FWD: Le Monde Diplomatique, June 2001
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 15 23:38:51 CDT 2001
This is an interesting cross-Atlantic debate forming. Politics V. Religion.
Our 1st Amendndment marries the two. Neither can be outlawed. Our P.T. Barnum
said it all about both: There's a fool born every minute.
--- Otto <o.sell at telda.net> wrote:
> If we're talking about Scientology here (and I bet the French are thinking
> of SC in this case) the cult that fools you is no religious thing but only
> disguised as that. It's not even merely an economical enterprise but a
> right-winged fascist political group, at least it is this according to it's
> "behaviour" here in Europe. So I believe Scientology cannot make justified
> use of the 1st Amendment (when it is denied to Rastafarians and other
> minorities in the USA at the same time).
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