Cardiff councillor's Scientology tweet goes to watchdog
A Cardiff councillor who referred to Scientology as "stupid" on a social network site has been referred to an ethics committee.
John Dixon said he was expressing an opinion in a private capacity
A Church of Scientology member complained about John Dixon's post on Twitter.
The Public Services Ombudsman has ruled there is a case to answer under the councillors' code of conduct.
Liberal Democrat Mr Dixon claimed he tweeted in a private capacity and his freedom of speech should be protected.
The referral follows a trip by Mr Dixon to London last year, where he walked past a Scientology centre.
He commented on his Twitter page: "I didn't know the Scientologists had a church on Tottenham Court Road. Just hurried past in case the stupid rubs off."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-10709956
The stupid HAS rubbed off
The stupid HAS rubbed off
On whoever decided this complaint was worth following up!!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Well it's England. They don't really protect freedom of speech there.
yrs,
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yrs,
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Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Actually, to be pedantic, it's Wales (a little country just next to England ... like Scotland, but completely different in every aspect.)
Bah!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
But scientology is stupid.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Only from the perspective of viewing it as a religion.
(From which vantage, frankly, most religions could be viewed as "stupid.")
(From which vantage, frankly, most religions could be viewed as "stupid.")
GAH!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Merits of particular religions notwithstanding Mystery religions are a special type of stupid.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
You know, I'm actually beginning to think the Brits may be on to something...
Being able to toss politicians in the clink for saying dumb things (though in this case I don't see it as particularly dumb) would have certain advantages....
Of course it would also badly jam up our already over burdened court system....
Being able to toss politicians in the clink for saying dumb things (though in this case I don't see it as particularly dumb) would have certain advantages....
Of course it would also badly jam up our already over burdened court system....
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Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
I really think it depends on what you want a religion to do for you and what you get out of it. Like many other cultural expressions. It's mostly all a matter of taste.Crackpot wrote:Merits of particular religions notwithstanding Mystery religions are a special type of stupid.
GAH!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
I do not see the attraction to "you do not know what you really believe until you've invested "X" amount of time and/or money".
It's just so what's the word I'm looking for here?
Oh yeah...
Stupid
It's just so what's the word I'm looking for here?
Oh yeah...
Stupid
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Except it's not a religion, it's all based on fact, ya know. Aliens souls did get frozen and interstellarly shipped to Earth; where they were fast-thawed out in a big volcano. However, the souls had all been freezer burned and were no longer dead spirits but 'thetans' or bad vibes. Making bad vibes all very scientific. (Makes you wonder where the good vibes are?)
You'd know this if you were audited 'clear'.
You'd know this if you were audited 'clear'.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Oh phooey LJ....Lord Jim wrote:You know, I'm actually beginning to think the Brits may be on to something...
Being able to toss politicians in the clink for saying dumb things (though in this case I don't see it as particularly dumb) would have certain advantages....
Of course it would also badly jam up our already over burdened court system....
Forget the court system and dump a boatload of them a few miles off the Faralones
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
What about Cornwall?The Hen wrote:Actually, to be pedantic, it's Wales (a little country just next to England ... like Scotland, but completely different in every aspect.)
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
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Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Cornwall's not a different country, it's a different dimension!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Cornwall, the only "country" where to be considered a true aboriginal, you do not have to be born there, you do not have to have parents who were born there, you do not have to have Celtic genes.
No, in order to be "Cornish", and in fact more Cornish than most people who were born there, all you have to do is to "feel Cornish" (and subscribe to whack job Cornish nationalism.)
I was told this by a Scouser who moved there 8 yrs ago and is now a leading Cornish nationalist.
No, in order to be "Cornish", and in fact more Cornish than most people who were born there, all you have to do is to "feel Cornish" (and subscribe to whack job Cornish nationalism.)
I was told this by a Scouser who moved there 8 yrs ago and is now a leading Cornish nationalist.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
I had a "Cornish Game Hen" the other nite for dinner.
Does that count?
Does that count?
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Was she Cornish Gob's Hen's sister?
Then she probably made you 'Corny'!
Oh look, I used the chook at last, me!
Then she probably made you 'Corny'!
Oh look, I used the chook at last, me!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
dales wrote:I had a "Cornish Game Hen" the other nite for dinner.
Does that count?
I had a very game Hen myself the other night...
It was a lot of fun...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”