Anonymous Protests the Church of Scientology
Posted By Jason DeFillippo On March 15, 2008 @ 6:17 pm In News, San Francisco | Comments Disabled
While most people were enjoying a pint at the parade or getting dressed for the Brides of March, hundreds of members of the group Anonymous [1] descended upon the Church of Scientology [2] headquarters in San Francisco to protest what they feel is a cult that has been given religious and tax exempt status. They also believe the CoS has committed many crimes including extortion and murder just to name a few. The protest loosely coincides with the birthday of church founder and science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard [3] which was on March 13th. The protest was very orderly and while multiple attempts were made to give brochures and pamphlets to the Scientologists entering and exiting by the side door, none took the material as long as I was there. It was by far the best protest I’ve been to in a very long time for the entertainment factor alone. I mean how often do you get to see Cthulu in a party hat?
Since some people couldn’t make it out I’m including a list of further reading materials I received from some of the protestors.
www.enturbulation.org [4]
www.xenu.net [5]
www.xenu-directory.net [6]
www.whyaretheydead.net [7]
www.youfoundthecard.com [8]
Operation Freakout [9]
Operation Snow White [10]
Fair Game Policy [11]
Lisa McPherson [12]
Scientology and Me [13]
I swear to whatever deity I need to though if I never hear Rick Astley [14] again it will be too soon…
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URLs in this post:
[1] Anonymous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
[2] Church of Scientology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology
[3] L. Ron Hubbard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Ron_Hubbard
[4] www.enturbulation.org: http://www.enturbulation.org
[5] www.xenu.net: http://www.xenu.net
[6] www.xenu-directory.net: http://www.xenu-directory.net
[7] www.whyaretheydead.net: http://www.whyaretheydead.net
[8] www.youfoundthecard.com: http://www.youfoundthecard.com
[9] Operation Freakout: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout
[10] Operation Snow White: http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_snow_white
[11] Fair Game Policy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology)
[12] Lisa McPherson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_McPherson
[13] Scientology and Me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_Me
[14] Rick Astley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll
[15] All of my photos of the protest can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/jasondefillippo/sets/72157604128893769/
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