The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses. State Secretary Rigmor Aasrud said that the activities in question might be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of existing healthcare regulations. A Norwegian Member of Parliament (MP) whose daughter killed herself after taking such a test, supports the idea of prosecuting illegal practices rather than trying to ban the movement as a whole.
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Perhaps the instructional materials which the Scientology salespeople are trained on, as well as the horrible motivational materials, as well as the extreme pressure to sell-sell-sell might be a factor in such a prosecution.
It will be interesting to see what comes of this. Some studying shows that the use of the e-meter and medical claims in Scientology was seriously restricted by the U.S. health authorities, with court orders mandating placing disclaimers on e-meters and all books and Scientology materials. People still kept falling for it though, maybe because Scientology is breaking those court orders? I never see a disclaimer displayed on e-meters at the free stress test, neither in Norway or other places.
Ironically, since Scientology is against psychiatry, there are indications that over-stated warning labels on psychiatric medications may have caused less prescribing and a worsening of mental illness: Canada Sees Troubling Trend in Antidepressant Prescribing
Maybe we should put warning labels on the warnings labels?
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Scientologi er en farlig kult!
Les mere om den her:
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http://www.whyweprotest.net/no/
http://whatstheharm.net/scientology.html
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