Nick Denton’s unexpectedly heroic stance against the litigious Church of Scientology, hosting a Tom Cruise-based indoctrination video, then responding to the inevitable copyright infringement notice with four more clips – including the Freedom Medal Award Ceremony – inspired me to recall former teen idol Leif Garrett’s take on a related controversy.

















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Comment by Carin on 1/23 @ 7:12 am #
That video is creepy – but even worse is when you see the list of all the other actors that are also members of the church.
Comment by McGehee on 1/23 @ 7:23 am #
Karl, the ScientologyFacts scraper blog doesn’t know who you are. It calls you “unknown.”
I’d be crushed.
Comment by JD on 1/23 @ 7:35 am #
Karl – Consider yourself fortunate. It is best that a group of complete loonwaffles like that do not know your name. If you think those Joooooos are powerful, just you wait to see how far the tentacles of Scientology can reach.
Comment by Stan Scarpino on 1/23 @ 8:43 am #
What I don’t get is why TOm is now blogging ? Trying to prove he’s not crazy is pretty crazy at this point in the game: http://fastfictions.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/im-not-a-weirdo-im-tom-cruise/