Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Alright Guy From: inForm@primenet.com (Rev. Dennis L Erlich) Date: 29 Apr 1996 16:38:02 -0700 Faithful Reader, It has been a while since I last poured my heart out to you. And I again need someone to talk to. To explain myself to. Since you have been my Reality Check for the last couple of years, I trust your judgement. It is regarding your judgement that I've placed my thoughts on your screen today. I think it is possible that you have developed a few misconceptions about me. I feel it's time to appeal any less than favorable impressions which might have inadvertently (or vertently, for that matter) been formed. Some very harsh things have been said in this forum (and others) about Your Humble Narrator, even by those on this side of the scieno-censorship war. I believe I must plead guilty to some of these accusations, with an explanation: Yes, I hit my wife once when she wanted to leave the cult. Yes, I flushed some baby pet rats that were running around my apartment which belonged to the child of a woman I'd shacked up with. Yes I failed to pay child support for several years when my venomous ex-wife Rosa was hiding my child from me. No, I didn't take the necessary steps to find her or to have her cited in contempt of court for frustrating my visitation or taking my child out of state. Nor did I protect my child from being estranged from me or myself from unfavorable judgment. Yes, I raised 4 daughters in the cult. Yes, to one degree or another, all of them were subjected to the brainwashing tek of scientology. Yes, I left the oldest daughter in the cult to fend for herself when she was only 14. Yes, I was Quality Control Engineer in the expensive scieno brainwashing factory in Clearwater, Florida. Yes, I helped the scienokult expand it's stranglehold over people's souls. What else? Well, there are some other things which I deeply regret. Private things that happened in the privacy of my soul. But I never participated in anything other than the training and processing of Hubbard Brand(tm) Standard(tm) Brainwashing Tek. I never broke into government offices. I never staged accidents with mayors. I never drown judge's dogs. I never locked anyone up. I never ordered anyone to the RPF, the Running Program or Isolation. I never asked anybody for money or solicited for the cult. I never recruited people off the street. Yes, I screamed at a few people. One was supposed to have "ethics presence". That means how to make people fear you. I learned how from experts: Jeff Walker, Capt. Bill and Brian Livingston. They learned the skill right from the Source(tm), El Rotundo. I never assaulted anyone with anything but words. And they were Tubbo's words at that. But I did have a reputation as someone with whom it would be best not trifled. It kept "counter-intention off my lines". The scieno/osa folks want you to believe that I am some kind of boogieman. If you put me on stage and back me with 4 good musicians and you'd see it's true. They say that I have my own cult and that you, Faithful Reader, are part of it. It was this absurd notion that spawned the concept for the Crosstown Bus(tm). In that parable I'm just a busdriver with somewhere to go. I have a vehicle full of rowdy passengers who insist on behaving in exactly the way they want. And this is fine with me as long as no one gets hurt or arrested. Sometimes I might have to be gruff with one of the passengers, but that is only for the comfort and safety of others. I hope you enjoy the ride. So far, we're right on schedule. "I think I'm an alright guy." - new rock artist (I forget his name) Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * *