HCOB: Jokers and Degraders

HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO BULLETIN OF 5 FEBRUARY 1977
(Also published as HCO PL, same date.)
Remimeo
EDs. COs
HESes. S/Cs
HCOs
HASes
Sec Checkers C/S Series 100
Case Supervisors
Staff Section Officers
JOKERS AND DEGRADERS
It is an old principle that people who do not understand something occasionally
make fun of it.
A recent investigation however into the backgrounds and case condition of a small
handful of people who were joking about their posts and those around them showed a
somewhat more sinister scene.
Each of these persons fell into one or more of the following categories:
1. Were rock slammers. (Some List 1.)
2. Were institutional type cases.
3. Were “NCG” (meaning no case gain) (the only cause of which is continuous
present time overts).
4. Were severely PTS (Potential Trouble Source) (connected to rock
slammers).
It might be supposed that misunderstood word phenomena could also be part of
this. The rebellious student in universities is usually handled by clearing up his misunderstoods
or curing his hopelessness for his future. However, the investigation did
not find that any of these jokers or degraders were acting that way solely because of
misunderstood words, but the possibility cannot be ruled out.
The four categories above were, however, fully verified.
All the persons investigated were found to be the subject of declining statistics,
both having them and causing them. Their areas were enturbulated. At least one of the
jokers was physically driving basic course students out of an org.
In some cultural areas, wit and humor are looked upon as a healthy release.
However, in the case of orgs, this was not found to be the case. Intentional destruction
of the org or fellow staff members was the direct purpose.
Therefore all executives, HCO personnel and Case Supervisors as well as Qual
personnel and Staff Section Officers have a valuable indicator. Where they have a joker
or degrader on their hands they also have one or more of the above four conditions in
that person.
This opens the door to handling such people.
Properly assigned and then fully done conditions are the correct ethics handlings.
Correctly done Expanded Dianetics, which includes Confessionals and fully done
PTS handlings are the case remedies.
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Where ethics tech itself is not known or neglected and where there are no HCOs
one can, of course, not expect the matter to be handled. And this would be too bad
because the case gain and life improvement available in proper ethics handlings, when
fully followed through, can be quite miraculous.
Where rock slammers have been undermining the tech and it is not fully known or
used or is altered into unworkability one cannot expect Confessionals to be properly
done or Expanded Dianetics to be known and properly applied.
The joker is advertising his symptoms. He is also advertising an area of the org
where there is enturbulation and down statistics as well as staff members being victimized.
Therefore this is an administrative and technical indicator which cannot be
overlooked and should be followed up.
Spotted, investigated and handled, this can be the beginning of an upward spiral
for an organization.
Where someone is driving ethics out, tech is not likely to go in. You have to get in
ethics and tech before you can begin to get in admin.
The next time you, as an executive, wonder why you are working so hard, look
for the joker in the deck.
Humor is one thing. Destroyed orgs and human beings are quite something else.
It is our business to get the show on the road and get the job done.
L. RON HUBBARD
Founder
LRH: If
Copyright © 1977
by L. Ron Hubbard
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
292HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICESaint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, SussexHCO BULLETIN OF 5 FEBRUARY 1977(Also published as HCO PL, same date.)RemimeoEDs. COsHESes. S/CsHCOsHASes

Sec Checkers C/S Series 100

Case Supervisors

Staff Section Officers

JOKERS AND DEGRADERS

It is an old principle that people who do not understand something occasionally

make fun of it.

A recent investigation however into the backgrounds and case condition of a small

handful of people who were joking about their posts and those around them showed a

somewhat more sinister scene.

Each of these persons fell into one or more of the following categories:

1. Were rock slammers. (Some List 1.)

2. Were institutional type cases.

3. Were “NCG” (meaning no case gain) (the only cause of which is continuous

present time overts).

4. Were severely PTS (Potential Trouble Source) (connected to rock

slammers).

It might be supposed that misunderstood word phenomena could also be part of

this. The rebellious student in universities is usually handled by clearing up his misunderstoods

or curing his hopelessness for his future. However, the investigation did

not find that any of these jokers or degraders were acting that way solely because of

misunderstood words, but the possibility cannot be ruled out.

The four categories above were, however, fully verified.

All the persons investigated were found to be the subject of declining statistics,

both having them and causing them. Their areas were enturbulated. At least one of the

jokers was physically driving basic course students out of an org.

In some cultural areas, wit and humor are looked upon as a healthy release.

However, in the case of orgs, this was not found to be the case. Intentional destruction

of the org or fellow staff members was the direct purpose.

Therefore all executives, HCO personnel and Case Supervisors as well as Qual

personnel and Staff Section Officers have a valuable indicator. Where they have a joker

or degrader on their hands they also have one or more of the above four conditions in

that person.

This opens the door to handling such people.

Properly assigned and then fully done conditions are the correct ethics handlings.

Correctly done Expanded Dianetics, which includes Confessionals and fully done

PTS handlings are the case remedies.

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Where ethics tech itself is not known or neglected and where there are no HCOs

one can, of course, not expect the matter to be handled. And this would be too bad

because the case gain and life improvement available in proper ethics handlings, when

fully followed through, can be quite miraculous.

Where rock slammers have been undermining the tech and it is not fully known or

used or is altered into unworkability one cannot expect Confessionals to be properly

done or Expanded Dianetics to be known and properly applied.

The joker is advertising his symptoms. He is also advertising an area of the org

where there is enturbulation and down statistics as well as staff members being victimized.

Therefore this is an administrative and technical indicator which cannot be

overlooked and should be followed up.

Spotted, investigated and handled, this can be the beginning of an upward spiral

for an organization.

Where someone is driving ethics out, tech is not likely to go in. You have to get in

ethics and tech before you can begin to get in admin.

The next time you, as an executive, wonder why you are working so hard, look

for the joker in the deck.

Humor is one thing. Destroyed orgs and human beings are quite something else.

It is our business to get the show on the road and get the job done.

L. RON HUBBARD

Founder

LRH: If

Copyright © 1977

by L. Ron Hubbard

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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