"If good men do nothing", editorial, Clearwater Sun, 11/28/79

"All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing."

The above saying comes to mind when we review the track record of
most local government officials with regard to their position on the
cult of Scientology.

In the four years that Scientology has been a force in Clearwater,
precious few public figures have stood up on their hind legs in the
open air and announced what they feel about the actions, motives and
goals of the Scientologists.

For a time, their silence was understandable.
Any person of good will wants to give a new organization the
benefit of the doubt, at least initially.

But it seems to us the time is past when any doubt can remain in
the minds of thinking, observing Clearwater residents about the cult
of Scientology.

Each day, new stories come out of Washington telling of what the
Scientologists planned and did to discredit their enemies and to
further the cult's aims.

(By the way, we hope our readers are clipping and saving all the
news stories about the Scientologists. The day is coming when every
citizen of Clearwater will want to have on hand a ready response to
the questions, "What's so bad about the Scientologists? Why is
everyone against them?" Newspaper clippings will make excellent
ammunition for the battles ahead.)

In Tuesday's Sun, for example, we described how local
Scientologists planned and carried out a smear campaign against former
Clearwater mayor Gabe Cazares during his 1976 campaign for Congress.
Documents released in Washington show that Tom Reitze (husband of
local Scientology leader Nancy Reitze) and two other cult members saw
to it that false rumors were spread about Cazares in an attempt to
discredit him.

When Cazares was defeated for the congressional post, a Scientology
memo boasted of how the cult's actions had contributed to his loss.
The memo exulted, "Yeah!!!!!"

When he was mayor and since then, Gabe Cazares has not hesitated to
speak out against the Scientologists.

Where are the other public figures with the courage to openly take
a stand?

A few exist, but not many. This is a shame. Now, in the light of
the Washington documents, further silence will approach the borders of
cowardice and scandal.

The day has arrived for all persons in public life to make known
their position on the question of Scientology's presence in
Clearwater, and its existence anywhere in our land.

If these officials have not already formed an opinion, it is time
they did.

Henceforth, the Sun will be especially interested in the
Scientology stance of any candidate for local office.

We urge our readers to write their city commissioners and their
elected officials in Congress. Ask them what they think of

Scientology. Tell them what YOU think.

If you feel timid about doing this, please re-read the quotation at
the top of this editorial. Think about it. Think about it hard.

End of Clearwater sun article, now reader, see here what a anonymous
$cientology coward posted to the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
in response to Jeff Jacobsen's posting of this timeless article:

This is the guys posting and my reply:

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Subject: Extra extra read all about it. Jacobsen's 20 yr. old news! was Re: Clearwater Sun 1979 editorial
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Re: Extra extra read all about it. Jacobsen's 20 yr. old news! was Re: Clearwater Sun 1979 editorial

On 9 May 2001 15:20:53 -0700, lmt_watch@my-deja.com wrote:

>Hey Jeff - the last time I checked the Clearwater Times was out of print about

Dingbat... in his haste to post his anon droolings he forgets it is the Clearwater Sun...

>20 years ago. They folded because they were proven to print nothing but lies.

It would be more accurate to say that they were "ruined utterly, if possible"

>Now you're using them as a credible source? Your religious bigotry and hatred

Bigotry? No way..
I admit, I strongly dislike LIARS, Cheats, Con-men, Fraudsters, and Organized Grifters

>shine through when you try to promote a known mad-man named Cazares. Everyone
>knows Gabe is sick and disabled mentally and no one listens to him. Why do you?
>Birds of a feather, hey Jeff.

Wow, Gabe Cazares had the courage to tell it like it is, for that you HATE him,
the HATE drips from your words...in fact, he STILL has the courage of his convictions,

we need ten thousand Gabe Cazares!

Your transparent posting makes The original article just as true to today as it was in 1979...

Arnie Lerma

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