Harold's Journal - 25 June 92
Henry David Thoreau, of Walden's Pond fame, intrudes into my
life from time to time.
He is not my favorite author, nor my favorite philosopher. I'm
not an avid naturalist as was he. I don't even have a pond.
But Thoreau taught me that one of the most important lessons a
man can learn in this life is to do what he has to do, when it
has to be done, whether he likes it or not.
Thoreau believed strongly in the independence of man. Of his
right to think for himself and determine his own destiny free of
coercive authoritarianism.
The smart alec old writer landed in jail on account of that
kind of thinking. But from all accounts he could sleep with a
clear conscience. Now some judge in Oklahoma City has decided
that I'm to pay $2,150.00 for not giving a coercive authoritarian
cult free access to my notes and sources.
Like Thoreau, I'm not disposed to paying anyone for the right
to keep what is mine. Which means I'm probably looking at a new
orange jump suit in Glenn Guinn's Concrete Hilton next to the
court house.
It is time, maybe, to quit being a taxpayer and allow the
system to feed, clothe, and house me for awhile instead of the
other way around.
I could appeal to the Supreme Court, of course, for another $6
to $10 thousand, but it would be imprudent to sell one of my
children. Scientology's
®
sharks know that.
One can obviously get all the "due process" one can
purchase. Scientology can buy more of it than I can... and
probably will. They are now suing practically the rest of the
world including the University of California, Time Magazine, Eli
Lilly, and Reader's Digest. It's the old "Everybody else is
out of step but my Ronnie" syndrome.
We broke the story of Narconon's
®
connection with the cult of
Scientology nearly 3 years ago. Since then they have proven by
their actions to be equal to the sordid reputation which preceded
them to our area. They are masters of deception, magicians of
manipulation, and proliferators of propaganda designed to entrap
the unwary.
They have pervaded every worthy cause from environmental
awareness and tax reform to drug rehabilitation in order to
further their own growth.
Narconon is but one tentacle.
When Blind Justice cannot see this, ignorant justice is the
result, and the legal system fails. Consumers must beware,
because they will most certainly be alone.
Those of you who can read, must read! Those of you who can
hear, must hear! Those of you who can question, must question!
Otherwise, the lure of the cult, with it's ready-made answers to
all of life's problems, will be the totalitarianism of the next
century. The L. Ron Hubbards of the world will be your dictators.
If this newspaper has provided the information necessary to
keep our readers from succumbing to this threat, no matter what
the consequences, it has been worth the risk.
Except for paying those consequences, my job is mostly
complete. I did what I had to do, when I had to do it, whether I
liked it or not.
I would like to believe that truth is mighty and will prevail.
But as Mark Twain once noted, "There is nothing the matter
with this except it ain't so."
I sleep well at night, however. Something sharks and dictators
have trouble doing.
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Editorial Opinion By R. W. Lobsinger
The Newkirk Herald Journal
25 June 1992
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