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From: anon2c9e@nyx10.cs.du.edu (henry)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: The Scandal of Scientology--REVIEW
Date: 6 Jul 1995 16:22:47 -0600
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whenever reading a book on scientology, the tendency is to
compare it to _a piece of blue sky_ by jon atack, which is indeed
the most complete book on scientology from an informational
perspective. still, atack is a pretty dry writer, on the whole,
and the interest in the book derives more from the subject matter
than the writing.
i had been led to believe that _the scandal of scientology_ was
not as good a POBS, but on the whole, despite gaps in information
caused by its publication date, i found it on the whole much more
engaging and personable than atack. i believe the original publication
was a paperback, and cooper, despite other reviews which have stated
that she pulls punches, actually gives quite a decent accounting.
true to the title, the book focuses on the juicy sex scandals, serial
killers and lunatics who populate the history of scientology and
its more bizarre offshoots like the process, giving just enough time
to detailing the few known facts about noted murderous sociopath
charles manson's membership in the cult, and the association of
david 'son of sam' berkowitz's fling with the process.
the book is full of anecdotes which reek of scandal, and recreates
from personal memories a mosaic of what it might be like to get sucked
into a vindictive cult like scientology in the first place.
in fact, precisely by focusing on the 'lurid blood sex crimes' of
scientology, and indeed which hubbard himself told his propaganda rats
to accuse others of, _the scandal of scientology_ must have infuriated
the very core of scientology management, because they knew that no book,
however scandalous, could equal the accumulated weight of neros like
l. ron hubbard and caligulas like david miscavige.
it points out clearly why a corrupt, cynical organization run by petty
tyrants and power-hungry snake-oil sleazeballs must perish, and indeed
will.
h
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