According to my Ethics Book, Suppressives comprise 2 1/2
percent of the population. That’s why we refer to them,
colloquially, as “two-and-a-half percenters.” And we are
supposed to be able to recognize them by certain
characteristics, certain attributes – 12 in number. Any
trained Scientologist should be able to spot an SP.
With that in mind, I was intrigued by
this article showing that “49 out of 50 staff members
from the last organization that L. Ron Hubbard personally
ran himself in St Hill, England (known as ‘Old Saint Hill’)
have been declared ‘suppressive persons’ by David Miscavige
and kicked out of Scientology forever.
That’s right,
49 out of 50 staff members of “Old
Saint Hill” have been declared Suppressive by current
Scientology Management. And that, by my calculation, is 98%.
This is the organization, remember, that LRH holds up as the
stellar example of what real expansion should be like. This
is the standard that all Orgs are supposed to be striving
for – to become the “size of Old Saint Hill.”
And as you go down the list, you see some legendary names.
Ken Urquhart, who was LRH’s Personal Communicator for 15
years.
John McMaster, the first Clear – a celebrity when I
got into Scientology.
Reg Sharpe, LRH’s assistant and
personal friend for many years.
Otto Roos, Leon Steinberg,
Tony Dunleavy, Herbie Parkhouse, Marilyn Routsong, the list
goes on and on.
Old timers remember these names. They are
never mentioned anymore. Like the ghostly faces they used to
airbrush out of pictures of the Soviet Politbureau, they
have become non-persons. All declared Suppressive.
How can this be? Was LRH really surrounded almost
exclusively by SPs? That he never spotted – even though he
personally wrote the 12 attributes of an SP? Is it
possible that a group composed of 98% Suppressives could
have achieved such exemplary expansion?
Or is current Management operating on a different definition
of SP?
I have a long memory. I remember the days, back in the late
1970s and early 80s, when missions were huge and booming,
when legendary mission holders like Martin Samuels, Kingsly
Wimbush, Brown McKee, and others were running multiple
missions – big places, crowded with people. Where are these
guys now? You guessed it – all declared Suppressive by
current management.
How is it possible that a group of
SPs achieved such
phenomenal dissemination and growth? Aren’t they supposed to
be fighting all betterment activities?
Or is current Management operating on a different definition
of SP?
Fast forward to 2009, and the current crop of “SPs” – former
top level executives like Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Amy
Scobee, Tom DeVocht. All SPs, we are told. So why were they
never spotted during their many, many years of dedicated
service? Why were they entrusted to top level positions?
Further, when you look into it, there are many hundreds of
former Int Base staff who have been declared Suppressive. In
fact, there are more former Int Base staff, now
declared Suppressive, than there are current staff at
the Int Base.
So is the Int Base a magnet for SPs, out of all proportion
to the general public – and despite strict qualifications
and detailed screening? How were all of these people somehow
missed during all their years of dedicated service at the
central headquarters of Scientology?
Or is current Management operating on a different definition
of SP?
Yes, maybe in today’s Brave New Scientology there’s a
different definition of SP.
Maybe it’s now defined as “anyone who challenges David
Miscavige.”
If so, don’t be afraid of being “declared SP.”
You’ll be in good company.
