Certainly sounds like the MO of some of the ultra-fanatics that STAND seems to cultivate. What a bummer and disappointing to hear about NYT, esp there being threats involved and they know how virulent some internet extremists can be.

Aqua,

Good to hear from you.

I agree lying is bad for both parties to it. They’re both stuck with altered realities as long as the lies lives.

Lying is usually a “chicken’s way out” as it takes real guts to tell the truth. I also know lying screws with one’s mind as the liar has to “keep” the truth and the lie in memory so if ever confronted about the event he lied about he can repeat it and thus remain safe. I agree with you, this is never good for one’s health or happiness. Lying is never good; and this is especially true when one lies to oneself. I know from experience that is more degrading than death even.

I know Alcoboy! The first time I heard this I burst out laughing! You have to wonder how LE keeps from bursting out laughing too and just hauling the person in right then.

Gee Briget that must have provided some comic relief and some head shaking. I suppose it’s not impossible that someone grabbed the wrong pants but good grief, I also suppose that when the person was faced with having to come up with a reason they were carrying drugs, or whatever, it seemed like the only thing left to say except, well, maybe the truth.

Aqua:
I agree completely.

It’s A Libertarian thing.

STAND is the ‘Der Sturmer’ of Scientology and Ed Parkin is its Julius Streicher.

I remember when I was on staff and we were running a stress test booth in a local mall.I was with a Sea Org member at that time. A woman came up to the booth, picked up a copy of Dianetics and said to us “L. Ron Hubbard. Isn’t this Scientology?” Immediately the SO girl said “No, no, no, no. We have nothing to do with Scientology.”
My jaw about dropped. How could she tell someone a bold faced lie like that? Furthermore, in the back of the book is information on the Hubbard Dianetics Seminar which is held ‘at your nearest Church Of Scientology’. And yet the SO tells this woman that our stress test booth had no connection to Scientology.
And now you know that the doctrine of Acceptable Lies is one of the reasons why I quit the church. There are others as well.

Hear, hear!
By the way, your videos are hilarious!

Chris! What are you trying to do? Get everybody in OSA RPFed?!