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"Mundus vult decipi"
(the world wants to be deceived)
>
> Warner forced to halt distribution of Travolta film, Battlefield Earth?
>
> Just weeks before its scheduled opening, will Warner Brothers, Morgan
Creek,
> and Franchise Pictures, be forced to halt the distribution of the new $80
> million Travolta Film, Battlefield Earth? Perhaps, and surprisingly the
> reason will not be the horrible reviews. Neither will it be allegations of
> false advertising in the movie's trailer, which claims the film is based
on
> one of the best selling science fiction books of all time. Neither will it
> be the publicity surrounding the involvement of the world's most dangerous
> cult, as revealed in a scathing Washington Post article [Nov 28, 1999,
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/A48280-1999Nov26.html], or the fact
> that this cult may make a fortune from Battlefield Earth toys by
> Trendmaster. The reason Warner Brothers may be forced to halt distribution
> is a new allegation that the movie contains sophisticated subliminal
> messages designed to get you into the cult of Scientology.
>
> Outrageous as it sounds, this allegation stems from a credible source.
Over
> the last 20 years the non-profit organization F.A.C.T.Net and its
> predecessors have supported individuals who have left Scientology or are
in
> the process of leaving Scientology, helping them to tell their stories of
> abuse and systematic criminality. The following information was provided
to
> F.A.C.T.Net by individual(s) we deem to be credible and who had direct
> and/or indirect access to Scientology's highest executive circle and its
> most sensitive information concerning the Battlefield Earth project. The
> story is told from an insider's perspective of Scientology. This
information
> has been reconstructed in a manner to best protect the identity of the
> source(s), thus providing some protection from Scientology retaliation to
> the individual(s) and family members. The source(s) providing this
> information ask that each person evaluate the factuality, relevance, and
> implications of this information for oneself.
>
> <snip>
>
> Miscavige held many brainstorming sessions on how to create this series of
> movies that would ultimately save Earth by saving Scientology by getting
> floods of new people to join. The following areas were just some of the
> areas discussed and evaluated in detail:
> 1. That there as no down side to making a science fiction movie because we
> have already been branded as a UFO cult.
> 2. That science fiction was hot with children (Teens and young adults were
> our key recruiting target audience).
> 3. A science fiction script was the best place to hide the Hubbard world
> view and Scientology belief system because so much of Hubbard's science
> fiction closely paralleled Scientology anyway. And if discovered, there
was
> a powerful plausible deniability factor in that we could always continue
> claiming it was just science fiction.
> 4. The movie would have two main purposes. One, to mass-recruit new people
> into Scientology, and two, to attack our enemies through the movie's
> dialogue and symbolism.
>
> <snip>
>
> First, convince Travolta
> that to show his true loyalty to Scientology and to Scientology's goal of
> clearing (controlling) the planet, he must demand in his next movie
contract
> with Warner,
> that Warner distribute the new Battlefield Earth film.
>
> Second, contact a Warner heir who had been recruited into Scientology and
> similarly demand
> this person use inside influence to again ensure Warner distribute the
> film. It took these steps, plus a lot more arm-twisting by Miscavige with
> some of Hollywood's biggest Scientology-connected power brokers, to get
> Warner to take on the project. Eventually Warner capitulated because they
> basically either had to distribute the film or lose Travolta.
>
> <snip>
>
> More meetings were held focusing exclusively on how we would ensure that
we
> would get the desired recruiting result from the movie. It was suggested
> that the only way to guarantee results was to secretly put subliminal
> messages in
> the film as or after it was being created. Messages were discussed such
as:
> "Buy the Dianetics
> book," "Find out about Scientology now," and one that put everyone into
> stitches, "Hate psychiatry, psychiatrists, and drug companies."
>
> Someone (I did not know who) apparently had already been researching using
> Subliminals. This person said that they could buy the ability to imbed
> images and messages within other images from some foreign advertising
> companies who had mastered it. They said they also had
> access to some eastern bloc government research which detailed new ways to
> imbed subliminal messages into video, in which the messages simply could
not
> be
> found without detailed knowledge of these specific imbedding techniques.
>
> There was a heated discussion about this being illegal and that if we got
> caught it would be another disaster. Miscavige insisted that the urgency
of
> the times
> made the risk worth the reward and that if we did it right we would not
get
> caught.
> We also felt the risk was low because nobody was actively screening for
> subliminals anymore. The laws and the public outcry against it were 30
years
> old. Finally it was decided to
> go ahead with using subliminals, because we controlled the
> film content, we would control production security, and we would have
> trusted Scientology members in the key areas necessary to get it done.
>
> Was Battlefield Earth designed to recruit your kids with bait-and-switch?
>
> Scientology really does to believe that revealing its secret and
non-secret
> world
> view through Hubbard's science fiction, young movie viewers will be
> restimulated by their past life memories to seek out a Scientology center.
> However, Scientology also has backup recruiting plans in case kids don't
> respond to this restimulation as well as the film's alleged subliminal
> images.
>
> The bait
>
> Movie after movie today is promoted by directing younger target audiences
to
> a web page. When you go to the ONLY official Battlefield Earth web page
(at
> www.battlefieldearth.com), you would think Warner Brothers would be
hosting
> it, but not so. On the bottom of the page in tiny print, barely
noticeable,
> is "Author Services, Inc." Author Services, Inc. (ASI) is a Scientology
> organization staffed by Scientology lifers and it is the
> Scientology organization that has been most closely associated with the
> senior management of the cult's vast resources. Herein is the beginning of
> the bait-and-switch scheme.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Quotation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> The missive continues on, describing alleged Co$ recruiting techniques
> relative to the movie, not to mention endless critiques of the novel
written
> by Amazon.com reader reviewers.
>
> Suggested action by FACT Net:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Begin Quotation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> What you can do
>
> 1.) F.A.C.T.Net needs your help to increase public awareness and dialogue
> concerning these allegations of dangerous and illegal subliminal
advertising
> in Battlefield Earth.
> Following proper Internet etiquette, please forward this editorial opinion
> to your local media (particularly movie critics) , to your local theater
> owners, to child protection agencies, to science fiction newsgroups, and
to
> Christian youth organizations.
>
> 2.) Also please contact Warner Brothers at 818-954-6217and demand that
they
> halt
> distribution of the film until properly qualified and fully independent
> outside government professionals (at a CIA level) can carefully examine
the
> film master and
> determine if the film contains subliminals.
>
> 3.) If Warner fails to immediately do this voluntarily, please also
contact
> the director of the CIA (or other national intelligence agencies, for
> foreign readers) and ask that top experts in subliminal messaging
> immediately examine the film master.
>
> Factnet's public notice and additional request to Warner Brothers
>
> F.A.C.T.Net, through this editorial, is also formally asking Warner
Brothers
> to contact theater owners who have booked the film and immediately notify
> them as part of proper, legal due diligence and to establish informed
> consent concerning the following allegations concerning the film
Battlefield
> Earth:
> 1. There are allegations that there may be sophisticated subliminal
messages
> in the film designed to get their movie patrons into Scientology and buy
> Scientology products.
> 2. There are allegations that promotion of the film may include false
> advertising, falsely claiming that the movie is based on a legitimately
> successful, best selling science fiction author.
> 3. There are allegations that Scientology (a claimed non profit religious
> group) may profit greatly from toy sales based on the movie.
> 4. There are a growing number of adverse reviews and editorials concerning
> Scientology's use of the movie to turn their movie patrons into members of
> this highly controversial cult.
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Quotation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -cfs
Jim Keith
1949 - 1999
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