From: IN%"tcmay@got.net" 20-MAY-1996 06:17:52.64

But any country that is "anti-Scientology" is likely to be repressive in various ways we would find inimical to our goals. Germany is a prime example: yes, they have placed restrictions on the CoS, but they have also ordered crackdowns on Internet sites.

Whatever one may think of Scientology, or Catholicism, or Baalism, or whatever, crackdowns by the government ("anti-Scientology," "anti-Catholic," etc.) is not a good thing.

I do not disagree with that countries shouldn't place any more restrictions on Scientology than they do on any other profit-making business. It's simply that a remailer operator would be more likely to win in court in such a country; if Scientology isn't _allowed_ in a country, this isn't good but they at least can't exactly do any nuisance suits. To a lesser degree, they might be suable back very easily if the judge & jury were sympathetic. I got the basic idea from the regulatory arbitrage section in your Cyphernomicon, as it happens. -Allen