this is not the hamster you're looking for (flightstothesea) wrote in

otf_wank,
@ 2007-06-26 12:47:00

because i had to post avclub wank sooner or later...
The Onion AV Club now allows comments on most of its articles, interviews, and reviews. You can see where this is going already.

Today's tasty bit of wank is about Tom Cruise and Scientology. Apparently, the German Army won't let Cruise's new movie film on a base there because he's a Scientologist. The German government classifies Scientology as a cult and um... well, I'm not sure how that figures into the movie, but the point is, there is lots of wank in the comments. Unfortunately, you can't link to individual comments, so you'll have to warm up your scroll finger.

Is Scientology a cult?

Are the Germans being ~~just like the Nazis~~ intolerant?

Wait, Beck is a Scientologist?

Posted here because it didn't seem fandom-y enough for Fandom Wank.

Really late edit: Germany clarifies its position on Cruise filming.

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serai
2007-06-27 03:42 am UTC (link)

The Germans are right about Scientology - it isn't a religion. Lord L.Ron certainly never intended it to become the monster it has; the guy was just looking for some extra bucks 'cause he wasn't making it as a 5-cent-a-word sci-fi writer. He called it a religion in order to get a tax break, and that was his BIG mistake. Religions attract the nutters, especially oddball ones with space aliens and zippo-meters. The guy got trapped and was never able to escape the blood-sucking horde. I've always felt a bit sorry for him, myself. Living a half-mile from the main Scientology center and having worked for a pair of them, I can say from experience that they are the CREEPIEST bunch of whackjobs I've come across in L.A. And that's saying a lot.

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	squib 2007-06-27 06:04 am UTC (link)
	If you think he's some kind of innocent, though, you haven't read nearly enough Scientology history. Nothing like blaming cultists for the depredations of the leader. Trapped, my ASS. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2007-06-27 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	If it was a trap, he drew the blueprints, bought the parts at Home Depot, built it in his backyard, shut himself in it, and poured superglue in the lock. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladysphinx 2007-06-27 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	All the same, I wish my brand of crazy could inspire a religion. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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