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Hummingbirds
Feb 17, 2011

I'm kind of surprised that Jones actually killed himself along with his congregation. Seemed like the type who would've razed the earth and moved on.

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Hummingbirds
Feb 17, 2011

oldpainless posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hole_%28Scientology%29

I always thought Scientology was a religion for rich people and celebrities because it was the cool thing to do in Hollywood, but always harmless. Xenu thetans lol and so on. But apparently workers are terrorized and literal prisoners in their headquarters and the government/police is constrained by the religious status of Scientology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Base

I live in Tampa, right next to the scientologist capital of the world (Clearwater/Ybor). It's really fun to go to Ybor and see 30 scientologist drones literally forcing dianetics pamphlets on people. They really don't come off as being normal people. I should engage one in conversation next time and see if they say anything crazy.

E: better yet, I should probably attend a dianetics seminar. Might be interesting.

Hummingbirds has a new favorite as of 16:30 on May 29, 2014

Hummingbirds
Feb 17, 2011

Wikipedia posted:

those mortally injured were told they were going to die

Is this standard practice? I don't see why you would want to freak out a dying person by telling them they are dying.

Hummingbirds
Feb 17, 2011

A Pinball Wizard posted:

I don't think the issue is so much declaring someone a lost cause as telling them they're a lost cause. If you know they're going to die anyway can't you just load them up on morphine, pat their hand and say "we'll come check on you soon" and leave it at that?

This is what I meant. I understand the need for triage.

I guess HaB is right though in that it's sort of a toss-up which is worse. Personally I would rather not be told. Send me off in a haze of morphine bliss and tell me you'll be back in a few.

Hummingbirds has a new favorite as of 16:44 on Jun 9, 2014

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