What would Ron do?

[Petey C]

It's funny how things come back to you. I was driving down the road this arvo, humming a tune and looking at the autumn leaves, when suddenly I thought of something people used to say to me when I was a newish Scientologist: "What would Ron do?"

At the time it seemed to my misguided self to be a profound way to resolve life's little problems. Such as, jeeze, should I piss off or what? Like a good little brainwashed SO member, sleep deprived and under-fed, I used to get the old brain thinking of what Ron would do. My answers were inevitably stuff like write up the O/Ws (again), do the lower conditions (again), read more tech or admin, do more courses (again), accept that my seniors were my superiors in every way (again), etc etc.

Now safely in the wonderful world of wogdom, I burst out laughing at the idea of doing what Ron would do. What *would* Ron do? Well, here's a short list. Cheat. Lie. Abandon spouse and family. Harangue and harrass. Hide. Hide money. Deny. Take drugs. Think up and implement cruel punishments for the dogged faithful. Spend millions of dollars in the pursuit of self-interest. Set oneself up as a god.

I think I'm better off NOT doing what Ron would do.

[Thrak]

I think you got it. He would continue research on drugs, hiding, and the warping of young children's minds.

[Nicole]

I think you got it. He would continue research on drugs, hiding, and the warping of young children's minds.

Exactly and he would make more and more money with his guileful methods.

[ChuckNorrisCutsMyLawn]

Ron would run to find a place to hide and curl up in a fetal position and cry like a child until someone came up with a solution for the problem he was running from, then he would write up the solution as a procedure and take full credit for it.

[Helena Handbasket]

There's a lot of truth in what y'all say.

Helena

[IMMORTAL]

Just reading the line "What would Ron do?" turned my stomach. Yeah, sure, as a "good" Scientologist, I used that to come up with "the greatest good for the greatest number" solution.

I doubt he would do a lot of things that Scientologists end up doing. Such as when one has no money for services, one is shuffled from the MAA, to qual to the reg until they come up with the dough. Would Ron do that? No.

Would he allow someone to 1) evaluate for him and tell him that he had O/Ws, and to do 2) endless O/W write ups or 3) undergo sec checks at his own expense? I think not.

I'm sure there are many, many things that Ron would NOT do that Scientologists who are still connected are required and made to do.

[CarmeloOrchards]

up to the point where I read on ESMB about the behind the curtain aspects of the man (LRH) mainly from Veda, having done the wall of tapes on the briefing course, I thought LRH was a maverick.

in my mind "What would Ron do?" was an incitement to revolt, not a "stay the course" mentality.

[Auditor's Toad]

It's funny how things come back to you. I was driving down the road this arvo, humming a tune and looking at the autumn leaves, when suddenly I thought of something people used to say to me when I was a newish Scientologist: "What would Ron do?"

At the time it seemed to my misguided self to be a profound way to resolve life's little problems. Such as, jeeze, should I piss off or what? Like a good little brainwashed SO member, sleep deprived and under-fed, I used to get the old brain thinking of what Ron would do. My answers were inevitably stuff like write up the O/Ws (again), do the lower conditions (again), read more tech or admin, do more courses (again), accept that my seniors were my superiors in every way (again), etc etc.

Now safely in the wonderful world of wogdom, I burst out laughing at the idea of doing what Ron would do. What *would* Ron do? Well, here's a short list. Cheat. Lie. Abandon spouse and family. Harangue and harrass. Hide. Hide money. Deny. Take drugs. Think up and implement cruel punishments for the dogged faithful. Spend millions of dollars in the pursuit of self-interest. Set oneself up as a god.

I think I'm better off NOT doing what Ron would do.

Third party. Betray. Force abortions. Deny medical help. Prohibit needed medications. Demand divorce, Cause disconnection from loved ones.

I probably missed a ton of withholds there - LOL !

[HelluvaHoax!]

What would Ron do?

Correct Item: Exactly what Ron did. LFBD.

Lie
Fuck-people-over
Blow
Die

[afaceinthecrowd]

What would Ron do?

Answer: Exactly what Ron did. LFBD.

Lie
Fuck-people-over
Blow
Die