Gerry Armstrong, Berlin 17. Sept. 2011

Berlin, 17. Sept. 2011
Gerry Armstrong
Thomas Gandow, Dialog Zentrum Berlin
Anonymous


Thomas Gandow: " I welcome you on behalf of the Dialog-Zentrum Berlin. Currently Gerry Armstrong is our guest and we've been working with him for a very long time. Among other things many years ago we co-founded the European-American Citizen's Committee for Freedom of Religion in the United States of America. The committee´s goal is to make sure that a person may leave an organization such as Scientology without being persecuted, that he may speak freely about it, that files which have been created on him won't be used in order to blackmail him and to hinder him from exercising his right to freedom of speech and similar things.

We have created this event specifically for anonymous and the internet community as there are recent discussions about how to confront Scientology. The Dialog-Zentrum Berlin's view in this debate is that the fundamental point in the confrontation, to hit the bull's eye so to speak, is to deal with the teachings of an organization such as Scientology. Abuses exist everywhere, but when you confront the teachings, then you truly hit the bull's eye. And because of that we also intent to maintain that view and have invited Gerry to inform, mostly, about his history with Scientology. Especially after in the past days there were particularly malicious attacks on the internet against Gerry, which have been put on the internet by Marty Rathbun and his adherents. For example it was very maliciously claimed that it had been Gerry's fault that Bob Minton has been ruined as Gerry had caused Minton to supply him with a computer. I know from my friend Bob Minton that he offered and presented a computer to Gerry on his own accord, and that he supported him on his own accord, because he wanted to work "in concert" with Gerry. Which is precisely one of the phrases in the suppressive court judgements against Gerry, that persons, who work "in concert" with him, may be threatened and persecuted by Scientology based on these judgements just like Gerry Armstrong himself. The Dialog-Zentrum Berlin is proud to work "in concert" with Gerry and we're happy that he's now going to give his statement to us and that he´s also going to answer all possible questions after that. Thank you for coming. "

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[mollie2810]

So good to see Gerry Armstrong in Germany instead of criminal piece of shit Rathbun.

[Zinjifar]

Excellent discussion and plenty of important detail. Well worth the length

[bigpecker251]

@mollie2810 Are you a Scientologist ?

[bsrober2]

Even assuming that Rathbun has the best intentions (and that's a leap): he's been right for 3 years; Armstrong has been right for 30 years. A little respect is in order.

[imnotlookinganyway]

Gerry, you made me cry. No one should have to go thru that, and from a "religious" organization? It says everything about the CO$ and their unbelievable efforts to silence you. It also says alot about certain people that I thought were actually bettering themselves after leaving...and I am rethinking my own thoughts about them. It makes me more than a little upset, as I thought those people...well I know now. And will be much more careful. Thanks.

[ToryMagoo44]

Gerry: Thank you so so soooooooooooo much for telling so much of your story (and I'm sure there's tons you haven't said, even still)..however, this is excellent. I'm so very sorry for ALL that you have gone through. I once said to Bob Minton, soon after I left, that I was sorry for things I'd said about him. His response? "That isn't enough, to just say you're sorry. You have to DO something about it". I do, every day, and I hope somehow it helps you, too, Gerry. My love, Tory/Magoo

[LucianoPiz]

MIKE IS A SUPPRESSIVE PERSON,AND OF COURSE HE SUPPRESSE OTHERS (OR TRY TO DO SO ) ALL THE TIME .....MIKE .

[MrMcclaughry]

We have made a rough transcript of this video, available at my wordpress blog - Mike McClaughry

[chuckbeattyo]

Additionally, Gerry's interview here has some major threads which are still unresearched. If Flynn is still alive, he OUGHT to be gotten to go public, even though Flynn's gagged also! So many important people gagged. SOMEONE with bucks or the strong desire, should go talk to EVERY one of these people GAGGED, and get them to do PRIVATE stories, to be released when they die. Marty and Mike and the OSA and RTC thugs all ought to just come clean! Gerry's my all time inspiration!

[chuckbeattyo]

MUST watch by anyone considering themselves an "expert" on Scientology, and Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder's "skeletons." Gerry had just the worst legal nightmare bullshit of all time. I think in Marty's and Mike's minds, they have "lessened" their transgressions against Gerry so the two don't even think it is worthy of their mea culpas! Gerry's ordeal, his life, ought to be a separate study, around which an even more damning book should be done.!

[TheEvilOfScientology]

@LucianoPiz And you're a troll, Lucy. :)

[LucianoPiz]

@TheFOOLISHlOfScientology YOU ARE ABSURD ...MIKE !