P.M. Scouting Report: anti-Scientologist suicide, e-meters on EBay

Digg continues to rapidly elevate pretty much every story that's even slightly unflattering for Scientology.

-- A St. Pete Times piece reports on the apparent suicide of longtime anti-Scientology crusader Shawn Lonsdale, who was discovered on Saturday  dead in his home in Clearwater, Fla., Scientology's national nerve center.  Apparently, a hose had been connected to his car's tailpipe into a window of his home.

-- Another Digg link says that Scientology has been trying to keep used e-meters off EBay, but their legal basis for it might not hold water. The Digg title is misleading, though ("Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database"). No evidence of that in the piece. 

"In short, the Church of Scientology is at least constructively aware that the e-meters being listed on eBay are authentic, and so have no basis under trademark—or under any other intellectual property basis, for removing these listings."

Comments

[Minto]

Digg WAS pushing the title a little, but Scientology KNOWS it has no right to pull peoples personal posessions from E-bay. This is one of those shady things that make people fear/hate C0S. If its about the study of truth, STOP HIDING IN THE BLOODY SHADOWS SO MUCH! God! Ur religon could help so many if u got over urselves and made it FREEish