Exclusive: Halperin Film Premiere Fiasco Confirmed To Be Sabotage
Clip from “His Highness Hollywood” interview with ex-Scienologist Michael Pattinson
After an exhaustive investigation into the tech nightmare author Ian Halperin endured on the opening of his new film, “His Highness Hollywood,” a representative from the National Arts Club, Greg Singer confirmed the film’s equipment was tampered with just prior to the opening of the movie.
Singer, the tech official on duty that evening for the NAC, had this to say about the circumstances which led to the final version film being scrapped after three failed attempts:
“It [the tampering] was a professional job. Someone tampered with the screen projection system. All the settings were changed and the laptop was inspected before the screening. There was a system check for viruses, and the computer came back 100% clean. When we investigated the laptop after the screening, there was a virus infecting the laptop. Someone was definitely out to sabotage the evening.”
I asked Ian how many people he invited to the premiere and he estimated about 30, including select members of the media. Ian said he was keeping the numbers small and exclusive out of concern for any possible attempts by groups targeted in the film, namely the Church of Scientology, from preventing the screening of the film.
As stated in Glosslip’s earlier post on the event, there were 200 people at the screening, with at least 70 turned away. Ian said he didn’t know how word got out, but was initially thrilled at the turn out. I did some checking on my own and saw on the NAC’s website the event listed on their calendar of events. So really, anyone in the public could have been privy to this information.
Prior to the book’s release Ian did some publicity for his projects, plus there are several excerpts of the film available on YouTube with Ian going in undercover at the ScientologyCelebrity Center in, and the most damaging part is Ian’s interviews with ex-Scientologist Michael Pattinson. Pattinson has attempted to sue the Church for damages related to spending close to $500,000 on auditing and spiritual training to cure him of his “homosexuality.
Scientologists believe “homosexuality” to be an aberration within humans. L. Ron Hubbard spoke specifically of it within his writings, especially in his popular book Dianetics.
“The sexual pervert (and by this term Dianetics, to be brief, includes any and all forms of deviation in Dynamic II [i.e. sexuality] such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sexual sadism, etc., and all down the catalog of Ellis and Krafft-Ebing) is actually quite ill physically… he is very far from culpable for his condition, but he is also far from normal and extremely dangerous to society…
On something called the “tone scale,” homosexuality is at the top of the undesirable chart at -40 -1.1, referred to as “total failure.”,
“At 1.1 on the tone scale we enter the area of the most vicious reversal of the second dynamic. Here we have promiscuity, perversion, sadism, and irregular practices.”
I give Hubbard credit for suggesting homosexuals weren’t completely “culpable” for their condition. In some ways that’s quite generous to most other religious opinions. But most religions don’t sue people for leaving, threaten and harass their critics, have special arrangements with the IRS, or tell their members who they can or can’t have in their lives.
Between my interview, Ian’s threatening phone calls, Defamer’s and Queerty’s publicizing the details and the general air of hostility between the Church of Scientology and the public, anything is possible.
We have no way of knowing who was involved, all that remains clear is someone did not want Ian’s film watched that evening.
[Editor’s note: correction made to tone scale rating on homosexuality]
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Nice work. Happen to know the name of the virust that came up in the scan?
Comment by Doctor — March 30, 2008 @ 1:13 am
fine reporting
thank you
visit http://www.enturbulation.org
prepare for april 12
Comment by LaNon — March 30, 2008 @ 2:34 am
Now that’s an Ahaa momment for sure. Good job as always D.
Comment by Mitsu Too — March 30, 2008 @ 7:22 am
D,
A small thing: homosexuals are NOT -40 on the Scientology Tone Scale. They are 1.1, a very big difference. Not that this means much to folks who haven’t been “in” or who haven’t studied the materials. I just think you will sound more credible if your facts are correct.
Also, you seem to be quite excited about these stories or in a very big rush to get them posted because there are more typos (or missing words) than usual.
Comment by anonymous — March 30, 2008 @ 8:12 am
Hey #4, how about you start your own site. I didn’t ask for your editorial comments. If the tone scale thing is wrong,I will fix it, but don’t speak to me about my editing skills.
And yeah, I am excited, the CoS is evil and there are only so many hours in the day to keep up with it.
I also doubt you are anonymous, but you are likely something that starts with an A.
My days of taking shit in comments from Scilons is OVER. I will start deleting off topic crap and anything I deem not acceptable.
Really, it won’t make me stop, but rather push harder. Now go find some family to disconnect.
Comment by D — March 30, 2008 @ 10:39 am
Actually, I’m not a scilon, nor am I OSA. I really am someone who wants you to succeed. I come to Glosslip for the news about the fight against $cn. I did not come here to hassle you. I want you to look good so that no one who IS interested in discrediting you, can. That’s all. Nothing more. I think the hard part is you can’t hear my tone of voice in the comment, so it can sound snide. It wasn’t meant to be.
Comment by anonymous — March 30, 2008 @ 11:12 am
If that were true, you would have emailed me privately like any of the number of Anons or critics who’ve noticed something wrong or inaccurate. Calling me sloppy (my word, your implication) in the comments section is EXACTLY the wrong way to approach me.
I am open to help, suggestions and criticism. I live with a professional editor, that’s not the issue. It’s the tone in which you posted.
I have been getting a slew of nastygrams by people claiming to be Anonymous. I have had to become much more guarded and that pisses me off as I really did begin this with an open mind.
If you were trying to be helpful, fine. Please send me an email in the future. Editors do such things in private.
Btw, I went through and re-edited it. I posted this at 1:30 in the am. Even I get worn out.
Comment by D — March 30, 2008 @ 11:21 am
To be fair though, not everyone knows the ettiquete of private messaging for such things. But I definitely understand in regards to the nastygrams you have been getting. To them, I say “losers”. You have been doing a valuable service for the critical movement.
On a side note, a Scilon would never publically confess to homosexuality being at 1.1 (along with covert hostililty) They like to claim “thats BS, we have gay Scientologists!” (Greg will pop in and do that from time to time)
Comment by maxwellsmart — March 30, 2008 @ 11:34 am
What’s with the scientology ads on Glosslip? Do you make money off of those? Can we run them up by clicking on them repeatedly?
Comment by memebot — March 30, 2008 @ 11:40 am
Memebot - They are coming in from google, if I recall. Scientology did that so they are harder to block
Comment by maxwellsmart — March 30, 2008 @ 11:42 am
Memebot - Unfortunately, clicking on them repeatedly is considered ‘clickfraud’
Comment by maxwellsmart — March 30, 2008 @ 11:43 am
To the heart of the article though, sure as heck sounds like sabotage to me!
Comment by maxwellsmart — March 30, 2008 @ 11:44 am
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (and women)
~Abraham Lincoln
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.
~Samuel Adams
April 12th is coming.
Comment by anonymous — March 30, 2008 @ 11:49 am
I love “GlossLip Exclusives”…I hate it when they’re like this, though.
Pass along my good wishes to Ian. He didn’t deserve this sort of thing to happen.
And don’t take certain comments too seriously. Some people just don’t know how to properly act in public.
Comment by k — March 30, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Anon <3s you Dawn, keep up good work
Comment by Terrie E. Olsen — March 30, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
Despicable. To think that I once supported this dangerous cult with my money. I now know what it is, a dangerous cult that destroys lives and free speech.
Comment by bgodley — March 30, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
Guys, what in the heck is this story about? Anon attacking epileptics? This HAS to be a misprint! http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy
Comment by Angie — March 30, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
The epilepsy thing is not really germane to the sabotage story. Still, I will address it to this extent:
Anonymous is less an organized group and more of a collective. There are no checks on who can claim anonymity–indeed, everyone can. This is a powerful shield against groups like the CoS, but it also has the downside of meaning that those who seek to use the shield for petty and selfish pursuits (like spamming a epilepsy messageboard with flashing pictures–not hacking, fyi) are able to do so without seeking approval from other parts of the group. Indeed, most anons found out about this the same way you did.
I can assure you with 100% certainty that the same grouping of “Anonymous” that organizes the protests and plans on enturbulation is NOT the same group that perpetrated this–if even a “subset” of anonymous was responisible. It could have very well been a false flag operation–no one knows for certain.
Comment by Rick A — March 30, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
You’re right Angie it’s a misprint. They forgot to mention the retards coming from the chans are not the same as the people protesting Scientology
Comment by bgodley — March 30, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
To the deleted commenter: We do not knowingly impersonate other people on GlossLip. It’s confusing to readers and rude to Dawn and myself.
You are welcome to resubmit your comment under a new name.
Comment by k — March 30, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
Angie’s an OSA plant. Not the ass that posted about the typos. He’s just an ass. Angie’s a plant.
There I said it.
Comment by huh — March 30, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
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