London Culting

The City of London police are prosecuting a 15-year-old Scientology protester for calling the cult a cult. According to their interpretation of Britain's draconian Public Order Act, describing Scientology as a cult constitutes "abusive and insulting" speech. This is what happens when freedom of expression is considered a tradition instead of a written human right. There are many layers of wrong going on here. Two years ago, more than twenty London police officers were discovered to have accepted gifts from the cult of Scientology, and City of London Chief Superintendent Kevin Hurley lauded the cult for "raising the spiritual wealth of society" during the opening of its headquarters in 2006. The unnamed 15-year-old is a member of Anonymous and doesn't currently have an attorney. Here's hoping a few liberty loving lawyers across the pond will offer up some pro bono work. If not, then we'll just have to break this kid out of jail Old West style. More details here.