[ExI] Stupid

[BillK]

On 7/20/10, Damien Broderick wrote:
>  Councillor faces inquiry over tweet calling Church of Scientology 'stupid'
>
>  A councillor is facing a disciplinary hearing after calling the Church of
> Scientology "stupid" on Twitter, it emerged today.
>  The Welsh public standards watchdog investigated Cardiff councillor John
> Dixon's short message and decided it was "likely" to have breached the code
> of conduct for local authority members.

> in December, the ombudsman received a complaint about the
> remarks. Councillors are obliged to carry out their duties with due regard
> to the principle that there should be equal opportunity to all, regardless
> of their religion.
>


Perhaps these 'stupid' rule-book councillors should have checked to
see that $cientology is not recognised as a religion by the UK
government and its application for charity status was rejected.
(Wikipedia).

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/07/twitter_and_scientology_dont_u.html>

Quote>
Prominent members of the Twitterati - a crowd which includes many who
are free-thinkers sceptical about religion in any form - started
retweeting Councillor Dixon's original remark. Very rapidly, the term
#stupidscientology became a trending topic on Twitter.


BillK