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evidence, that what was warranted was an injunction for a
period of six months and no more. An extension of the time
frame is obviously a modification of the injunction. They
have utterly failed to present any evidence in support of
that.
 
And I realize that I tread on shaky ground,
which is probably all right because, Judge, I’m from up
near the Okefenokee, and I think you know that that means
shaking ground.
 
If the fact is that Mr. Howd wants an
injunction that protects Scientologists at large as they go
about their business, the place that he needs to look is to
some legislative body, not to the Court.
 
You are being asked more clearly than I could
ever have imagined to engage in judicial legislation, to
simply state, here are the laws for walking the streets of
Clearwater: If you know Bob Minton, if you’re affiliated
with the Lisa McPherson Trust or if you just don’t like
Scientology, here are the rules.
 
Mr. Howie said that this thing has taken on a
life of its own. Your Honor, I suggest that there is a
more apt metaphor, and that is that this thing has
metastasized because you began with a situation where one
man claimed that another man gave him a poke in the eye and
so there was an injunction. We ended up, then, with an

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