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[shoebox]

Is this load of old bollocks still being discussed?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I think it needs to be clarified, the original claim wasn't that the organisers were Scientologists, it was that Scientology was helping to finance the festival and write off its losses, which is very different. I'm sure most of the objecters and people concerned with the original claim were only concerned on the basis that C.O.S was being involved in the finance of the festival and understand there's no reason to worry now it's been clarified that C.O.S has no involvement itself.

[Sipperana]

airwaves, on 03 February 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

Every year I've been - 4 ? 5? years - they have had an homeopathy van which I believe to be a load of un-scientific tosh. Does that mean I don't want to go just because of their presence there, or because it potentially shows that the organiisers believe in it? Not at all - each to their own beliefs, so long as 'signing up' is not a requuirement for attendance!!

They've also had Ben Goldacre there, which shows they're happy to have varied and conflicting viewpoints represented at their festival.  No suggestion of any agenda for me.