It's a Privilege to Call Yourself a Scientologist
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Stumble ThisSo, we've all wondered just how 'committed' Tom Cruise really is to his religion of space aliens... well, this 9-minute speech by Cruise, leaked from an International Association of Scientologists event where the actor recently accepted the Freedom Medal of Valor award, pretty much confirms it... he's nuttier for it than a box of Cracker Jacks! And, BONUS, its set to a shitty cover of the Mission Impossible Theme! Behold its awesomeness!
See also the Full Awards Ceremony this Interview is From!
See also the Full Awards Ceremony this Interview is From!
extra lol at how he "can't go on vacation" and stuff because he "knows."
Awesome sift, raven, I knew scientology was ridiculous, but this is just hilariously bad.
Oh man... gotta love the Scientologist mentality.
Well Tom, I totally agree.
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Oh great, my recent comment got knocked out of the Top 5 by this comment from ^that little asshole; a fucking can with shades. Robots: first they take our jobs, and now this. I know what the Cloverfield monster is, and it's got a little handle sticking out of one side. Prick.
Anyway, here's a transcript of some of the highlights to tide y'all over until I manage to find a replacement vid... and there will be one, oh there will! You can't keep the truth concealed forever! Mwaahaaahaaahaaa...
Err... anyhooo... Those highlights I promised:
Tom Cruise: ...I think it’s a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it’s something that you have to earn because a Scientologist does... has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. Being a Scientologist, you look at someone and know absolutely that you can help them.
"Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident... you know you have to do something about it because you know you’re the only one that can really help.
"But that’s what drives me... I know that we have an opportunity to really help... effectively change people’s lives and I am dedicated to that. I am absolutely, uncompromisingly dedicated to that.
"We have a responsibility.
"We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on the mind, we are the authorities on improving conditions... we can rehabilitate criminals.
"...We can bring peace and unite cultures...
"Traveling the world and meeting the people that I’ve met, talking with these leaders in various fields, they want help and they are depending on people who know and who can be effective and do it and that’s us. That is our responsibility to do that.
"It is the time now. Now is the time... Being a Scientologist, people are turning to you, so you better know it, you better know it and if you don’t, go and learn it, but don’t pretend you know it. It’s like we’re here to help.
"If you’re a Scientologist, you see life, you see things the way they are, in all its glory, all of its complexity and the more you know as a Scientologist, you don’t become overwhelmed by it.
"Look, I wish the world was a different place. I’d like to go on vacation and go and romp and play and just do that, you know what I mean. That’s what I want it to be. There’s times I’d like to do that, but I can’t because I know I have to do something about it.
"I have to do it because I can’t live with myself if I don’t, and that really is it.
"So it’s our responsibility to educate, create the new reality. We have that responsibility to say, 'Hey, this is the way it should be done because we do it this way and people are actually getting better.'
"And let’s get it done. Let’s really get it done and have enough love and compassion and toughness that you’re really going to do it and do it right.
"I have to tell you something – it is rough and tumble, and it’s wild and wooly, and it’s a blast, it’s a blast, it really is fun because, dammit, there is nothing better than the going out there and fighting the fight and suddenly you see things are better.
"I want to know that I’ve done everything I could everyday, and I think about those people out there who are depending on us. I think about that and it does make me feel that we’ve got more work. I need more help, get those spectators either in the playing field or out of the arena. Really, that’s how I feel about it.
"I do what I can, and I do it the way I do everything. [laughs] There’s nothing part-of-the way for me."
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Of all the things I've done at the sift, this may be my favorite.
and honestly, he is a damn good actor, when he's in a script that requires it, which is 2 or 3 of 'em. mostly Born On The 4th Of July and Collateral.
but yeah, Scientology is so transparently *bullshit, that this sadly must be playlisted as such.
if i didn't already know what a twisted fuck he really was, i'd have said that Hubbard probably made up the whole fucking thing, intentionally, just to show people what bullshit religion can be, in the hands of those who would wield it, but have no reverence for it.
*lies, you mean?
actually, i was pretending to *invoke my playlist.
but, uhh, needless to say... yeah. big time.
Also, would someone please do me a favor and throw a promote at this thing... put it back to the top of the Sifted list so more people get a chance to watch it before Xenu and his minions find our new source code?
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International"
For future reference, if that one goes down:
Any goldies have enough code-fu to embed the video they're using in this: http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress ? I'd think that by using the view source option on firefox or whatever you could probably figure it out if you have skills...
*dead
Let's keep this going people, the truth will be heard!! The world should know that Tom Cruise is nutty-bonkers!! And that his religion has more acronyms than a military organization!
@JAPR... I've never been able to figure out how to steal vids from Gawker... in the source page for their posts the only thing I can find is a java call-up code for their own vid player, and the reference to the filename, but no complete file path for that name, so without that, I can't figure out how to ninja it into our own embed.
I know what KSW is. Keeping Scientology Working.
What's an SP and PTSP? Anyone?
japr, i salute you. thou hast moved the mountain nearer to muhammad.
>> ^siftbot:
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http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress
or http://tinyurl.com/2k6huo
The leak is leaked. Save it before it's gone.
SP = Suppressive Person: An enemy of the Scientology. As L. Ron Hubbard puts it, "SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed."
PTS is a "Potential Trouble Source", someone in contact with an SP. Maybe that's what Cruise is referring to when he mentions PTSP.
SP = Suppressive Person: An enemy of the Scientology. As L. Ron Hubbard puts it, "SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed."
PTS is a "Potential Trouble Source", someone in contact with a PTS. Maybe that's what Cruise is referring to when he mentions PTSP.
Okay, if you're all such big smartypants, then tell me what this means (NO CHEATING):
TCLTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VgnemjobU
also, will save it from constant deletion...
perhaps google have ways of detecting the video anyway i dunno.
Youtube is supposed to be implementing some kind of system that does that, but don't think it's up yet. I suspect someone will have a nice long-term static link that is off youtube if we look hard enough.
I think they actually have something that filters out certain videos that have already been pulled based on title/length and such. I've tried upping something because I noticed the other versions were taken down, and it got rejected in a short one minute time period. Unless they've got a huge amount of staff policing every single video people upload...
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If this clip ever gets shown on national news somewhere, just cos, I'd love to hear about it.
SP = Suppressive Person: An enemy of the Scientology. As L. Ron Hubbard puts it, "SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed."
PTS is a "Potential Trouble Source", someone in contact with an SP. Maybe that's what Cruise is referring to when he mentions PTSP.
That's some scary shit... and you know what, all of us, everyone one of us who has commented on this vid, or voted for it, is now a Suppressive Person... get ready to hand over your property and be beaten by Scientologists... I, for one, am sure they can't wait to get their hands on all my comic books! Bastards!
Thylan:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22672109/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322854,00.html
I think one of the most telling facets of the Scientology organization is that they disallow their members to seek psychiatric help... um, hello, could that maybe be because they don't want their members finding out from a third party that they have been brainwashed?
There you go. Feel free to submit it anyone. I'm not quite sure how to submit a video with more than one part so that it plays continuously. The claims made are quite extraordinary. No wonder they don't want the general populace seeing this, we're not "ready" for it yet.
He must have been pretty vulnerable to get tied up with these people. Cults don't usually work on those with a working sense of self. He's got hard slog ahead of himself if he wants to regain his life. Poor bastard.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Entire-Scientology-Awards-Show-Watch-it-Before-Its-Gone
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Unfunny-Truth-about-Scientology-A-bit-graphic
Tom is wacky
Tom is cuckoo.