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This again?

Every so often, the Church of Scientology goes up against the Internet.

Every so often, the Church of Scientology gets its ass handed to it.

This has been going on since 'the Internet' meant 'Usenet' for most people on the Internet.

Heh. Maybe this time will be especially amusing.




> Every so often, the Church of Scientology gets its ass handed to it.

They get a few wins too.

(http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/sep/helmers.html)


That one frustrated me. I was teaching a class and told everyone about that service as a way to send me anonymous feedback.

Then someone tried, and found that the service had been shut down. :-(


"Every so often, the Church of Scientology goes up against the Internet. Every so often, the Church of Scientology gets its ass handed to it."

These are not equal. They never get anything more than slaps on their wrist, and they employ enough lawyers and politicians to "every so often" make us all less free.




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