On Wed, 21 May 1997, John C. Pavao wrote:

> Personally, Atkins reminds me of L. Ron Hubbard.  Each had a great idea,
> then surrounded it and themselves with greed and commercialism so that it
> became impossible to listen to anything either said and truly believe it,
> even if I wanted to.

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        I really don't think Hubbard had a great idea, unless you mean,
"If you really want to make money, start your own religion."  Or are you
refering to his technique of a "gradient" for indoctrination.  Napoleon
once said, "It is but a step from the sublime to the rediculous."
$cientology prolongs it into many steps costing thousands of dollars.
        I promised myself I wouldn't insult anyone's religion on this
mailing list, but I'm pretty sure any clams would have left after seeing
Xemu's sister.  Besides, "Rice and Beans" isn't exactly compatable with
NeanderThin.
        Sorry about all that stuff, but you really but a dime in me with Elron.

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