The following is an extract from Capricorn's
second message to a.r.s.
Capricorn is someone with a great deal of "inside information" on
Scientology. Here he or she hints at the brainwashing techniques that
are likely to be used to keep Helena faithful to the cause.
Really this is good news. If punishment makes Helena more likely to leave
the cult and return to real life, then it may be doing her good in the
long run.
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It is true that in time, taunts grow irritating but do you know what is more real to Andrew Milne and the others who must do this work? Sleep and staying out of trouble.Someone remarked how Kobrin looked haggard and tired. I'll bet. Moxon's partner Bowles folded under that pressure. (Anyone wonder why Bowles suddenly disappeared from litigation?) Kobrin is having a tough time now. OSA is widening the legal circle and they don't have any more OSA-rolled attorneys. The stress now is considerable.
Sleep and some clean laundry count more than you know to these poor bastards. It is like the soldier in the trench. All he wants is a bath and some sleep. These OSA front line people are busting their asses for a cause they believe in and it often results only in being screamed at and more lost sleep, not to mention some heavy ethics actions in the ARS unit in OSA.
If you knew that sleep is important to Milne and Kobrin and the rest, you will know more than their seniors. Milne and Kobrin and the others want some sleep but their seniors don't care if they sleep or eat or get clean laundry. They want compliance to Miscavige's orders NOW. That puts a tremendous strain on them. (And that was what happened to Timothy Bowles. In military terms, he is called a "casualty." Kobrin may be next.)
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Note: "ARS" is the newsgroup, alt.religion.scientology, which has provided a meeting point for many opponents of scientology and ex-members, and which the cult has tried to shut down. David Miscavige is the Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Centre, and as such the head of the whole Scientology organisation. Timothy Bowles was a lawyer for the cult who suddenly gave up. OSA is the Office of Special Affairs, the Scientology cult's own private intelligence agency with which it investigates opponents. "Heavy Ethics" is a term for hard punishment, such as restricted food or sleep, faced by heavily involved members of the cult.