Bumm.sk reports that this past week, the mayor of ethnic-Hngarian-majority Slovakian city  Dunaszerdahely sent six of his bureaucrats chosen for a new office to a communications training in Budapest. But the provider turned out to be the "Hubbard College Academy", and the six were treated like dirt, and blackmailed to stay and do silly things like staying without motion for hours (all in accordance with Hubbard's teachings). After three days, they rebelled and left for home, and had a serious talk with the mayor. (The mayor says sorry, claims he knew nothing of the Scientology background, which was proposed by his campaign manager.)

Providing various innocuous-sounding courses to people unaware of the sect connection is one of their less well known methods. And I wonder how many people have been forced into it by bosses. (I was aware of the courses in Budapest from their advertisements, but this is the first story I read.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}