It is a sad comment on our culture when those who are placed on the communication channels of the world find it most important to rail against someone and dig up as much sensationlist garbage as they can.

Tom Cruise is known as a very personable, well intentioned and enthusiastic individual. I think we can all see the rather dubious accusation of Tom having a hard time meeting women.

These attacks on Tom Cruise are really veiled attacks on Scientology itself. He, as the most prominent of members, receives a littany of gossip, mockery, and accusation. Most individuals would crumble under such a heavy onslaught. I think it is a testimony to his character that he hasn't. This is one reason among others why most of Hollywood and those who know him rally to his side.

This situation would well serve to be an analogy to the fight between the more evil and base actions of our society and the more benevolent and less self serving.

Not all of us have banded together with the trickster and charlatan. We don't all believe what we hear on first encounter and some of us still have a nose for plain old horse puckey when we come across it.

One can only hope that one day those rumor-mongers such as that ex-Scientologist settle themselves out in life somehow or that our society becomes intolerant enough of these folks that we shake our heads and turn a cold shoulder to those inhabiting these gossip circles.