As much as I dislike generalizations about “Degenerate Hollywood Values” I’d like to make one.
My homeboy Sean – the guy who was hospitalized a few weeks ago, and who incidentally holds a PhD in mechanical engineering in spite of being both color blind and lacking depth perception – and I drove through the Hollywood Hills, while listening to Bob Seger wax nostalgic about the Hollywood Hills, which I am sure nobody has ever done before, ever.
Sunset Boulevard is nothing special. In fact, its a bit run down. To illustrate this point, we saw motels proudly claiming that their rooms are, in fact, clean. As my brother Jon oftentimes says, “If you gotta say it, it ain’t true.”
On our left we saw an odd museum, with the name “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” Outside the museum was a 15-foot long poster of a girl tied to a bed, screaming. An eerie, chilling introduction to what might be in there.
Intrigued, I Googled the museum and found out it is owned by the Church of Scientology.
Welcome to LA, I guess.
See, I consider myself a true liberal: Someone who is largely open, tolerant and understanding. Specifically, my tolerance extends to those who disagree with me, but do so in a sane, rational manner.
But there is always a line to be drawn in the sand. I am not open, tolerant or understanding of people who willingly choose to be bat shit crazy. Thus, I do not tolerate the Scientologists. It is one thing to speak Elvish from Lord of the Rings or Klingon from Star Trek. Those are hobbies, intellectual outlets that allow people to expand their creativity in, er, unique ways; and besides, if learning languages that don’t exist means these people stay far away from me, then more power to them. It is another to claim that 100,000 people a year die in psychiatric hospitals, as their website claims. (http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/news/2005/051221.html)
Religious tolerance is a big issue these days. But to base a religion on a science fiction novel? I mean, come on. Knock it off. Come back to reality.
And take down that museum. And that Church. And you should join the only organization that tells the truth: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Join the Pastafarians and know what it means to see the Truth. Aaaargh!!!! (http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/)
My homeboy Sean – the guy who was hospitalized a few weeks ago, and who incidentally holds a PhD in mechanical engineering in spite of being both color blind and lacking depth perception – and I drove through the Hollywood Hills, while listening to Bob Seger wax nostalgic about the Hollywood Hills, which I am sure nobody has ever done before, ever.
Sunset Boulevard is nothing special. In fact, its a bit run down. To illustrate this point, we saw motels proudly claiming that their rooms are, in fact, clean. As my brother Jon oftentimes says, “If you gotta say it, it ain’t true.”
On our left we saw an odd museum, with the name “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” Outside the museum was a 15-foot long poster of a girl tied to a bed, screaming. An eerie, chilling introduction to what might be in there.
Intrigued, I Googled the museum and found out it is owned by the Church of Scientology.
Welcome to LA, I guess.
See, I consider myself a true liberal: Someone who is largely open, tolerant and understanding. Specifically, my tolerance extends to those who disagree with me, but do so in a sane, rational manner.
But there is always a line to be drawn in the sand. I am not open, tolerant or understanding of people who willingly choose to be bat shit crazy. Thus, I do not tolerate the Scientologists. It is one thing to speak Elvish from Lord of the Rings or Klingon from Star Trek. Those are hobbies, intellectual outlets that allow people to expand their creativity in, er, unique ways; and besides, if learning languages that don’t exist means these people stay far away from me, then more power to them. It is another to claim that 100,000 people a year die in psychiatric hospitals, as their website claims. (http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/news/2005/051221.html)
Religious tolerance is a big issue these days. But to base a religion on a science fiction novel? I mean, come on. Knock it off. Come back to reality.
And take down that museum. And that Church. And you should join the only organization that tells the truth: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Join the Pastafarians and know what it means to see the Truth. Aaaargh!!!! (http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/)
posted by David Deutsch at 2:39 PM
2 Comments:
I actually know an engineer who is colorblind and did great... he just had to mark the live wires to distinguish from the other ones, no biggie :-)
and btw.. GET A CIVIC!!!! just a suggestion.
Scientology is based on a science fiction novel. And what is Judiasm, Christianity, Islam, and LTS based on?...
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