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January 16, 2008

Nick Denton butts heads with the Church of Scientology

Male Jim Treacher | Category: Media
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And if you've ever seen the size of Denton's head, you know they're in trouble! Gawker and Defamer are among the few places that haven't been taking down the amazingly crazy Tom Cruise videos ("If you're in a car accident and there aren't any Scientologists around, nobody can save you") as soon as somebody puts them up. So now some Scientology lawyer has asked him to take down the videos for copyright infringement, and here was Gawker Media's reply:

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So, to date, Nick Denton has given me three things to be thankful for: 1) That I don't work for him, 2) That he's not my employer, and 3) That he's standing up to these creepy, underhanded cult thugs. Well done, Nick. On all three.

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Good for Nick.


That is one crazy little guy.

Comment by Tman on January 16, 2008 10:59 PM

What was up with the part near the end of the video where he says that anyone who won't "participate" is going to be taken out of the "arena"? Sounds vaguely threatening. I guess we really can't handle the truth.

Comment by pete on January 17, 2008 7:11 AM

Yeah, never to go to a ball game with Tom Cruise!

Comment by Treacher on January 17, 2008 8:04 AM