Amazon bends to Scientology

by Dogpatch 7 Replies latest jw friends

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    You think JWs have a lot of control over their followers? What if the WT was capable of preventing not only their own victims from reading the truth, but succeeded in intimidating nearly every bookstore on the earth from carrying a book damaging to their cause? Scientology makes the WT look like mushy old men in diapers. I had this book on order for weeks, and just got this email today:

    Hello from Amazon.com.

    We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

    John Duignan, Nicola Tallant "The Complex: An Insider Exposes the
    Covert World of the Church of Scientology" Though we had expected to be able to send this item to you, we've since found that it is not available from any of our sources at this time. We realize this is disappointing news to hear, and we apologize for the inconvenience we have caused you.

    We have cancelled this item from your order.

    avail. from: Read Ireland
    http://www.amazon.com/shops/gcbookseller

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    (Redirected from The Complex (book) ) For other uses, see The Complex.

    The Complex
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    Book cover
    AuthorJohn Duignan, with Nicola Tallant
    CountryIreland
    LanguageEnglish
    Subject(s)Church of Scientology
    Genre(s)Non-fiction
    PublisherMerlin Publishing
    Publication dateOctober 7, 2008
    Media typePaperback
    Pages318
    ISBNISBN 9781903582848

    The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology is a non-fiction book about the organization and practices of the Church of Scientology, written by former Scientologist John Duignan with Nicola Tallant. The book was published in Ireland on October 7, 2008 by Merlin Publishing. [ 1 ] Both of Duignan's parents died when he was very young and as a result he had difficult experiences as a teenager. He met an attractive female Scientologist on the streets of Germany, who convinced him to take a free personality test from Scientology. After the test, he was told he had a result of "Urgent Action Required", and he began to take Scientology courses. Duignan was recruited into Scientology's elite paramilitary organization called the "Sea Org", and spent a total of 22 years in the organization. After attending an event where actor and Scientologist Tom Cruise was given the award of "Most Dedicated Follower", Duignan began to examine the organization more closely and had doubts about remaining. He left the organization in 2006, after taking measures to avoid investigation by Scientology'sintelligence agency the Office of Special Affairs.

    The Church of Scientology has responded to the publication of The Complex by sending legal letters to several bookstore retailers that were selling the book, claiming the book contains libelous statements about a member of the organization. Merlin Publishing "emphatically denied" these allegations, and an editorial director at the publishing company called Scientology's claim "vexatious". The United Kingdom branch ofAmazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, stopped selling copies of the book after receiving legal letters from the Church of Scientology; booksellersWaterstone's and W H Smith also received the legal letter, and Borders Books may have also been "warned off" selling the book. A representative for Amazon.com in the United States said that the U.S. branch of the company will be selling copies of the book, but is "awaiting arrival of the inventory" to their networks.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complex_(book)

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/amazon_pulls_scientology_expose/

    Amazon UK pulls Scientology exposé for 'legal reasons'

    Silences former member of church's 'secret army'

    By Cade Metz in San Francisco

    Posted in Music and Media, 11th November 2008 17:48 GMT

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    Amazon UK has barred the sale of a new Scientology exposé penned by a former member of the church's "elite paramilitary group."

    The British incarnation of the world's most popular etailer is no longer offering The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology, a 318-page tome from John Duignan, who spent 22 years inside the top secret organization.

    In a recent post ( http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/amazon-pulls-sale-complex-john-duignan-legal-reasons-31435/ ) to an anti-Scientology discussion forum, an Anonymous Brit says that after pre-ordering the book, he received an email from Amazon announcing it had been "removed from sale for legal reasons".

    Amazon UK has yet to respond to out request for comment. But the book - published on October 7 - is no longer listed on the site. A Google search reveals it was available for sale as recently as October 23.

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    Amazing!

    These people are so efficient!

    Within 5 minutes of posting this article, the following events transpired:

    1. two black limosines are circling outside.

    2. my phone is dead.

    3. All TV channels are set to "The Twilight Zone"!

    4. There is a letter from Moxon attorneys in my mailbox, and the mailman does not come at midnight!

    Randy

    [pause]

    So as a result, I point your attention to this here note, which I just wrote, and wanted to make clear:

    I_thank_all_of_you_for_your_audience._I just_wanted _to_say_that_after_considerable_thought,_I have_concluded _that_I_love_Scientology!

    David_Miscavige_is_ a_ handsome_man_, loves_the_human_race_and_ I_ will_not_ever_belittle_his_dreams.

  • carla
    carla

    Damn cults, restricting freedom of speech. This will never make mainstream media for all the same reasons the book is not making it into the public view.

    They may not be actually burning a book but these quotes came to mind-

    Every burned book enlightens the world.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end burn human beings. - Heinrich Heine, Almansor 1823 (I include this one because the Scientologist have been accused of murder if memory serves)

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    This is really disturbing.

  • besty
    besty

    Besty News - First For Breaking News!

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/167870/1.ashx

  • Sarah Smiles
    Sarah Smiles

    Could it be the aliens within? Go to the library and do an inter library loan.

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