67% mortgage rates? £400 per gallon for petrol?! More evidence that the world is going mad. A 15-year-old is facing possible prosecution for holding up a placard which branded Scientology a "cult".
The teenager held up a sign which read, "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult" in May, outside its headquarters in the City of London. City of London Police said they had received complaints and warned the teenager to get rid of the sign as it breached the Public Order Act. A file is being passed to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Now is not the time to debate the legitimacy of a secretive group of people whose 'religion' was started by an uncaring, money grabbing Science Fiction writer, but if the police had been present every time I had referred to someone's behaviour as 'cultish' or used the word 'cult' to describe various secret organisations, the CPS would have a file on me several metres thick.
Chief Supt Rob Bastable said: "City of London Police upholds the right to demonstrate lawfully, but we have to balance that with the right of all sections of community not to be alarmed, harassed or distressed as a result of other people's behaviour."
Of course the police would have taken into account the right of the 15 year old and thousands of others concerned about this group not to be alarmed, harassed or distressed as a result of other people's behaviour.
Wouldn't they?
Cults.
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