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Scientology
Hall Of Shame Member
Added February 21, 2008

Scientology. Another word for "goofy". Their web site is located at http://www.scientology.org/.
You really have to wonder about a "church" whose headquarters is located at 6331 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. The Catholics have a headquarters. The Mormons have a headquarters. The Jews have a headquarters. The Chuch of Scientology has a boutique. They would have chosen Rodeo Drive but there were no spaces available.
And what is "dianetics"? Sounds like some cheap diet plan being marketed on cable TV by some huckster shouting at you the entire commercial.
So, you intelligently inquire, whatever has the Chuch of Scientology done to deserve enshrinement in these hallowed pages? This pseudo-religion is run by some whack jobs who don't appear to care if they trample on the rights of internet sellers. While we admit that the Constitution does not refer to the internet or the selling of merchandise on the internet, sellers do have certain federal rights which the Chuch of Scientology and the whack jobs running it think do not apply to them.
We have received some complaints over the years about the Chuch of Scientology but because the complainers never were willing to back their complaints with documentation we were unwilling to add the Chuch of Scientology to the Tabberone Hall of Shame. At the time the complaints were that the Chuch of Scientology was improperly terminating auctions of a book that was critical of the Chuch of Scientology.
Now, that has changed. An article by Scott Pilutik, Scientology abuses eBay's VeRO program to practice religious, price discrimination, supported by other articles like Scientology: eBay E-Meter Auctions Yanked, from Slashdot.org, has given us the push to add them.
So, you ask, what the hell is Scientology? There are three main characters connected with what we call a pseudo-religion:

Larry
Moe
Curly

Larry, affectionately called L Ron Hubbard by his admirers, started this "cult" in the 1950's. Other than an occasional newpaper article here and there, we really didn't pay much attention to this group until Moe, known in Hollywood as John Travolta, became publicly linked to them a few years ago. Then, they gained more publicity when Curly, known in the scandal rags as Tom Cruise, came out of the closet and admited he was one of them.
Welcome to the Tabberone Hall of Shame to the Chuch of Scientology.

Rebuttals
In an effort to provide a balanced view, we make the following offer to anyone who feels they have been wrongly accused on this web site.
If you, or your company, have been referenced on these pages, and you would like the chance to post a rebuttal, we will post your rebuttal (provided it is in good taste) so others can read it. The rebuttal must be submitted in a format that can easily be converted into HTML. We reserve the right to alter the rebuttal to make it more readable. However, we will not alter the content (unless there is offensive material to be removed). We also reserve the right to comment on any rebuttal received. Emails protesting the content of this web site may be treated as rebuttals by us at our discretion.
We made this offer a very long time ago and as of September 2008, only AnimieHot.com, in our Hall Of Shame, and Charlotte Perman (Sevenarts in our Hall Of Shame) have chosen to submit a formal rebuttal.