[Noisebridge-discuss] Interest in info session re Scientology?

[Tom Longson (nym)]

I'm interested in NLP. If anyone does a seminar on NLP or anything like this
I'm completely there.

Cheers,
Tom Longson (nym)
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http://tomlongson.com



On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM, nymphaea non <nymphaea.non at gmail.com>wrote:

> If you've been watching the internets, those (ahem) interested in
> analyzing, exposing, and kicking around the Church of Scientology have been
> doing so for the past year and change...
>
> Studying the neuro/linguistic reprogramming and emotional manipulation of
> this cult is a long and exhausting task. I'd certainly attend your talks.
> Mostly, I'm amazed you can make it through the reading, and still have the
> energy to parse this material for others' consumption.
>
> for those playing along in the home game:
> TRs = "Training Routines" = the hypnotic multi-hour sessions Scientology
> uses to retrain mental processes and suppress critical thinking impulses.
> Via yelling at ashtrays.
>
> I find it all fascinating, as this is an instance of Power being broken
> over the knee of freely available knowledge.
> It's a whipping boy for much of the Do-Not-Question-Or-Analyze attitudes of
> other churches doctrines.
> Reporters are getting their revenge for decades of threats:
> http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/
> It's also a hilarious example of an entity with an Unwarranted Sense of
> Self Importance being unable to sue groups off the internet. (especially
> when one of those groups is completely batshit freaking insane, desu.)
>
> fwiw, stay tuned for a more hardware-oriented scientology-related
> "breakdown", too, after the worst of the summer's eventflood calms down.
>
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