underzealous

So apparently there's a big controversy over having Tom Cruise as the host of the Nobel Peace Prize concert (along with Oprah) because he's a scientologist. Scientologists generally try to prevent any sort of release of their religious materials, so we have no idea what they stand for, but this quote by a Scientology rep makes me think that the Nazis probably thought they were doing the same thing as scientologists think they're doing, so it's not really a good defense:

Cruise’s rep didn’t return The Scoop’s calls for comment, but a rep for the Church of Scientology defended the religion and attacked its critics, telling Expressen “I usually say: ‘Would you support an organization that works for a peaceful world and a world without drugs?’ You can wonder what Andreas Heldal-Lund’s goals are in his life, is it to persecute other religions? He works against an organization that definitely will improve the world and that works for human rights.”

Just to add some fodder here, I don't think they should have picked Tom Cruise, or even Oprah for that matter. How about Billy Crystal? Or even better, Jon Stewart?