Germany bans Cruise film shoot - Page 2

Reaves · 06-25-07, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

What good did scientologists do to be defended? And what did they likewise do to deserve being recognized as a religion? You'd think we have enough of those to go around... :hmm:

Seriously, as much as a ban on these grounds from shooting a movie is stupid... I just don't see where the good in these bunch of nuts is. I could make a better religion than that, just that I'm not a filthy rich sci-fi writer who has the money for proper PR.

The fact that people can believe in it is the scariest. I'd sooner believe in Jedi as a legitimate religion than the far fetched fiction that is scientology.

06-25-07, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

EDIT: Just so I have it right, you don't like the Poles, you don't like the Scientologists; my question is when in the anschluss? Like I stated unhealthy.

There is a twisted and inflammatory remark. That isn't even a rational point, its just a snipe thats trying to piss off Skybird.

No, it was done to place a sharper point on the unhealthy parallels I see.

bookworm_020 · 06-25-07, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaves

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Originally Posted by CCIP

What good did scientologists do to be defended? And what did they likewise do to deserve being recognized as a religion? You'd think we have enough of those to go around... :hmm:

Seriously, as much as a ban on these grounds from shooting a movie is stupid... I just don't see where the good in these bunch of nuts is. I could make a better religion than that, just that I'm not a filthy rich sci-fi writer who has the money for proper PR.

The fact that people can believe in it is the scariest. I'd sooner believe in Jedi as a legitimate religion than the far fetched fiction that is scientology.

:rotfl::rotfl:

I belive that the Sith outnumbered Jedi in the last senses! The guy who started scientology was a si-fi writer, who said once said "if you want to make money, start a religion"

The Ban on Tom Cruise, well a ban on him is good, no matter what brought it on!

Reaves · 06-25-07, 09:32 PM

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I belive that the Sith outnumbered Jedi in the last senses! The guy who started scientology was a si-fi writer, who said once said "if you want to make money, start a religion"

The Ban on Tom Cruise, well a ban on him is good, no matter what brought it on!

I know I said I was a Jedi when I filled it out.

When enough people do that the government is forced to acknowledge it as a religion iirc.

Chock · 06-25-07, 09:37 PM

You see, there's a dilemma: on the one hand you've got old L Ron saying that, but he was mentally ill, so you can take it with a pinch of Kerbango, but on the other hand, he did actually make money at it, so much in fact, that he managed to start his own 'Navy', which is probably something we'd all like to have a crack at on these forums...

So, I'm off to overdose on Thorazine flip my lid and start a religion, anyone know where I can buy a Type VIIC ?

Chock

06-25-07, 09:54 PM

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anyone know where I can buy a Type VIIC ?

Chock

Here you go Chock!!

Chock · 06-25-07, 10:02 PM

Cool, that solves one problem, but I can see that I'll be needing to attract a few actors to my religion with sub-surface Naval skills, I mean there's no point in getting Travolta with his (pseudo DC-8) Boeing 707.

I'm thinking, Sean Connery, Denzil Washington, Jurgen Prochnow, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin for a kick off.

Now... What to call my religion..?

Chock

Chock · 06-25-07, 10:05 PM

I've got it! I'm going to call it 'Inner sense' - because I will basically be preying on people's 'innocence' and it will be fun to see if any of those Hollywood dumbasses managed to spot that.

Chock

P_Funk · 06-25-07, 10:07 PM

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EDIT: Just so I have it right, you don't like the Poles, you don't like the Scientologists; my question is when in the anschluss? Like I stated unhealthy.

There is a twisted and inflammatory remark. That isn't even a rational point, its just a snipe thats trying to piss off Skybird.

No, it was done to place a sharper point on the unhealthy parallels I see.

Parallels that Skybird already answered in post #8. The difference now though is that you are wording it in such a way as to infer he has similarities to Nazis in his beliefs.

I'm very wary of any comparisons to the Nazis. Its overdone. As John Stuart said once "Hey you know who's like Hitler? HITLER! Hitler worked really hard to be as bad as he was." I'm paraphrasing that sorta but you get the point. Its a bad idea to make those comparisons, and certainly in bad taste.

06-25-07, 10:08 PM

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Cool, that solves one problem, but I can see that I'll be needing to attract a few actors to my religion with sub-surface Naval skills, I mean there's no point in getting Travolta with his (pseudo DC-8) Boeing 707.

I'm thinking, Sean Connery, Denzil Washington, Jurgen Prochnow, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin for a kick off.

Now... What to call my religion..?

Chock

Chockism? Chockistanity? IsChock? Chocklam?

Off the top of my head.

Chock · 06-25-07, 10:11 PM

Chocklam is good, it sort of sounds like Chocolate and Islam mixed together, so it will have the Islamic bit to attract blokes, and the chocolate bit to attract women.

Chocklam - The sugar-coated religion!

Chock

06-25-07, 10:15 PM

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Chocklam - The sugar-coated religion!

Chock

I love it!!! The offerings can be in Hersey bars. Or for the rich faithful something from Switzerland with 80% cocoa butter.

geetrue · 06-25-07, 10:19 PM

Not to get off subject or anything, but who was Tom Cruise going to play, before they shut the filming down?

Chock · 06-25-07, 10:19 PM

An even better slogan...

Chocklam - The sugar-coated religion that anyone will swallow

Chock

Chock · 06-25-07, 10:20 PM

Tom Cruise was/is going to play Claus von Stauffenberg, although since he's a bit of a control freak, I would have thought he'd be bucking for the Hitler role

'they lose me right after the bunker scene'

Chock

06-25-07, 10:19 PM	#28
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Not to get off subject or anything, but who was Tom Cruise going to play, before they shut the filming down? __________________

06-25-07, 09:37 PM	#20
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You see, there's a dilemma: on the one hand you've got old L Ron saying that, but he was mentally ill, so you can take it with a pinch of Kerbango, but on the other hand, he did actually make money at it, so much in fact, that he managed to start his own 'Navy', which is probably something we'd all like to have a crack at on these forums... So, I'm off to overdose on Thorazine flip my lid and start a religion, anyone know where I can buy a Type VIIC ? Chock

06-25-07, 10:02 PM	#22
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool, that solves one problem, but I can see that I'll be needing to attract a few actors to my religion with sub-surface Naval skills, I mean there's no point in getting Travolta with his (pseudo DC-8) Boeing 707. I'm thinking, Sean Connery, Denzil Washington, Jurgen Prochnow, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin for a kick off. Now... What to call my religion..? Chock

06-25-07, 10:05 PM	#23
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've got it! I'm going to call it 'Inner sense' - because I will basically be preying on people's 'innocence' and it will be fun to see if any of those Hollywood dumbasses managed to spot that. Chock

06-25-07, 10:11 PM	#26
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Chocklam is good, it sort of sounds like Chocolate and Islam mixed together, so it will have the Islamic bit to attract blokes, and the chocolate bit to attract women. Chocklam - The sugar-coated religion! Chock

06-25-07, 10:20 PM	#30
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tom Cruise was/is going to play Claus von Stauffenberg, although since he's a bit of a control freak, I would have thought he'd be bucking for the Hitler role 'they lose me right after the bunker scene' Chock