From: gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au (David Gerard) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Xenu The Magazine: update Tue 1:00pm Date: 10 Oct 1995 13:01:53 +1000 Organization: Prestige Elite(tm) Research Church of the SubGenius Lines: 109 Message-ID: <45cnn1$p1s@cougar.vut.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cougar.vut.edu.au Summary: Xenu Xenu Xenu Xenu Xenu AAAAARRRRRGHHH!!!!! Keywords: Scamizdat Unixer Nobody@replay.com Fishman Lerma Leiby Erlich Klemesrud Vega Atack Kim Baker Berry Leipold Young Ward Armstrong Jacobson Greene Whitfield Behar Kisser Can/Cult Awareness Network Lawley Rogue Agent Capricorn Ray Russ/Pruss Damon Chetson Coates Abrahms Caberta Carto Cochran Swearinger O'Reilly Thetans OT Hubbard X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] The Chuch representatives have been trying like fuck to get *any* information on the magazine. Jesus, I've been posting everything there is to know ... They've been calling every editor of any paper they can find that's involved. I've been POSTING all the bloody information RIGHT HERE on the NEWSGROUP, but the evidence suggests that the Australian office aren't allowed to actually read the newsgroup. Otherwise, why would they call on the phone to find out? To confirm? To threaten? I wonder if they've actually even SEEN my messages, or maybe just doctored printed-out versions. They certainly wouldn't have been allowed to see anything mentioning 'Xenu The Magazine', would they now. I guess not. Even the URL (http://minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au/Catalyst/xenu/) has the sEkRiT wOrD in it. Wonder what they'll do to get rid of the magazine. Who will be sent around to grab all the copies (it's free)? Will they have to avert their eyes from the title and the pic. of Clam Man as they rush them off to the rubbish bin? (All those involved will be adopting a gradual release program. We've been warned of their interest. Tch, and here I was hoping for a surprise for 'em ...) I did get an email address out of them. (No, I'm not going to post it without permission.) Took some hassle to get him to bother finding out what it was. Didn't get the guy's name. Damn. But this one was in Sydney -- AOSH ANZO, the main office for Aust/NZ/Oceania -- rather than the local org who've been hassling so far. This guy was sorta weirdly businesslike. (When the local org were hassling, they'd alternate the attack, attack with a bit of nice, a bit of brusque/businesslike and a bit more attack, attack. They even wanted to know if 'David Gerard' was my real name. Heh. That's a bit of information you can get for yourselves, d00dz.) [This is not word-for-word. My memory isn't THAT good.] Him: "Hi. It's about postings of yours to a.r.s." [Note that he did NOT introduce himself to me or to the person who answered the phone. He pronounced the newsgroup name as "a.r.s."] Me: "Who is this please?" Him: "I'm a Scientologist. What messages have you been receiving from Scientologists?" Me: "Pardon me?" [eh?!] Him: "What's this about a court case you posted to the newsgroup? We've been going through the info here and don't have any records of such." Me: "Neither do I yet. Apparently, the legal department received papers from America. I haven't seen them yet. I can email you when I get it." [I *still* haven't.] [... ramble ramble ... got an email address ... he used the word 'period' instead of the word 'dot' reading the address to me ...] Him: "What's a cross-campus paper, exactly?" [heh.] Me: "It's being put out by lots of universities. Coming out ... next week, I think." [The copies *should* be back today, but look like they won't be.] Him: "Is there an article in it?" Me: "Is there an article in it? There's lots of articles in it. Look, I gotta go. I'll email you when I get details, OK. Bye." *click* All future calls are to be directed to the Head of Department, *not* me. Good. I don't need an adrenalin rush this time of the morning. "May you live in interesting times, And attract the attention of important people." Truth, justice, stupidity, freedom -- all the good reasons for doing these things ... -- Reverend Doctor David Gerard, KoX, SP 4.03 (awaiting verification of SP 5) Prestige Elite(tm) Research Church of the SubGenius "Servicing the Prestige Elite(tm) since 1985!" Dennis, Arnie, Larry, Bob, henry ... Scientologia delenda est. -- Please email ALL followups (crappy and thoroughly dysfunctional newsfeed). Personal visits from Scientologists will be greeted with extreme hostility and the vigilant attention of VUT Security, but personal physical violence *only* when appropriate, legal and called-for. gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au (preferred); fun@suburbia.apana.org.au July 5, 1998, 7 AM. Saucers. End of the world. Your US$30 is your trip ticket.