As an aside, let me apologistically add that the whole Xenu routine was laid on top of a subject that was pretty fully developed already, around 1968. The fundamentals of Scientology are an effort to take the major peieces of human thought and experience -- such as communication, human affinites, and agreements -- and build a working understanding based on how these things work. I have always thought that was an idea that made more sense than trying to insist that all thought, feeling and reality comes from neurons having good or bad days.

My suspicion is that Isaac would have laughed off the Scientology episode of South Park, if left to his own devices, but that he was put under some sort of organizational pressure to make an issue out of it. As has been pointed out above, the show about Scientology was pretty minimal compared to some of the silly take-offs about other religous groups. And it was certainly within the norms of South Park. So it may not be a hypocrisy on Hayes' part, but rather on the organization's part.



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