Scientology abuses
May 13, 2008
FINALLY! Lawrence Woodcraft many years ago told that when he did architectural work on the Freewind, he warned the church that there was asbestos on board, yet they did nothing. Michael Pattinson said that when the ship comes into harbor, it shakes like crazy, which could obviously stir up any asbestos onboard. Does Scientology care about the health of its passengers and staff? Apparently not much.
http://www.amigoe.com/english/
Special team strips Freewinds of asbestos
WILLEMSTAD – A special team from the United States is working on removing the asbestos from the cruise ship Freewinds. The team is being supervised by an independent bureau from the Netherlands.
Head of Environmental Service, Tico Ras confirms the above, but doesn’t say much. The seriousness of asbestos being released during work is according to him ‘a matter of interpretation’. He nevertheless admits that readings are constantly being done that indicate the amount of asbestos, but that he does not know what the results of the readings are, and that he is busy finishing up a report.
It is in any case safe around the ship in the dry-dock. The Environmental Service is also supervising the removing of the asbestos and is making sure that this is done according to the rules. The asbestos is taken to the landfill of Selikor that has a special dump place for this.
Freewinds promised last week to give an official declaration, which they didn’t. Harbour captain Ludwig Alpes is now referring everybody to the dock company (CDM) for comments. PR-director Karin Pouw of Scientology in Los Angeles gave a reaction on the internet: “The Freewinds on a regular basis checks the air quality on board of the ship and always meets the American standards. Inspections on April 15 and 28 confirm that the air quality is safe, in accordance with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and US Clean Air Act.”
The Freewinds is undergoing a complete touchup in the dry dock. All the cabins and other accommodations are being upgraded. To comply with the tight maritime rules that become effective in 2010, also the navigation- and safety equipment is being replaced. “The true and accurate story is that the Freewinds is being restored to better than new.” The restoration is on schedule.
CDM-director Frank Esser indicated last week that the ship had till yesterday to be in dry-docking. Aside from the disputable exceeding of the asbestos standards in the air, the CDM–director blamed the Freewinds for not complying with the different procedures. A ship in dry-dock that is going to work on asbestos is required to do this with qualified people.
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064802595d7
There Glen Stilo of Scientology is essentially asking the US Gubmint to just let anyone into the US that Scientology claims will be a religious worker. Funny thing about that is that Artur Solomonyan was allegedly one of those religious workers. He was arrested and convicted in New York of trying to sell weapons to an FBI informant.
http://www.wnbc.com/investigations/13747793/detail.html
Now I have essentially no proof of this, but I am wondering if Scientology sells religious worker visas to people who are otherwise having a hard time getting into the US? Mainly this wonder comes from Solomonyan. How did Scientology bring this guy into the country, then let him run around (apparently unsupervised) selling weapons? Seems pretty strange to me.
Sort of old news, but there’s a story that he was arrested. I don’t know of any evidence of that though. At any rate, he was under the employ of Scientology, who claims the protesters are terrorists. Yet it was Scientology that brought a gun to the protest.
An OT visits a Psych
P = Psychiatrist
OT = OT
P- Come in. I’m Dr. Synapse. You’re Tom Thetabop?
OT- Yes, Doctor. Thank you. I first need to say that I’m only here
because my family demanded that I see a psychiatrist. As a
Scientologist, I believe my religion can provide me with all the tools
that I need for this life and my future lives. But I have been having
problems that don’t seem to get handled in Scientology, and my
non-Scientologist family demanded that I see you, despite my
antagonism to psychiatry. Just so you know, this is not my choice.
P- I see. Well, we’ll see if we can help. First, do you feel
generally in good condition?
OT- Oh yes! I’m very confident and know that I am at cause over the
MEST universe, but there’s just something that still bothers me.
P- The “Messed Universe?” What is that?
OT- Oh sorry. Matter, Energy, Space and Time. These are all just
agreed upon concepts that we can overcome when we finish the OT
levels.
P- Uh… you mean that you don’t believe in Matter, Energy, Space and
Time?
OT- They are only real because we have agreed that they are real.
When you complete the OT courses then you can be at cause over these
concepts.
P- Ok… Have you taken these OT courses? And are you at cause over
MEST now?
OT- [thinking hard] Well… there’s a problem. I have completed the
courses through OT 7, but I still have problems getting to the end
phenomenon.
P- What do you learn on these OT courses?
OT- I can’t tell you because you’ll die if you hear them.
P- Hm. Well, that makes it more difficult for me to help you. Are
these simply classes you take to learn certain concepts?
OT- No, you get on the cans and run Incident I and II until the BTs
blow.
P- I’m sorry, I don’t think you were speaking English there…
OT- See? I knew it was useless coming here!
P- No, no, I’m sure I can help. I guess I just need to learn the
lingo. What are BT’s and why do they need to blow?
OT- Oh Jeez, I’m not supposed to tell you! Hm… but you’re just part
of the 4th Invader Force anyway and your goose is already cooked…
Tell you what, promise this won’t go out of this room, and I’ll tell
you.
P- Everything said here is kept in the strictest confidence, just like
your church would keep it’s parishioner’s confessions confidential.
OT- Christ! That’s no good. Just PROMISE me that none of this goes
beyond this room.
P- I promise.
OT- Let me just boil it down to what I think my problem is and then
you tell me if you can help… I was solo auditing Incident II,
getting in comm with the BT’s and just running out charge like you
can’t believe! Everything was great until I found a BT on my right
elbow… Xena… [wistfully] her name is Xena…
P- the Xena from the TV show?
OT- No, but she looks similar, and just coincidentally has the same
name. Anyway, I… I… I fell in love with Xena of the Right Elbow.
P- I’m still a little confused over the lingo I guess. This Xena, she
lives in your right elbow? And you speak to her?
OT- [weeping slightly] yes.
P- But she’s a BT, and you should be driving her away, correct?
OT- [sobbing openly] yes.
P- Does Xena cause you any problems? Is there any reason to get
rid…
OT- [interrupting] NO! There’s NO reason to send her away! She
couldn’t help it any more than anybody else could! Xenu blew us all up
and it’s nobody’s fault but his! We love each other! And I’m NOT
going to audit her out!
P- [shaking a bit] Please, try to calm down. We won’t send Xena
away. Xena is a spirit then, correct?
OT- Yes, yes… oh god… look. We’re all just spirits, and we were
all blown up together 75 million years ago. Some of us are people,
and some of us are BT’s. It’s nobody’s fault which we became. Now,
Xena and I have found each other, thanks to Scientology. But
Scientology is also ripping us apart! And my wife is jealous of my
elbow!
P- Couldn’t you leave the church?
OT- I’m so torn…
P- if this spirit woman in your elbow means this much to you…!
WHat… the… HELL!! am I saying? I’m sorry, but we’ll have to end
this session until I can get my own head back together.
OT- [perking up] Have you ever read Dianetics?