From: Stephen Jones Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: About the "truce" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 06:51:59 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 85 Message-ID: <67fpmv$7qb@dfw-ixnews12.ix.netcom.com> References: <67fjs5$q0e@sjx-ixn4.ix.netcom.com> <19971220055001.AAA04490@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: den-co21-23.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Dec 20 12:47:59 AM CST 1997 X-Newsreader: NETCOMplete/3.2 In article <19971220055001.AAA04490@ladder01.news.aol.com>, nogoot@aol.com (NoGoot) wrote: >In article <67fjs5$q0e@sjx-ixn4.ix.netcom.com>, Stephen Jones > patters out the following half cocked cult >induced empty blitherings typical of a mindless robot: Hiya, NoGoot! >>While I doubt it was a stunt of any kind, the insanely paranoid >>responses are telling. >That's good, Stevie-boy. YES! My very first funny-name thing! Thank you, NoGoot. Personally I thought I might get a "Jones" thing. Stevie-boy works, though. >Now I'll ask you to "be specific about who said what" >and you'll pick out two lines out of the probably more than 1000 lines >that this thread has generated in half a day, while conveniently ignoring >the rest of the posts which are bursting at the seams with questions that >we SP's just want answered so we won't be SP's anymore. Here, let me go pick two lines out of....HEY, you are on to me. Dang. Ok, here is what you can do so you won't be an SP anymore. First, you must love L.Ron Hubbard. Second, you must show your love of L.Ron Hubbard by sending oodles of money to L.Ron Hubbard care of Stephen Jones. Third, you must walk The Unbalanced Plank to Happiness while holding a vibrating Tickle Me Elmo in one hand and a bottle of Peppermint Schnapps in the other. Fourth, must crave the delicious taste of a meatball hoagie. In order to prove your craving, you must send a meatball hoagie to L.Ron Hubbard. Write ATTN: Stephen Jones in bold marker on the front of the package. Fifthly, L.Ron Hubbard demands you do a little dance. You must dance a good (not overly "thrusting" and not underly thrusting) dance for L.Ron Hubbard. Dance, NoGoot. Sixetherly, you must write a funny song using only the letters found in L.Ron Hubbard's name. Make it funny or you are still an SP. >So, what have you proved, little >fellow? Are you feeling like a big being now? Do you feel like you >*control* this thread because you and RonsAmidget don't answer questions? I think I speak for all little fellows when I say we feel shamed by your harsh, yet loving, post. Until I read your taunts, I felt I knew it all. Now...i'm not so sure. What questions can RonsAmigo and I answer for you? >I will give you shills one thing: you can generate a lot of electronic >transfers with a few carefully chosen phrases -- you're getting to be >experts at it. Yeah, who knew? At the meeting Russell suggested the "Merry Christmas" thing and we all shouted him down. Bah, it will never work, we said. Some keen critic will just respond with a heartfelt "Merry Christmas" and that will be the end of it, we said. Man, who knew. >I don't believe the desired effect is being created in the public eye >though. Do you? Do you really think that the lurkers on a.r.s are >fooled by your tactics? I believe someone is fooled by my tactics and I don't think it is lurkers. >I don't think so. As a matter of fact, I think the lurkers >would have a lot higher opinion of Scientology if you pro-Scientology / >active Scientologists posters would openly answer questions posed, and >stop with the diversionary tactics. In your attempt to paint yourselves >as being "above it all", you come off as being evasive, distrustworthy, >and paranoid -- not socially desirable qualities. Distrustworthy and paranoid? You know, you are right. These are not socially desirable qualities. I'm just glad down to earth people, like yourself, are not above it all. >>Perhaps Freedom could find a story here. > >Perhaps "Freedom" the Scientology Magazine could. Perhaps there's also a >story here about the inhibition of the freedom of speech that the CoS >puts upon its membership. I can't say a word about that. Stephen Jones >NoGoot