Breggin has presented bogus testimony in court. He claims to have broken ties with Scientology but I have my suspicions (they don’t let people get away, especially if they are wealthy or have influence).I’ve seen transcripts & he has basically said anything to get his fee. Take what he says with a grain ... no, a full shaker of salt!
Breggin has presented bogus testimony in court. He claims to have broken ties with Scientology but I have my suspicions (they don’t let people get away, especially if they are wealthy or have influence).I’ve seen transcripts & he has basically said anything to get his fee. Take what he says with a grain ... no, a full shaker of salt!
Hmm ... smells to me like a big pharma-style smear attempt. Is "An old doc" associated with Eli Lily? From Peter Breggin himself, he sounds all right to me, but judge for yourself. From "The Rights Tenet: Autumn" (1994):
"My Real Opinion of Scientology
I am not merely neutral about Scientology. I am critical of Scientology. I became familiar with the group in 1972 when--for a short time--I accepted its offer to work together on some reform projects. As I got to know more about the group, I found myself opposed to Scientology's values, agenda, and tactics. I stopped all cooperative efforts in 1974 and publicly declared my criticism of the group in a letter published in Reason as long ago as January 1975. For two decades I have refused to have anything to do with Scientology and have criticized it hundreds of time to the media, on the air, and in public speeches and workshops.
I have a yet more personal reason for refusing to have anything to do with Scientology. In 1973 I met and fell in love with an idealistic twenty-year-old Ginger Ross; but Scientology officials pressured her to stop seeing me because I was not a member of their group. Ginger and I did not meet again for twelve years. By then she had broken all ties with Scientology and had become a staunch critic of it. We have now been married for ten years and are the co-authors of Talking Back to Prozac and The War Against Children. [CONTINUED, see part 2]
That Lilly would try to link my views with those of Scientology, when Ginger and I are known, long-standing critics of that group, indicates the giant corporation's desperation to prevent the American public from learning the truth about Prozac and the company's corporate practices in researching and promoting it. Eli Lilly's McCarthy-like tactic of trying to link me with Scientology--when I am in fact opposed to that organization--reflects the extreme lengths to which the company will go to protect its profits at the expense of patients.
From "Joe McCarthy Lives!" (reference #25 on Wikipedia)
Thanks for the reply, sounds fairly clear and I accept that it may have been an attempted smear by big pharma. It is interesting that although Ginger has long left Scientology, she and her husband are as anti psychiatry as Scientology is!
Breggin has presented bogus testimony in court. He claims to have broken ties with Scientology but I have my suspicions (they don’t let people get away, especially if they are wealthy or have influence).I’ve seen transcripts & he has basically said anything to get his fee. Take what he says with a grain ... no, a full shaker of salt!
Hmm ... smells to me like a big pharma-style smear attempt. Is "An old doc" associated with Eli Lily? From Peter Breggin himself, he sounds all right to me, but judge for yourself. From "The Rights Tenet: Autumn" (1994):
"My Real Opinion of Scientology
I am not merely neutral about Scientology. I am critical of Scientology. I became familiar with the group in 1972 when--for a short time--I accepted its offer to work together on some reform projects. As I got to know more about the group, I found myself opposed to Scientology's values, agenda, and tactics. I stopped all cooperative efforts in 1974 and publicly declared my criticism of the group in a letter published in Reason as long ago as January 1975. For two decades I have refused to have anything to do with Scientology and have criticized it hundreds of time to the media, on the air, and in public speeches and workshops.
I have a yet more personal reason for refusing to have anything to do with Scientology. In 1973 I met and fell in love with an idealistic twenty-year-old Ginger Ross; but Scientology officials pressured her to stop seeing me because I was not a member of their group. Ginger and I did not meet again for twelve years. By then she had broken all ties with Scientology and had become a staunch critic of it. We have now been married for ten years and are the co-authors of Talking Back to Prozac and The War Against Children. [CONTINUED, see part 2]
[CONTINUED, part 2]
That Lilly would try to link my views with those of Scientology, when Ginger and I are known, long-standing critics of that group, indicates the giant corporation's desperation to prevent the American public from learning the truth about Prozac and the company's corporate practices in researching and promoting it. Eli Lilly's McCarthy-like tactic of trying to link me with Scientology--when I am in fact opposed to that organization--reflects the extreme lengths to which the company will go to protect its profits at the expense of patients.
From "Joe McCarthy Lives!" (reference #25 on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20061016004227/http://www.breggin.com/Joemccarthylives.html
Thanks for the reply, sounds fairly clear and I accept that it may have been an attempted smear by big pharma. It is interesting that although Ginger has long left Scientology, she and her husband are as anti psychiatry as Scientology is!
I wish more organizations and individuals were boldly and outspokenly anti-psychiatry!
Scientology has made some excellent and accurate films.
Of course, they are heavy on the stabs & dreadful manipulating music - but they are accurate.
Screw their cult - but - I definitely use their films.
"Breggin has presented bogus testimony in court."
Evidence, please.
Oh for Pete's sake.
Interesting that you say he had ties to Scientology, that would explain a lot!!
Please follow up, and do your own research on this, and judge for yourself.