From: anon-1280@twwells.com (MelancholyChild)
Newsgroups: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
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Date: 30 Dec 92 06:15:34 GMT
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This cheered me up, so I thought I'd pass it along.


Warning, religious cultists bashing ahead...

In the "No Matter How Bad Things Seem, There's Always Someone Weirder
Than You Are" department:

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Manila, Philippines (AP)

"Religious cultists convinced that flat tires are the key to
salvation deflated tires on scores of buses and cars Monday,
paralyzing traffic throughout Manila. Police arrested 32 people.

Terrified motorists abandoned their vehicles and fled for cover
as police chased the cultists, who swarmed through stalled traffic
deflating more tires.  Other cultists flagged down buses and let
the air out before drivers could stop them.

The orchestrated mass deflating began during the evening rush hour
and created massive traffic jams.  Hours later, traffic still was
at a standstill on major thoroughfares.

It was unclear what purpose the cultists thought was served by the
bizarre strategy.  When pressed for an explanation, they said only
that cult leader Alelio Bernaldez Pen told them it was God's will.

"This is God's order to let out air," said Honora Dimagila, 44, who
was arrested Monday.  "Air is from God.  This is the solution to the 
crisis in our country."

Police said the cultists would be charged with malicious mischief, a
misdemeanor.  Officers seized placards with biblical passages,
seemingly chosen at ramdom.

Handbills distributed by the cult, called The Reserved Manpower Of
The Good Wisdom For All Nations, said deflating tires is "God's way
of stopping bad deeds."

The handbills promised a new era of equality and social justice,
including a daily wage of $30 for everyone.  Annual per capita
income in the Philippines is about $750.

Passenger jeep drivers said the cultists rented several jeeps, which
carry about 15 passengers apiece, and fanned out across Manila.  At
their destinations, they ordered the drivers to get out, then let out 
the air from the jeeps' tires and ran about attacking other cars,
buses and trucks.

Cultists struck along major traffic arteries to northern Luzon,
southeastern Luzon, suburban Kalookan and Manila's Santa Mesa
District, near the presidential palace.

The Department of Transport said tires of at least 40 buses were
deflated along the North Expressway alone.  The highway is the major
traffic artery linking Manila with northern Luzon.

Pen, the cult leader recently has bought two hours of commercial
radio time during which followers said he called for the mass
deflating."

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Kinda sad, actually...

MelancholyChild



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