Someone PLEASE give Tom Cruise a giant can of "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!"

[LynneSin]

Dear Tom:

You are not a doctor, you're some dumbass guy who happened to luck out with a good face & body and managed to parlay it into a success film career. Although I heartily agree that doctors are too quick to sometimes prescribe mood-altering drugs, YOU'RE NOT A FUCKING DOCTOR AND SCIENTOLOGY IS A DUMBASS CULT MADE UP OF A GUY WHO HAD A BET THAT HE COULD SUCKER IDIOTS LIKE YOU INTO A MADE UP RELIGION.



http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-05-27/#2

Cruise Launches War on Psychiatrists


Tom Cruise has declared a public war on psychiatrists because he fears the "pseudo-science" has led to a drug-fuelled crisis for today's children. The movie hunk was diagnosed as dyslexic when he was just seven, and doctors suggested he should take drugs to control his learning problems. Memories of that part of his childhood fuelled Cruise to seek alternative ways of overcoming his dyslexia - a problem that led him to the Church of Scientology's educational programs. Becoming a scientologist in 1984 made the actor look closely at the controversial religion's anti-psychiatry stance, and he has since become a firm believer that the science and the medicating of children is wrong. Speaking exclusively to US news show Access Hollywood as part of a week-long special about his scientology beliefs, the movie hunk declares, "I'm going right after psychiatry and these false labels and this pseudo-science. I was diagnosed as dyslexic; I had a lot of energy as a child. They wanted to put me on drugs... Never did; my mother said no, absolutely not, no way and I'm thankful. Had I been put on those drugs, I never would be here today... I never would have had the career that I'm having. Am I making people aware of it by discussing it openly and saying what a fraud psychiatry is? You bet I am. I feel a responsibility because I care..." The actor also maintains that poor results in education in America can be blamed on mind-altering drugs that are given to children. He adds, "SAT (exam) scores have gone right down the toilet. The parents are blaming the teachers, the teachers are blaming the parents and the psychs are putting everyone on drugs."

[RPM]

1. i guess this "psuedo-science" mirrors the lie of his pseudo-religion

I am so glad that actors are so qualified to speak out on every topic. :eyes:

[laheina]

30. Ahhh.

It's so cute that he can use a big word like pseudoscience, but if he really knew what it meant, then it would turn his stomach to even think about Dianetics.

Scientology is the epitome of pseudoscience.

[fleabert]

2. um. I'm not a scientologist, but I kinda agree with him.

the part about kids being overmedicated at least. adults too.

I think we americans seek a medication to take care of far too many issues that could best be dealt with other ways. There are, of course, situations where meds are not only needed, but critical, but when I tell my dr. that I don't EVER want to take an anti-depressant unless I am suicidal (history of mental illness in my family, anti-depressants are contra-indicated) and he prescribes Wellbutrin when I ask him about quitting smoking? I got even more pissed when he tried to tell me it wasn't an anti-depressant.

:rant:
sorry.

I think Tom has gone over the edge, but I think he's only a bit off the target on this one.

[LynneSin]

6. But the difference between us and Tom Cruise...

..is that Tom Cruise is advocating Scientology as the solution instead of doctors/pills. Everything that Tom does or says can pretty be directly related to his immersion into the cult of Scientology. IT was only earlier this week that he suggested that Brooke Shields should have consulted scientologists instead of a doctor for her post-partum depression.

IT's a cult Tom and from what I've read and heard from those who are ex-scientologists, it's a very expsensive & invasive cult.

Personally, after watching Super Size Me last night, these people don't need a doctor, pills OR scientology - what they need is a nutritionist that can help plan out eating & excercise plans!

[fleabert]

21. I agree wholeheartedly. nt

[ET Awful]

7. But see Tom isn't saying that for any reason other than he's been told

to say it by a group that is against any and every mental health profession that is not scientology. He doesn't say it because he reached the conclusion after research, he's saying it because he was told by scientology that "psychs" are evil and anything and everything they could ever possibly suggest is also evil.

He's way off base because he is not speaking based on rational thought but on what someone else told him to think.

[fleabert]

20. now that i can agree with. scientology is crap.

glad they don't go door to door.

[Hugin]

3. I prescribe Thorazine...

That'll shut him up!

*snort*

(Kind of a complex issue. I agree in the past sedation was confused
with treatment. But, I'm not sure he's qualified to make any
determination.)

[sniffa]

4. oh that's rich coming from a cLam.

but 'reactive mind' and the 'e-meter' is considered soLid science.

when tom reaches that finaL step, and achieves invisibiLity, then i might pay him some mind.

[Hugin]

8. Hey! I'm invisible and you never listen to me.

Where did I go wrong?

;)

[sniffa]

13. i can see you

you're obviousLy not at 'operating thetan IX' yet.

i bet you can't even fLy, or astraLLy project.

you sound Like an OTIII kind of guy.

[Hugin]

14. The shoes gave me away...

Didn't they?

It's always the shoes.

Welcome Back - BTW.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Three hundred thousand dollars worth of auditing...

and Scientology courses just to find out the Xenu story. Heh. Suckers.

[dolo amber]

19. "when tom reaches that finaL step, and achieves invisibiLity,

then i might pay him some mind."

And this is why I'm glad you're back. :rofl:

[sniffa]

24. awww thank you

:D my goaL is to make at Least one person Laugh every day.

now, back to my rant...

do you know what the Co$ beLieves about jesus christ?

that he enjoyed having anaL sex with young boys.

where's the outrage from the poLiticaL christians over that?
why hasn't jeb bush cLamped down on the Co$ hoLd over parts of fLorida?
i'm not sure, but aren't they aLso receiving fed and state monies for their "faith" based programs? specificaLLy, their rehab programs.

[Hugin]

28. There were some news stories of ...

Cruise meeting with *.

Don't know the outcome of the discussions.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Was Jeff Gannon there too?

[ronnykmarshall]

37. He's invisible sometimes

when he shows up at bath houses.

[ET Awful]

5. Hehehe, psychology is "pseudo-science" but Scientology which

has never undergone any kind of impartial study (or study of any kind not conducted by scientologists) is good "tech".

He's even throwing in the scientology jargo such as "the psychs".

Come on Tom, quit listening to David Miscavige and his cadre of "Sea Org" militants and rejoin the real world.

Or you could just go read www.clambake.org and try some individual thought for a change.

[Hugin]

9. *That* is where it was!

I've been wracking my brain for where a web page was... and
it was at clambake!

I remember. It's all so clear to me now.

Thanks for reminding me.

[laheina]

32. You don't even need to study it.

It bills itself as the "science of religion." The "religion" part of that definition makes it inherently untestable, and because it masquerades as science (which is by it's very nature a method of testing/falsification of claims), that makes it pseudoscience.

It is all semantic.

[ronnykmarshall]

36. You should see their HQ in Hollywood.

Just driving by that place gives me the creeps.

[ET Awful]

38. Try Golden Era Studios out in Hemet, now there's a creepy place

And if you want to read the freakiness of the cult, do a search on what they did to Keith Henson for his picketing of the joint.

[tnlefty]

10. I wonder what he would suggest for Pickles????

:shrug:

[Hugin]

11. I would imagine...

Some kind of a "box" attached to Pickle's back.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Heidi]

17. Extensive and very expensive "auditing," of course.

If people want to practice scientology as their religion of choice, fine by me. But I don't want Tom Cruise and his church using whatever political clout they have to limit my health care choices, anymore than I want Jerry Falwell and his church dictating my health care choices.

End of mini-rant.

[Hugin]

22. Mini-rant accepted.

I agree.

[Heidi]

12. Scientologist with no medical background dissing the competition.

Nice. (And if you're familiar with scientology, you kow that psychiatry _does_ compete with the services they sell.) Thanks, Tom, but I'll just continue making my own health care decisions without your expert guidance.

[Lex]

15. He really is dumber than a box of hammers.

Having heard him interviewed over the years, it really strikes me that he is quite the dim bulb.

Being stupid makes the Scientologist bullshit seem plausible to him, I suppose.

[demnan]

18. Tom Cruise, imho

is just a little know-it-all with a pretty face. Focus on your acting you numbscull.

[WoodrowFan]

23. hey, Jeb Bush likes them!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7384923/

While the religion of Tom Cruise and John Travolta has been getting some tough press in recent days, it’s also been lauded by President Bush’s brother.

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Florida Governor Jeb Bush raised eyebrows among the critics of the sometimes controversial religion recently when he honored Scientology volunteers who helped victims of hurricanes in his state.

[unhappycamper]

25. Here ya go:

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. How 'bout a giant can of Instant Spray-On Death?

[blondeatlast]

29. I'd prefer something a bit slower-acting, possibly that would mess

with his effing mind before he passes.

Kind of like post-partum depression, maybe...

[blondeatlast]

27. I can't add much to that beyond that I agree. STFU, Tom, and can

you please stop enlisting your fashion accessories such as Penelope Cruz into your army of whackjobs?

[ronnykmarshall]

31. Oh but he's "in love" w/ his new beard

...... uh I mean "girlfreind". :spray:

[laheina]

33. :) He's in love with himself. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. This is total crap

No doctor would recommend drugs to control his learning problems. That is utter bullshit. No such magic pills exist.

[redqueen]

39. I think he has a point.

ADD is way overdiagnosed. I won't blame psychs exclusively, but I also won't bash Tom like a freeper would bash Tim Robbins because of that disagreement.