" IN ANY event, any person from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale should not have, in any thinking society, any civil rights of any kind, because by abusing those rights he brings into being arduous and strenuous laws which are oppressive to those who need no such restraints." — L. Ron Hubbard "Science of Survival"
"SOUTH PARK" has declared war on Scientology. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the schedule Wednesday with an Internet report saying it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure. THE BATTLE began in earnest earlier this week when Isaac Hayes, another celebrity Scientologist and longtime show member -voicing the ladies' man Chef - quit the show, saying he could no longer tolerate its religious "intolerance and bigotry." STONE AND Parker didn't buy that either. ON MONDAY, Stone told The Associated Press, " This is 100 percent having to do with his faith in Scientology...He has no problem and he's cashed plenty of checks with our show making fun of Christians, Jews and Muslims."
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