Panda Termint
Cabal Of One
I guess it's to be expected.
Does anyone else get the irony of this from someone with a buddhist sig line....?
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does anyone else get the irony of a <EDIT> trying to make crediable arguements
Alex? Is that what the cult says, people assault scientologists? You need to ditch the net nanny and stop reading Freedumb Magazine. No critic or protester has assaulted a scientologist. In fact it is just the opposite!
Feral,
I've got you pegged as someone who talks funny and who eats yeast paste.
You really should emigrate.
LOL. I think I may have offended you accidentally.
What's yeast paste?
Trade mark is Vegemite
I must say I pissed myself laughing when I read Fluffy's post.
I never claim to be the sanest primate on the planet!
Thank you for your acceptance.
Tolerance, acceptance, empathy, are the actions of the confident, wise and strong.
May I suggest, with of course the attendant ridicule many of the things I say enjoy, that you name names of "osa" terminals doing such?
OSA is a generality. It is people doing these things which are in violation of what we all got into scientology for in the first place.
These foul deeds are done by people. People with low integrity and perhaps an even lower understanding of the purpose of scientology. They are not done by a faceless combination of letters.
Name the names of the people who do/have done what you describe. If they have no shame, so be it, but dont let them hide in the anonymity of a generality.
Aussies don't have the ingrained tolerance for manipulative deception that folks of the US have, our minds haven't been numbed to dishonesty by the same volume of 'marketing and advertising tech'. But then again some of us did buy scientology.
What would happen? Alex would prolly be left to his own deceptive self.
Australians have a natural ability to simply drop something and never again worry about it. Something to do with the massive amount of empty space here. We'd tend to go find someone genuine to talk to.
Vicious, eh?
Very vicious, Feral!
Hell, you would refuse to feed the bastard? You mean give no attention to or life support? And go put your attention on something worthwhile?
Jeeezzzuzzz! I knew there was something good I've been missing since I left the wunda-downunda . . . . intelligent response to idiots!
R
LOL. I think I may have offended you accidentally.
What's yeast paste?
Feral,
Those are some unkind and unfounded generalizations about my country and I object to them. We have over 300 million people- most of whom you've never met. I thought you were better than this.
Fluffy,
There are major differences between the generic "Australian" and the generic "American" as best evidenced by the media. Comedy and News are the best examples. Australians have the advantage of UK, US, and local media.
Three UKTV shows that had to be "dumbed down" for the US audience, and only one survived:
Absolutely Fabulous (I don't think it even made it to a pilot)
Red Dwarf (Pilot only, and then abandoned)
Queer as Folk (Five seasons set in Pittsburg, produced and shot in Vancouver)--and definitely far less thought-provoking than the UK version.
The News is equally dumbed-down. When I see the same "story" on Fox as shown as local SBS, there are huge factual discrepancies. When I see local "Australian" news stories that qualify as interesting enough for a US network, the factual omissions are astounding.
Finally, advertising. Australians complain enough about our TV advertising, but I couldn't make it through one day of US TV "in your face" advertising.
I have downloaded radio interviews where the uploader hasn't edited out the advertising--thirty minutes of download to get eight minutes of interview and the rest is over-hyped advertising.
The average American citizen is not stupid, but the US government and media are leading the world in actively working at dumbing down the population, and even Oprah has commented on this phenomenon.
In a simple, and even rude, sense Americans are spoonfed (and appear to readily accept this); whereas Australians more likely to reach for the "off" switch.
Without directly defending Feral, probably the best example of his generalization is: Eight years of georgie bush junior.
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You Roger, and Feral and Panda seem unwilling or unable to meet me intellectually.
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Clammy,
Coupling (the British one) is HILARIOUS. The American one sucked!