by Chris Hammondand Pere Fornes
SquareOne News
Over a hundred masked protestors gathered in Hunter Square, Edinburgh to rally against the alleged practices of The Church of Scientology yesterday.
The peaceful demonstration was arranged by Anonymous, an internet group set up to undertake what they describe as "a war on Scientology".
The group claim to be an organisation devoid of any organisational hierarchy and rely on the individual efforts of its members who use Facebook and Youtube groups to coordinate their protests.
SquareOne spoke to members of Anonymous at the Edinburgh protest who explained that they hoped to raise awareness of what they claim to be a catalogue of illegal and immoral practices perpetrated by the Church on its members and critics.
Protester Gas Mask Chan said: “If you are opposed to Scientology you can be lied to, harassed, followed, sued, discredited and have your property damaged."
On 10th February Anonymous held protests against Scientology in 93 major cities across the globe. The group has also harassed Scientology Churches with prank phone calls and blank faxes. Anonymous expects to stage more protests in the future.
The Church of Scientology denies the claims and responded to the worldwide protests in a statement which said: "Anonymous' claims of altruistic purposes are no different than those heard from any terrorist or hate group. We are not the first to be targeted. Using Scientology's prominence, Anonymous hopes to garner more attention. Religious bigotry of any nature is deplorable."
3 comments:
I was there yesterday and saw to guys coming out from the scientology site and taking pitures of the demonstrators.
anon, that was so that they could try to identify us so they could declare us 'fair game'. We wear the masks to protect ourselves from this.
Want to know more? google for "fair game policy".
Also look for "operation snow white".
Visit the operation clambake website at www.xenu.net.
We are anonymous.
We have awoken.
We stand as one.
Expect us.
In addition to my quote above I would like to add the following
We are not against Scientology as a religion. People are free to believe what the want.
However, we are against the "Church of Scientology", the corrupt, cultish part of this, and it is not afraid to kill to get what it wants
it is not run as a religion, but as a business. Religion should be free.
If you want to be a scientologist, we have no problems. Just look on the internet, the material is available there for free. Don't go through the "Church"
We want to help the members, they are not our enemies. The "Chruch" itself is our enemy.
If anyone is interested in protesting in Edinburgh, we can be found at http://www.edinburghlulz.net
Also
www.xenu.net
www.whyaretheydead.net
theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com
We are anonymous
We do not forgive
We do not forget
We are legion
We stand as one
And now, we are expected
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