Yes, worthwhile.

Sure Scientology has the tech to cure cancer but only so long as the ill Scientologists take personal responsibility and stay in ethics by smoking more cigarettes. A pack a day habit would be the absolute minimum* And if a Scientologist never smoked and came down with cancer anyway, then starting to smoke would be wise, and building up to a 2 pack a day habit, just to be on the safe side, would make up for all those years of never imbibing any tar or nicotine.

*Sorry for the verbal data.

Just had the thought:

Back in the day they had “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”.

Today we have “Mr. Smith-Levin Goes To Clearwater”.

Yo Aaron – you go, guy!
Give’m hell!

Give…them…HELL.

You can do it.

“What is the name for someone who destroys everything they touch? Is there a word or phrase?”

Loser?

Very astute, Aquamarine. You are spot-on.

Mary, I think the word you might be looking for is vandal. Or possibly senior (as opposed to juvenile) delinquent.

Truly, I can’t think of a word that adequately expresses my contempt for Scamology and all their works.

Jere, DM can take over Clearwater physically, but the political conquest ambitions will fail, in part because Scientology’s membership is so rapidly shrinking – they do appear to be trying to concentrate in the city recently, but it’s probably too little too late. You’re unfortunately right, though, that they can do a lot of damage, as they already have, especially if you compare the downtowns to others nearby that have been revitalized in recent decades.

I think Aqua gets into it pretty thoroughly in a longer piece up above.

Yes, surveyed and assessed so they can be manipulated. Notice it’s not what they want or need that’s taken into account, but what they react to or are vulnerable to.

That’s the way scammers and criminals size up victims. Psychopathic behavior on display.

Well, doesn’t that tell you everything you need to know about Scientology! So the only reason to find out what they need is to “find their buttons”?

Yes, I wonder what term there is for the opposite of “The Midas Touch” or the opposite of an alchemist. Although there are some scientologists that think tiny guy has been better than LRH. (eyeroll)

Succinctly asked, what is the name for someone who destroys everything they touch? Is there a word or phrase?