Comments on: Scientology “Arbitration”: They make up the rules as they go along https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/ Something Can Be Done About It Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: chuckbeatty https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-439387 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 23:51:39 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-439387 In reply to Real.

Thanks. Have you notice the 28 Nov 2021 LA Times article, a front page article. Anything of note in that article you spot.

]]> By: Mike Rinder https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437776 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:41:06 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437776 In reply to Joe Pendleton.

YEs and yes

]]> By: Joe Pendleton https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437766 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:39:52 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437766 I guess maybe I just haven’t followed these cases closely enough , but wouldn’t forcing a person to engage in a religious arbitration WITH A RELIGION THAT THEY HAVE LEFT AND WHOSE POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES THEY NOW OPPOSE, violate their First Amendment right of religious freedom? Are these plaintiffs even pleading that?

]]> By: Real https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437596 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:28:35 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437596 In reply to Glenn.

No, you didn’t pursue your options and didn’t consult an atty. Thus you cannot sue on that basis.

]]> By: Real https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437594 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:27:18 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437594 In reply to chucubkeatty.

There is no high level case law about this. The problem is that congress hasn’t addressed this vis-a-vis arbitration laws. State laws can easily be written to handle this situation

]]> By: Peridot https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437416 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:54:10 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437416 “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” constituted the first season of the FX channel’s true crime anthology television series. This series attracted a wide audience, critical acclaim, and garnered several awards. (Curiously, a first-ever television Emmy award for series’ producer, John Travolta, who also played real-life defense attorney, Robert Shapiro.)

I had the sense the creative team for this show was drawn to tell this story, and audiences were drawn to watching it, because of the case’s lingering cloud of injustice.

“The People v. O.J. Simpson” was written by Golden Globe-winning producers, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. I wonder if their team would have appetite to take on another real-life tale of injustice: the Garcia’s. Obviously, this real-life injustice is not so much in the public consciousness as the O.J. Simpson story. But with the intrigue surrounding Scientology, and the despair and madness of the Garcia family saga, this story is an excellent candidate for a well-made television mini-series.

What is a next available means to shine the light of truth as “the best disinfectant”? A television mini-series is worth considering. I believe there would be an audience for it.

Ref: James Bryce in his 1888 book, The American Commonwealth: “Selfishness, injustice, cruelty, tricks and jobs of all sorts shun the light: to expose them is to defeat them.”

]]> By: Balletlady https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437377 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:25:51 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437377 In reply to Zee Moo.

Amen! I’ve seen & read about many religions, this is the ONE religion where one has to keep PAYING huge amnouts of cold hard cash or credit endlessly to be “educated” in their ways. If one doesn’t PAY & keep on keeping on…………..they are SLAMMED & SHAMED .

Fear is a great motivator & intimated, keeps everyone in line to keep paying & paying or else……………so sad.

]]> By: SadStateofAffairs https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437359 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:43:56 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437359 I find the rulings in the Garcia case, and the related rulings in Masterson related civil cases to be the most abhorrent Scientology-related rulings any US courts have ever made. People signing the enrollment agreements really do not have a clue what they are letting themselves in for in the future. At the very least some sort of broad warning against Scientology enrollment forms and the trap of agreeing to Scientology arbitration should be published online.

]]> By: Real https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437335 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:58:19 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437335 In reply to Karl Woodrow.

However Karl, they haven’t made law in this area that outlaws when the church has done. So your argument doesn’t yet exist…

]]> By: Real https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-arbitration-they-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-along/#comment-437333 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:55:47 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2612915#comment-437333 And herein lies the problem. According to the US Constitution Judges don’t make law (precedent). The Framers knew the huge problems that causes (from British system) and excluded it from our system. Unfortunately the constitution isn’t follow and we get this injustice.

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