Terryeo, you sound tired and a bit testy. Get some rest. You've been working 24/7 trying to hold the line for OSA. There's just too much stuff out there. You can't be everywhere. You're human, you know, and have physical needs.(sorry -- is that an insult to you? Hope not.) You gotta eat. Gotta sleep. Need some recreation, some downtime... it's normal. Have a glass of wine & kick back for a few, okay? You're grumpy.

It really is hard to have a tough skin. We've all had to put up with the occasional joke about our ethnic and religious groups, and it irritates us, too. They're not nice, but they're out there, and we all have to keep an even keel. People tease speaking generally, but individuals will be kind to other individuals and apologize if you nicely tell them they've hurt your feelings.

This is a tough time for you. I don't want to hurt your feelings, or Kirstie's, or anyone's. Look, that was a hurtful thing to say -- it implies that someone would WANT to keep all Scientologists away from them, and that's unkind. But the general public is a little annoyed, a little afraid, and a lot skeptical toward CoS.

CoS taught Tom Cruise a whole goofy kind of pseudo-language, gave him the impression that the group was about to conquer the world, made him into a posterboy. CoS hasn't been very nice to critics; why so paranoid? Ignore them! Now, the bill for that stuff has all come due. You get treated how you get treated, depending on how you come across to people, and there's not much anyone can do to combat group perception, you know? Golden rule, right?

It is what it is. Be nice. Sincerely tell us the whole truth of what you're about. If it's tolerant of NON-Scientologists, they'll be tolerant of you. Period. That's how it works!