execs with another half naked chick in a nautical cap photoshopped in with them with a humorous snarky caption. That one netted us some calls, too.
They just went apeshit over all that...that's why I'm so adamant about freedom of speech and people trying to censor others.
fluffy, I found this incredibly funny! OSA spending it's time surfing to find evil people shooping! LOL But it just shows me how low they've sunk.
Someone mentioned on another thread that Flubbard didn't want us to blindly follow him or believe him, etc. I think he was very smart by saying things like this. A lot of people would assume he had nothing to hide by "welcoming" inspection and critical thinking. So they wouldn't question his motives from then on. Nice. He was a manipulator and wanted nothing but blind faith from his followers. The people I do know that questioned didn't last long. And I've read many reports about people getting in trouble for going on the internet and researching for themselves. Freedom of speech and choice...hell, any kind of freedom really, means death to $cientology.