New York Raelian Topless March Draws Expected Results

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Yesterday GoTopless.org unleashed demonstrations in several cities, including Venice Beach (from which this twitpic is drawn) and ours. GoTopless is an outreach of the Raelians, described by Boing Boing as "a religious cult that basically gets you in the door with promises of free sex, then brainwashes you with a bunch of garbage about UFOs and cloning and giving all your money to the church." We can't say how many converts were won by the Central Park affair, which is covered by the Daily News as a fun bit of street theater ("Dozens of semi-nude women gave the city a Double-D eyeful," etc); they made no mention of Rael, but reported lots of remarks like, "I'm going to tell my wife to join in," fnar fnar. You can read the Raelians' justifications of the event ("'Breasts are noble parts of the anatomy,' said Raelian Priestess Nadine Gary") here. The related slide shows are kind of week, so go to one of ours instead.

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poonamis
poonamis

hmmmmmmm. boobies for boobifying boobs into boob cult. hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Edmund
Edmund

There were 4 L Ron Hubbards, if you count the radio talk show host who did "RJ 37". But really there were 4 different people who were known  as L Ron Hubbard. The original was a little guy who really did write science fiction, and was an officer in the US navy during WW2. The little guy did not last past 1964. (Read Excalibur Revisited for details). There were 2 body doubles who both served on the Flagship Apollo during the early Sea Org days. (Both body doubles were hired very early in the Dianetics movement, and after the little guy disappeared they replaced him)

I remember reading that some judge in Australia called L Ron Hubbard scizophrenic, but that wasn't true because there were (at that time) 3 different people occupying the name L Ron Hubbard (not the body). When 3 different people use the same name that is a legal problem, not a psychiatric problem. Tony, I wish you would look into this for your book.

Cassidy
Cassidy

That's "weak," not "week"...doesn't anyone read even their own crap anymore????

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