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The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:37 am
by Gob
On whoever decided this complaint was worth following up!!!
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
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:39 am
by rubato
Well it's England. They don't really protect freedom of speech there.
yrs,
rubato
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:01 am
by The Hen
Actually, to be pedantic, it's Wales (a little country just next to England ... like Scotland, but completely different in every aspect.)
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:02 pm
by Crackpot
But scientology is stupid.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:50 pm
by Sue U
Only from the perspective of viewing it as a religion.
(From which vantage, frankly, most religions could be viewed as "stupid.")
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:56 pm
by Crackpot
Merits of particular religions notwithstanding Mystery religions are a special type of stupid.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:01 pm
by Lord Jim
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....
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:04 pm
by Sue U
Crackpot wrote:Merits of particular religions notwithstanding Mystery religions are a special type of stupid.
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.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:37 pm
by Crackpot
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
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:12 pm
by loCAtek
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'.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:15 pm
by dales
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....
Oh phooey LJ....
Forget the court system and dump a boatload of them a few miles off the Faralones
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:17 pm
by dales
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.)
What about Cornwall?
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:22 pm
by loCAtek
Cornwall's not a different country, it's a different dimension!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:16 pm
by Gob
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.
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:10 am
by dales
I had a "Cornish Game Hen" the other nite for dinner.
Does that count?
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:02 am
by loCAtek
Was she Cornish Gob's Hen's sister?
Then she probably made you 'Corny'!
Oh look, I used the chook at last, me!
Re: The stupid HAS rubbed off
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:01 pm
by Gob
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...