Anonymous protests the "Church" of Scientology 02-10-08

[Rip The Jacker]

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[manker]

:lol:

http://laist.com/attachments/la_andy/xenu1.jpg

[ajsi]

lolz

[Swift]

ahahaha very COOL

[backlash]

hehe nice.

[100%]

It seems this "anonymous" (you) have managed to get people to act.
Hence "times" was right "you" are the person of the year.
Level one accomplished.
Abstract intolerance.

Level 2 is? React against all that is wrong.
individual want?

[Biggles]

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Shurely not :unsure:

Nobody could be so lame as wave writs at a post on FST ....could they? :dabs:

[MediaSlayer]

already been posted, rip.

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-lounge-10/t-do-you-want-see-some-shit-273974/page2

btw, another protest has been confirmed next month on lrh's birthday.

[Rip The Jacker]

already been posted, rip.

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-lounge-10/t-do-you-want-see-some-shit-273974/page2

btw, another protest has been confirmed next month on lrh's birthday.
Looks like you beat me to it. :p

For once, I'm proud of something an internet group is doing...

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So another protest date has already been set huh?

[Skiz]

I must have missed something... What's this all about?


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[Alien5]

THOUSANDS of internet users using the moniker "Anonymous" protested outside Church of Scientology buildings across the US and Europe today after protests in Australia yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/22kx2y
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The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress:


You have to watch this video. It shows Tom Cruise, with all the wide-eyed fervor that he brings to the promotion of a movie, making the argument for Scientology, the bizarre 20th-century religion. Making the argument is an understatement. The Hollywood actor, star of movies such as Mission Impossible, is a complete fanatic. "When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you're the only one who can really help... We are the way to happiness. We can bring peace and unite cultures." There's much much more. Let me put it this way: if Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch was an 8 on the scale of scary, this is a 10.

http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress

[MediaSlayer]

no worries, rip.

i reckon everyone thought that thread i started was more about the microsoft thing than the scientology thing. wrong. i know that leah remini letter is long, so i'll sum it up-

she rambles incoherently, her speech littered with scientology lingo, about some fellow scientologists not showing up for some lame party/event she threw. her attempt to be condescending was eclipsed by the inevitable "WTF?" that occurs when reading it.

we americans are not used to seeing her like that, she's not a huge star like Tom Cruise but plenty of people here have seen her show "King of Queens". it's quite a normal show, and her character is not weird or mental at all.

Overall, this shit is scary and getting way scarier.

[Rip The Jacker]

I must have missed something... What's this all about?


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It's a long story. All the information is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology

But if you want the short version, here:
1. Scientology is nothing more than a dangerous cult, where you have to pay thousands of dollars to participate. There have been a bunch of deaths due to Scientology, most famous one is the death of Lisa McPherson.

2. A video produced by the Church of Scientology featuring an interview with Tom Cruise was leaked to the Internet and uploaded to YouTube. During the video, Tom Cruise talks like some idiot about how great Scientology is. How Scientologists are the only people who can help after a car accident, and that Scientologists are the authority on getting addicts off drugs. He just runs his mouth over and over.

3. The Church of Scientology makes YouTube remove the video. The video had by then been uploaded to a million websites, and almost every one you would click on would say the same thing, "video removed." I think Gawker.com still has the video, the church told them to remove it, but Gawker told them to fuck off.

4. Basically, Scientology will sue/destroy/get rid of anyone who badmouths it. It's like they are censoring the internet.

5. A group of online hackers was formed, called Anonymous. They declared war on the Church of Scientology. They started DDoSing all their websites, and took them all down.

6. Anonymous posted a bunch of statements, uploading videos all over Youtube and Digg and everywhere else.

7. The next step began, actual real life protests. A shitload of people all wearing masks protest outside the church in a bunch of different cities.

Basically, its the war...

Anonymous vs Church of Scientology.

[Skiz]

I know about scientology, but hadn't even given enough of a shit to watch the Cruise video.

Watching it right now though, and.... :scary:

The article put it nicely: "Let me put it this way: if Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch was an 8 on the scale of scary, this is a 10."

[Rip The Jacker]

Yeah, it is scary. He's obsessed. It's like he's been brainwashed or something.

[chalice]

It's no surprise that Cruise vid was suppressed for so long, like.

He comes off as a fucking loony.

Which is nice.

[chalice]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?

[Rip The Jacker]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?
Lack of compassion for its members, arrogance, attack on free speech, harassment of its critics, lack of concern for families, neglect and abuse of children, censorship of the internet, etc.

Let's try and avoid argument though, kthx.

[Barbarossa]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?
Lack of compassion for its members, arrogance, attack on free speech, harassment of its critics, lack of concern for families, neglect and abuse of children, censorship of the internet, etc.

Let's try and avoid argument though, kthx.

so...... different to other religions, how? :blink:

[Alien5]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fYBTlI1-fHg&feature=related

[4play]

Lack of compassion for its members, arrogance, attack on free speech, harassment of its critics, lack of concern for families, neglect and abuse of children, censorship of the internet, etc.

Let's try and avoid argument though, kthx.

so...... different to other religions, how? :blink:

censorship of the internet is whats really pissed these people off.

Its probably also a good way to attack all religions by starting with one that actually is rather shady.

[Barbarossa]

Oh don't get me wrong, I hate the cunts, but I worry that singling them out will give them validity.

[chalice]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?
Lack of compassion for its members, arrogance, attack on free speech, harassment of its critics, lack of concern for families, neglect and abuse of children, censorship of the internet, etc.

Let's try and avoid argument though, kthx.
The same could be said for any person in a state of conversion, more poignantly, in those who have converted from a traditionally imposed faith. I know when I declared my atheism, my mother was rocked to the core, having felt herself as having failed in some respect. She had no chance of intervention as atheism is not yet delineated as a cult.

[Rip The Jacker]

Fine, all religions are the same.

Scientology is just a bit more extreme. The thing that really pissed off Anonymous was them trying to censor the internet.

[clocker]

Scientology has certainly been more aggressive about pursuing legal recourse to what they perceive as slander than most other "religions".
Being quite well funded as well as relatively tech savvy (did the Catholic Church even know what YouTube was till recently?) they have been quite active of late...no idea why.

[chalice]

Scientology has certainly been more aggressive about pursuing legal recourse to what they perceive as slander than most other "religions".
Being quite well funded as well as relatively tech savvy (did the Catholic Church even know what YouTube was till recently?) they have been quite active of late...no idea why.

Surely, all that means is that the CC are somewhat remedial in its' means to its' ends.

Edit:

Not to mention lack of film moguls.

[Alien5]

Scientology has certainly been more aggressive about pursuing legal recourse to what they perceive as slander than most other "religions".
Being quite well funded as well as relatively tech savvy (did the Catholic Church even know what YouTube was till recently?) they have been quite active of late...no idea why.

Apparently theres a new book out: Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by andrew morten. read the the articles about tom cruise here and you'll understand why: http://gawker.com/tag/tom-cruise/

[Mr JP Fugley]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?

Allowing Irishmen the opportunity to make ironic posts which the hard of thinking will rise to with a surprising degree of sycophantic vigour.

[Something Else]

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/05secret_scientologist_xenu_story21.jpg

[chalice]

Just for the purposes of this thread and for the sake of argument...

What is Scientology, as an established religion, doing that other religions haven't done in the past or are continuing to do as we speak?

Allowing Irishmen the opportunity to make ironic posts which the hard of thinking will rise to with a surprising degree of sycophantic vigour.

:lol:

[Rip The Jacker]

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/05secret_scientologist_xenu_story21.jpg
Damn I just looked through YouTube for a clip from the Scientology episode of South Park. That was one of the most hilarious episodes I have seen. Sadly, nothing on YouTube.

Surprise surprise!

[Rip The Jacker]

The Unfunny Truth About Scientology:
http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ (Warning: Some disturbing images)

[Something Else]

Try http://youtube.infamousx.com/

[Hairbautt]

Is this the same "anonymous" group that stole that old lady's identity, posted gay pics on some guy's myspace (which led to his g/f to break up with him) and leave creepy voicemessages on peoples' phones (things like rape, throat slitting n' stuff)?

[chalice]

Here's that South Park Episode which explains what Scientology actually believes...

http://www.56.com/u80/v_MTM5MjUyNzc.html

And here's the one after Isaac Hayes left citing the show's treatment of religion as his reason for going. South Park at it's brutal best, imo. They took soundbites from previous shows and made Chef into a paedophile. Genius.

http://www.56.com/u42/v_MTQ1NTE3MTE.html

[manker]

Is this the same "anonymous" group that stole that old lady's identity, posted gay pics on some guy's myspace (which led to his g/f to break up with him) and leave creepy voicemessages on peoples' phones (things like rape, throat slitting n' stuff)?
'Anonymous' is from 4chan where they don't have usernames. It's like a running joke that everyone who posts is called 'anonymous', like as if one person chose the 'anonymous' handle and is making all the posts.

Sorry if I got too involved with the technical aspect there.

So, yeah, it's the same 'anonymous' moniker from the same origin but most likely totally different people behind it, 'cos 4chan is pretty busy, like.

[dnero73]

wow thats the greatest performance i have ever seen Tom Cruise do he´s like Jerry Maguire on PCP

[Biggles]

Is this the same "anonymous" group that stole that old lady's identity, posted gay pics on some guy's myspace (which led to his g/f to break up with him) and leave creepy voicemessages on peoples' phones (things like rape, throat slitting n' stuff)?

SGG has told me about some of this as she is a bit of Chanite and as far as I know the g/f breakup thing was not as he protrayed it on the TV. The chan side of the story is that the g/f dumped him and he went on to one of the chans (I think there is more than just 4chan) and wanted them to blitz her computer but they thought it was funnier to do his instead.

That said the chans consist mainly of thousands of teens and obviously they are not (at least not primarily) a Christian Youth Fellowship. :unsure: In fact I suspect some of them are quite naughty.

On the plus side they do take the piss out of Habbo Hotel and that extreme white power radio show host Hal Turner plus the "brb got to go church" chap was arrested - I think.

[Hairbautt]

Ah, thanks to both of you's for clearing that up.

[Biggles]

Ah, thanks to both of you's for clearing that up.

Do I detect the teeniest smidgen of sarcasm there :dry:

[Hairbautt]

No, not at all. :unsure: That was really helpful 'cause I really didn't know the full story.

you bastard. /mellow

[Biggles]

No, not at all. :unsure: That was really helpful 'cause I really didn't know the full story.

you bastard. /mellow

:lol:

Sometimes it is hard to tell on here like. :yup:

[kondrae]

Scientology is a joke. The South Park episode pretty much sums it up.
I did a speech on Scientology and showed that clip to the class. I got an A :)

[Snee]

In all fairness, I'm guessing most of the other kids in your class just went with fingerpaintings and whatnot.

I bet you really raised the bar at your kindergarten, like :smilie4:

[thebazzla]

ouch

[chalice]

Evil Snee Rides Out.