View a recent day: June 10 | June 09 | June 08 | previous days | by month and year

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

VA Tech: Scientologists descend on grieving students



Mark Ebner, a longtime (10 years and counting) journalistic nemesis of the Church of Scientology, reports that proselytizers from that organization are on the way to Blacksburg, Virginia (as is reported to have occurred immediately after 9/11, and Katrina): Link. The conversion campaign is titled, "The Way to Happiness."

Reader comment: David says,

On a better note, I would imagine that Tucson's Victim/Witness operation has sent people to Virginia. This is the oldest such operation in the US, as I understand it, and their people were sent out immediately after 9/11 and Katrina as well. They're a fantastic team.
Nathan Swanson says,
I lived in London, right between Russel Square and King's Cross Stations, during the 7/7 bombing. Immediately after, the area was swarmed with Scientologists, wearing yellow jackets emblazoned "Outreach Ministry." I'm guessing this is standard practice for them, trying to catch converts.

Previously on BB:

  • VA Tech: Jamie Bishop, son of sf writer Michael Bishop, among victims
  • Why the shootings mean that we must support my politics
  • VA Tech: Cho sent "multimedia manifesto" to NBC; Siva on tech judgement rush
  • VA Tech shootings: world perspective
  • VA Tech shootings: SMS alert systems, more "copycat" discussion
  • VA Tech shootings: Wikipedia, federal drug records database
  • VA Tech Shootings: Cho Seung-Hui, murderer and playwright?
  • VA Tech mass shooting: Who or what is Ismail Ax?
  • VA Tech: guns on campus, TV producers on Facebook
  • VA Tech: questions, copycat odds, and 'net nabs wrong man
  • VA Tech massacre: 33+ dead, largest shooting in US history


    posted by Xeni Jardin at 03:20:14 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments


    View a recent day: June 10, 2007 | June 09, 2007 | June 08, 2007 | June 07, 2007 | June 06, 2007 | June 05, 2007 | June 04, 2007 | previous days | all BB archives by month and year

    Email this entry to:


    Your email address:


    Message (optional):