That is pretty creepy, but before we start wondering whether we were all brainwashed by COH or if we need to stop listening to their records,

First, isn't it possible that COH just heard those phrases somewhere and thought they sounded cool and put them in a song? I mean, I like SP/COH as much as anyone, but most of those lyrics don't cry out to be taken seriously ("Let's kill the MUNI driver," "I got herpes").

Second, most of us are rightfully suspicious of Scientology now, but then (whenever "then" is), we were all attracted to movements and philosophies that weren't mainstream or for whatever reason pissed off whoever our authority figures were. Most of the people I knew thought out-there/alternative political and spiritual subcultures (and their spokespeople)were interesting (the occult, Crowley, dada, Ayn Rand, Manson, Synanon, Anton LaVey, Krishna, TM, anarchy, Nazis, situationism, etc. etc.). I mean, if punk had a motto, it was, "We love things other people hate."