>blasphemous
There is no god(s) in Scientology so the liter form of blasphemy doesn’t apply. Even allowing a more general interpretation (In the UK for example the blasphemous libel laws had to replaced because of this) doesn’t manage to make what we do blasphemous for three very key reasons:
1) What we say is actually true, and truth is a defence against and libel.
2) The actual mythology of Scientology is not sufficiently available or sufficiently well known for this to be applied. To blaspheme something under libel laws it is necessary that there is something to blaspheme. In other religions the basic beliefs and theology are in general well known and freely available making such a law potentially applicable. Due to the extreme secrecy surrounding the Scientology mythology, and given that the Scientologists present at our protests are not OT3, it isn’t possible to blaspheme given that none of the people present know the material that is potentioally being blasphemed.
3) Since the vast majority of our content is directed towards the procedures and practices of the cult we are not subject to the blasphemy laws. I would argue that any material we do have in this regard doesn’t constitute blasphemy but it is a struggle to even get this far.
>seditious
Given that our forums are freely accessible and we are extremely upfront about what we do and what we intend to do, it simply not possible to argue for sedition here.
>indecent matter
Some material we have does constitute indecent matter – and this is simply because the subject matter of Scientology is, in and of itself, indecent by virtue if its insidious nature, its capacity to destroy life and its ability to damage the social cohesion of families and other groups.
As the law stands, and given that we do not use graphic imagery or and form of hate speech materials, it is totally inapplicable.
>subject to public order and morality
Given that our protests are conducted with full compliance with the Gardai and the local councils the issue of public order is not relevant.
The legal argument of morality is interesting in that, because what we do is of material social and moral benefit to society, should any of the abovementioned laws ever become applicable this clause presents the option of using the ‘truth is a defence’ option.
The bit that never ceases to crack me up is that, out of all the actions performed at the protests, nothing has come close to the insulting gesture performed by the Scientologist featured in the pic opposite.
