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Spiegel interview with Tom Cruise

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:12 pm
by Xenu
Sometimes I just love our German pals...


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SPIEGEL: Do you see it as your job to recruit new followers for Scientology?

Cruise: I'm a helper. For instance, I myself have helped hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called Narconon.

SPIEGEL: That's not correct. Yours is never mentioned among the recognized detox programs. Independent experts warn against it because it is rooted in pseudo science.

Cruise: You don't understand what I am saying. It's a statistically proven fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. Period.

SPIEGEL: With all due respect, we doubt that. Mr. Cruise, you made studio executives, for example from Paramount, tour Scientology's "Celebrity Center" in Hollywood. Are you trying to extend Scientology's influence in Hollywood?

Cruise: I just want to help people. I want everyone to do well.

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from http://service.spiegel.de/cache/interna ... 77,00.html

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:21 pm
by Rspaight
SPIEGEL: That's not correct. Yours is never mentioned among the recognized detox programs. Independent experts warn against it because it is rooted in pseudo science.

Cruise: You don't understand what I am saying. It's a statistically proven fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. Period.


Scary shit.

Ryan

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:56 pm
by dcooper
Like any good religious zealot, it's best to just forget facts and science and keep repeating the same garbage over and over again. it further reinforces your ignorance, and if the person you are talking to is gullible enough, you might swing them to your side.

p.s. Katie Holmes? This is a bullshit p.r.-crafted "relationship" between a gay man and a young actress desperate for attention, no?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:40 am
by dudelsack
God bless the Germans. Only they have the anal-retentive gall to throw it back in Tom Cruise's face like that. And Dan, yes, her agent talked to his agent...

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:39 pm
by CitizenDan
Great stuff. And yes, is there any remaining doubt that, aside from being a no-talent zealot, Cruise is as queer as a three-dollar bill?

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:40 am
by krabapple
I'm not sure Scientology allows homosexuality....wouldn't they want to 'cure' it?

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 12:30 pm
by Xenu
Yep. Or at least manage it so nobody knows about it.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 3:16 pm
by dcooper
krabapple wrote:I'm not sure Scientology allows homosexuality....wouldn't they want to 'cure' it?


Yes, but their "cure" for homosexuality works about as well as their drug treatment program.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:05 pm
by Rspaight

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:25 pm
by lukpac
'"Sure, it's total bullshit," Jurgenson added. "But that's Fictionology. Praise Batman!"'

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:53 pm
by Xenu
Yeah, I just saw that. Amazing what people can get away with nowadays!

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:33 pm
by dudelsack
Anyone see the pictures of Cruise on Oprah? He's really gone of the deep end now to convince everyone he's straight. :shock:

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:39 pm
by Xenu
I did, but I didn't want to be the first to mention it.

He also recently trashed Brooke Shields for using Paxil to combat her postpartum depression (I believe the phrase "Where has her career gone?" was used at one point).

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:43 am
by Rspaight
Because unlike Scientology, Paxil is clearly an irrational solution to mental health issues.

Ryan

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:13 pm
by Bennett Cerf