Amazon UK pulls Scientology exposé for 'legal reasons'

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Silences former member of church's 'secret army'
By Cade Metz in San Francisco • Get more from this author

Posted in Music and Media, 11th November 2008 17:48 GMT

Amazon UK has barred the sale of a new Scientology exposé penned by a former member of the church's "elite paramilitary group."

The British incarnation of the world's most popular etailer is no longer offering The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology, a 318-page tome from John Duignan, who spent 22 years inside the top secret organization.

In a recent post to an anti-Scientology discussion forum, an Anonymous Brit says that after pre-ordering the book, he received an email from Amazon announcing it had been "removed from sale for legal reasons".

Amazon UK has yet to respond to out request for comment. But the book - published on October 7 - is no longer listed on the site. A Google search reveals it was available for sale as recently as October 23.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/amazon_pulls_scientology_expose/

[zazen]

1. scientologists may well prove to be more dangerous than fundies in 21st c

Their influence is far beyond their numbers, and their tactics are ruthless and seriously cult-like.

It's their mumbojumbo claim to secularism that might reach people who feel alienated by traditional fundamental religion. Ron Hubbard was a manic depressive if there ever is one. And if I wrote this on a public blog with my real name, I'd be the subject of legal harassment. Scary, isn't it?

[wtmusic]

2. You can order the book for $16US directly from the publisher

http://www.merlinwolfhound.com/

[qb]

4. Do you have a direct link to the order page for this book?

I couldn't find the author or title at merlinwolfhound.

[wtmusic]

5. I don't

One reviewer at Amazon US said it was possible, but I can't find it on the website either.

I've emailed them...if I hear back I'll PM you.

[JonQ]

3. That kind of makes me want to buy it n/t