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[White Man]

"religious intolerance."

Excerpts from the first draft: http://ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=30149

I was confused at first, until I remembered that there's frickin' Scientologist bashing in it. Drats. I'm debating rewriting the ending, but I might just drop it for now and work on something else. Frustration. Guess I could send it out to someone else.

It's bad enough having to get up for work at 330AM, but then to come home to this? Where's the Bloody Mary mix?

 

[Drinky Crow]

Who did you submit it to? Why on earth would any publisher reject it for that reason?

That said, of all of the non-Christian cults, Scientologists are the most likely to sue a publisher for perceived defamation, and thanks to the money of their Hollywood cronies, they're likely to succeed.

 

[Jim Bowie]

Add a disclaimer?

There are shit tons of books with religious intolerance. I can't believe they'd reject it on that. Needless to say, I really like your writing style, and it'd be a shame to see that go to waste.

Keep tying, White Man. You'll get one.

 

[Iceman]

jeez, how much scientology bashing?

Could you just replace the words "scientology" with "terrorism" and "L. Ron Hubbard" with "Usama Bin Laden"?.. that should get you published anywhere.

Heck, I should try that on my grants.

 

[Rorschach]

:lol Good read. Sorry I missed that earlier thread.

I can't believe Scientology is considered a religion.

 

[karasu]

That sucks. Blasted scientologists.

I've always wondered why mermaids were suppossed to be sexy. I mean, you can't exactly fuck a fish.

 

[belgurdo]

The Church of Scientology is known for being litigious, and the publisher is probably scared of losing a couple million fending off frivolous suits

 

[olimario]

 

[White Man]

jeez, how much scientology bashing?

Could you just replace the words "scientology" with "terrorism" and "L. Ron Hubbard" with "Usama Bin Laden"?.. that should get you published anywhere.

Heck, I should try that on my grants.

It's maybe a half page of material, out of 22 pages, and it's mostly dialogue. When I was writing it, I really avoided any blatant bashes because I figured it's a passè topic anyway. It's nothing so major that it would harm the piece if it were removed. . .it's just a really odd thing to complain about.

 

[Iceman]

That sounds pretty weak.

I mean, who doesn't at least inadvertently bash scientology every once in a while.

Silly.

 

[Rorschach]

I mean, you can't exactly fuck a fish.

Unless...

 

[border]

Trivia: Out of the 44 women (about whom 88 lines were written), which one was a scientologist?

 

[White Man]

Trivia: Out of the 44 women (about whom 88 lines were written), which one was a scientologist?

Judy!

I mean, who doesn't at least inadvertently bash scientology every once in a while.

Really. This is America. We're allowed to bash Scientologists and furries. They're the last openly bashable pigeonholes in society.

 

[Sriram]

I've always wondered why mermaids were suppossed to be sexy. I mean, you can't exactly fuck a fish.

 

[border]

Judy!

Haha, if you did that without Google then you should be proud of yourself. I could only remember that she was from Ohio.....but couldn't recall the name.

 

[White Man]

Haha, if you did that without Google then you should be proud of yourself. I could only remember that she was from Ohio.....but couldn't recall the name.

I did have to listen to the mp3. I'm a complete new wave junkie, but you can't really expect me to remember every one of those girls.

 

[Naked Snake]

Mermen > Mermaids

 

[way more]

What sort of publication are we talking about?

 

[Mermandala]

My curiosity is killing me imagining your scientology slander. Did you make fun of Xenu so now your manuscript sleeps with fishes?