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Old 03-31-2015, 09:57 AM
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Well L. Ron was a half-assed sci-fi novelist so he had to make a living somehow
He wrote pulp and knew it.
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Old 03-31-2015, 10:38 AM
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Not the best pulp either, by a long shot.

Between the fiction and the religion, a legacy of artistic drek, and evil exploitation.
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Old 03-31-2015, 12:03 PM
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What's with all the pseudo naval uniforms, the saluting and calling himself "commodore"?
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Old 03-31-2015, 12:12 PM
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^^^
IIRC he hung out in an area of space beyond the planetary orbits.
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Old 03-31-2015, 12:15 PM
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What's with all the pseudo naval uniforms, the saluting and calling himself "commodore"?
See here,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Org
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Old 03-31-2015, 01:01 PM
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Here's a link to a HuffPo interview with three experts on Scientology.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/seg...c90a68c7001153

One of them, a guy named John Sweeney, did a documentary in 2007 for the excellent BBC documnentary series "Panorama" (which you used to be able to watch on The Discovery Channel before they went "all redneck all the time"). Here's a link th that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YQVJXaNK8

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Old 03-31-2015, 02:03 PM
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Well L. Ron was a half-assed sci-fi novelist so he had to make a living somehow
True. Every short story and novel I've seen by Hubbard was a joke.
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Old 03-31-2015, 02:05 PM
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Rhetorical question . Did you catch the HBO special John?
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Old 03-31-2015, 06:30 PM
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OK, who rated this thread as "nuts" and how was it done?

Do we have a closeted L.Ron fanboi in our midst?
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OK, who rated this thread as "nuts" and how was it done?

Do we have a closeted L.Ron fanboi in our midst?
Mebbe they rated the topic nutz.

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