Scientology puts out a pretty constant stream of press releases in an effort to appear to be doing good, charitable work in the world. This latest comes from the UK. And it’s as empty as the rest of the propaganda they churn out.
Things are a bit bleak in England these days since Apostate Alex began exposing their abuses, so it’s no surprise they are trying to get some “positive press” to counteract the barrage of bad news.
Interestingly the UK Charity Commission sees right through their bs and refuses to grant scientology charity status because they do not meet the public benefit test.
This press release perfectly illustrates why.
It begins with a staged photo op. No numbers provided, but it would appear to be about 25 adults and kids walking down the steps of the AO at St Hill. They are not going to walk to Crawley, which is 10 miles away. They are heading to the parking lot to get in their cars and drive there. No photos of them actually in Crawley doing anything, and no details of what they actually DID there other than “They handed out youth-friendly Truth About Drugs booklets to help other kids make the self-determined decision to live drug-free.” No specifics on how many were handed out or any results. But they do add some puerile filler, “What has recently come to light is just how important their drug education campaign really is.”
It’s all downhill from there. 4 paras about how bad the drug problem is — though for some reason they state it’s not as bad as in the US.
Then a quote from Jessica Hochman, Executive Director of Foundation for a Drug-Free World. “Teaching kids the truth about drugs before some dealer or peer tells them lies is what it is all about. We provide resources to do just that, and in language kids listen to. Our purpose is to empower youth with the confidence that they are doing the right thing by living drug-free.” Sounds very nice. Still nothing DONE.
And onto the inevitable quote from Hubbard about his “research” revealing that drugs are the most destructive element in society. Really helpful.
Then some more blah, blah, blah that scientology “supports” the Foundation for a Drug-Free World.
The longest para in the release describes the content of the scientology tv “network” — listing how you can watch it in the US. This concludes by mentioning “a special episode featuring Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige,” and a bunch of links to various scientology websites. These days they have to squeeze Miscavige in somehow in every press release, not matter how much pretzel-logic is required to shoehorn him in.
And that’s all there is to it.
As they like to say in Texas, they’re all hat and no cattle. Not a single done or result, just a lot of informing the world that drugs are a serious problem. No shit Sherlock.,
I’m sure they encountered hundreds of kids out and about on the streets on a rainy day. Especially when in matching shirts that peg them as culties or charity collectors a block away.
We are the PTS’s!-)
https://youtu.be/pZCNprPNGxM?si=cFS-Im_0XzfGuFas
The UK Charity Commission are not seeing through their front group, Criminon as they are a registered charity in the UK.
Look them up at…
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4000287
Fatty was a heavy imbiber of psychoactive medication all along.
I heard a rumour that David Byrne was CoS, long ago, believable because he behaves like it.
Long-timers here: is it true?
Not true
The acquamarine and black costumes, plus Union Flag brollies, are nice touches.
As for drugs, though, it seems that Fatty was addicted to pharmaceutical psychoactive drugs for most of his adult life. Amphetamines would likely have been part of the mix, at least until the late ’70s. His contemporary writers did, even my mother did in that time-frame.
A few oldish-timers post here, I am curious about David Byrne. I heard many rumours that he was an scn member years ago, but if he was, both he and scn. are very quiet about it. Is/was he?
That’s rich coming from a pusher of hypnotic and soporific “tech.” It may not be a physical drug, but it sure is a mental and emotional one.
Ha, perhaps why I am a ‘never in’ is just that I’m not susceptible to hypnotism, learnt from Psychology classes. Disappointed at first, but soon seemed a good thing. Can hypnotise others who are susceptible, though.
I think the UK Charity Commission needs a bit more of this constructed PR story to change an already clearly expressed opinion.
Next time scn reapplies, they will be even more scrutinized and dissected under an electronic microscope molecule by molecule.
Good on the UK Charity Commission for seeing through Scientology BS. It gives me some hope that others will see through the BS as well.
And it’s not the truth, but based on pseudo-scientific and conspiracy theory falsehoods, derived from the “work” of someone a jurist once wrote was a virtual pathological liar.