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Police arrest 15 year old for saying “cult”

A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.

The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion.
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The teenager refused to back down, quoting a 1984 high court ruling from Mr Justice Latey, in which he described the Church of Scientology as a “cult” which was “corrupt, sinister and dangerous“.
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The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology.

This is absolutely outrageous.

I mean, have you read L. Ron Hubbard?

The theory that someone could base a religion off it is as preposterous as someone basing a religion off the life and times of an itinerant carpenter.

Oh. Right. Good point.