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- Tarkaan, on 02/10/2008, -13/+190I couldn't help but comment one more time on today's activities.
I'm just a guy with a regular job. There is nothing special about me. I drive a modest, old car. I make friends with police officers. I pet strange dogs and soccer moms let me.
Today I feel a little strange now, a little different. I don't know what the feeling is. I got out my special Be Wary t-shirt, and I'm heading to Clearwater for the demonstration (to get my fair share of abuse). I'm packing extra smokes for all the Non-Smokers. Keys, wallet, cellphone.
I scouted the site on Friday. I even know where to park. I'm leaving my sunglasses and baseball hat at home. Sandcastle already has my photo on file. Still though, I'm charged, it's electric. I'm going to do what the cop in Clearwater told me to do. I'm going to stand up and speak about what I believe in, because that's what America is about.
And while I hate this war, there are soldiers out there who fought and died for our right as Americans to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and free exercise thereof, freedom to peaceably assemble, freedom of the press, and the right to approach the government when we believe we've been wronged.
Today, I imagine a lot of Anonymous Americans are going to go fight this private little war we've been drafted into. I'm one of many. I've got my cellphone, my identification, my special 10 February demonstration T-shirt, my car keys, belt, and a couple of Excedrin, because I plan to sit awful close to that megaphone.
And like thousands of other soldiers on thousands of other battlefields, I wait for the dawn. - wrzhydr, on 02/10/2008, -8/+109Today's the day! Go Anon!
- crypulse, on 02/10/2008, -12/+102Digg if you hate Scientology. Honk if you support anon.
- diggitny, on 02/10/2008, -13/+77Major diggs before the diggtologists try to make it disappear.
Watch Scientologists "handle" an SP (suppressive person) who shows up to their party. "What are your crimes? Murder, perhaps!" Great stuff: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pPol_m8wm8Y - Daunting, on 02/10/2008, -7/+68Be wary of the tenth of February!
- mraustin1337, on 02/10/2008, -6/+52Ladies and gentlemen of the public and the press,
Today, working in concert with concerned citizens from all over the world, Anonymous has staged a large number of simultaneous public demonstrations at Church of Scientology centers around the globe. Now that we have made evident the sincerity of our intentions and the strength of our dedication, we would like to take this opportunity to clarify our objectives to the press and to the public. There have been a number of myths and misconceptions surrounding the nature of our means and intentions. Among these is the idea that our declaration of war is to be interpreted as a threat of physical harm against individuals affiliated with the Church of Scientology.
Allegations that Anonymous wishes to physically harm any human being as a part of our campaign against the cult of Scientology are patently untrue. As stated in one of our productions, the intention of Anonymous is to 'systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form'. Our struggle is directed against the toxic ideals and behavior of the corrupt, violent, and abusive leadership of the Church of Scientology, not against the lives of those who have become entangled with it. Know this: though we oppose all that they stand for, even the highest officers of this cult will not be harmed physically by Anonymous. Our battle is one of ideas. As we speak, it is being fought and won in the hearts and minds of the worlds honest citizenry and their leaders. The ideological nature of our struggle brings us to another common misconception regarding the objectives of Anonymous in this campaign.
Although many of us are put off by L. Ron Hubbard's religious doctrine, we do not oppose the right of individuals to follow beliefs of their choice. As set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion". Anonymous, as a whole, honors the spirit of this declaration. We fight against the atrocities - not the beliefs - of the brainwashing cult known as the Church of Scientology. The acts of defamation, intimidation and murder perpetrated by this criminal organization galvanize our resolve to fight against it. Our righteous indignation is directed against the hypocrisy of this institution, not against the faith of its members. As an illustrative example of our stance, we would like to draw your attention toward a group of individuals who practice L. Ron Hubbard's teachings, but have disaffiliated themselves from the Church of Scientology. They are known as the Freezone. Anonymous bears no animosity toward an organization such as this one.
Many of you may wonder how Anonymous plans on launching into the task of dissolving the Church of Scientology. As a fundamentalist, totalitarian organization that seeks control of information and manipulation through fear, the Church of Scientology possesses inherent flaws. Anonymous is studying these flaws, and has made them the basis of a long-term strategy.
Our first major objective is the revocation of this cult's tax-exempt status wherever it has managed to obtain one. Indeed, the privileges awarded to the Church of Scientology under US law are significantly more generous than those enjoyed by major religions. As set out by the appellants in Sklar v. Commissioner, training offered through the Church of Scientology is tax deductible, while that obtained through legitimate religious institutions is not. The status of the Church of Scientology as a tax exempt religion is an affront to honest religious organizations. However, its special status with the US IRS which places it above and beyond other religions is not merely an affront, but a slap in the face.
Other objectives set out by Anonymous at the present time include - but are not limited to - exposing the criminal practices of the Church to public scrutiny, neutralization of its fraudulently obtained assets and corresponding operations, the liberation of members coerced and blackmailed to work for the Church in illegitimate ways, declaration of the Church and its shell corporations as prohibited criminal organizations and the criminal prosecution of the persons responsible for particularly heinous acts performed in the name of this Church.
Throughout our struggle, we maintain the following thesis: that the Church of Scientology was founded for purposes incompatible with a society holding dear a respect for human rights and the rule of law. These nefarious purposes can only be achieved through criminal enterprise, and remain objectives of the Church to this day. We further maintain that this criminal enterprise is operated by its leaders knowingly and willingly, and that the true extent and tone of the Church's activity is outrageous and sickening. These statements are not contrived, but based on conclusions derived from extensive study of Church history. Our sources include its own documents, the testimonies of its victims, the words of those who have escaped it and educational materials that the Church would keep secret for fear of exposure. We therefore consider the Church of Scientology a despicable criminal organization which, through the indoctrination of its members, predation upon those in need, the dissemination of lies regarding its nature, by way of sadistic retaliatory practices against its critics and through its cynical abuse of civil liberties has forfeit any right it had to exist.
On several occasions, figures within the media have casually dismissed Anonymous as nothing more than a gaggle of restless youth. We remain entirely undeterred by their remarks. Virtually all age groups, creeds and professions are represented within our ranks. Many who are not affiliated with Anonymous have expressed support for our campaign. Their words serve to further underscore the broad demographic base of our initiative. If you remain doubtful of our strength and resolve, we invite you to observe them for yourselves.
Actions speak louder than words. In the name of those who have been silenced by the criminal organization that is the Church of Scientology, Anonymous will be heard. Our cause is just. We shall prevail.
We are Anonymous.
We have Awoken.
We stand as One. - Mariasha, on 02/10/2008, -10/+56***** SCIENTOLOGY!
- Guilderen, on 02/10/2008, -6/+44Gotta love the "Requiem for a Dream" music in the background. Possibly the best suited music for the situation.
- sl9sl9, on 02/10/2008, -3/+37LIVE FEED video from the London, UK raid! http://www.qik.com/video/18515
Someone has a banner saying "Longcat is loooooooooooooong" rofl - BloodWenis, on 02/10/2008, -4/+33The generated voice was too realistic. I really wanted an 8 minute press release with the Speak and Spell.
- TZARBOMBA, on 02/10/2008, -10/+33digg digg digg, spread this!
- Connormac44, on 02/10/2008, -0/+22Very poetic.
- Archcoder, on 02/10/2008, -4/+23It's that kind of mentality that allows the juggernauts to walk all over everyone.
- wolfiejr, on 02/10/2008, -9/+28As much as I hate seeing these on diggs front page everyday I hate CoS even more so why not digg!
- killerknives, on 02/10/2008, -1/+20Bring your favorite mask
- 4ndr3wk, on 02/10/2008, -1/+19Child porn rings and human traffickers have police to take those down, whether they are doing a good job is up to you to decide. but scientology is running above the law as you could say, tax exemption and sueing whoever is against them. theres a large difference.
- rationalist, on 02/10/2008, -1/+18This simply points out the flaw in providing privileged legal status for religions. It makes it attractive for purely criminal enterprises such as Scientology to seek protection by cloaking themselves in the mantle of religion. Not only does the designation of religion grant tax privileges, it also prevents auditing of financial statements.
Furthermore, Scientology enjoys additional advantages in the US not available to other religions - a clear violation of the Constitution of the Unites States of America.
No one is trying to control beliefs - at issue are actions - illegal, violent, unconscionable actions by, and/or sanctioned by, the leaders of Scientology.
When Catholic priest abuse young children, they are subject to the full force of our secular legal system. No one pretends that this is an "attack on the Church" - on the contrary, it strengthens the Church by helping to weed out those who abuse its privileges.
Many leaders of Scientology have active warrants for their arrest issued by various democracies around the world under due process of law, for fraud, tax evasion, stalking, theft and even murder. In the United States, Scientology has been found guilty of breaking into IRS offices,stealing documents and attempting to alter official records.
Scientology is not a religion. Scientology is a violent criminal enterprise masquerading as a religion.
As such, Scientology is an affront to all religions, and its activities endanger the privileged legal status of all religions, by fostering hostility and anger which taints all religions by association.
Scientology should not benefit from legal status as a religion in the United States, and should not enjoy any tax benefits - not even those granted to secular nonprofits, because an audit of Scientology's finances (which its religious status prevents) would reveal its true nature as a corporatist fraud.
Your argument - carefully taught to Scientologists - is a fraudulent one, meant to appeal to emotion and cloud critical thought. - trialwords, on 02/10/2008, -6/+22I don't know what it is about all the anonymous videos, but I swear, every single one of them gives me the chills. I think what they are doing is definitely bold and, going out on a limb here, somewhat progressive. I like it.
- inactive, on 02/10/2008, -1/+16300+! Go Britfags!
- Audacitor, on 02/10/2008, -0/+15It is. I note that they used the Alex voice from OS X 10.5. I wondering when it would get put to good use.
- Phnx, on 02/10/2008, -8/+20Ok, the volume is much better on this one, good job doc.
- Absinthminded64, on 02/10/2008, -2/+14Ding fries are done!
- inactive, on 02/10/2008, -15/+26We are winning, epicly.
- Enfecktion, on 02/10/2008, -4/+15you're a bad man tom cruise.
- ZenMojo, on 02/10/2008, -1/+11They're not against Scientology, they're against the CHURCH, which is a consolidated power structure built on lies, misinformation, and other criminal acts, kidnapping and brainwashing included.
- rento, on 02/10/2008, -5/+15We are Anonymous.
We have Awoken.
We stand as One. - inactive, on 02/10/2008, -2/+11dugg, rock on Anon and all who are Anon by helping Anon... and stuff...
:D - inactive, on 02/10/2008, -1/+10I think the dude was using the Alex voice on Leopard.
- Autrix, on 02/10/2008, -2/+10I love you, Anon.
- rationalist, on 02/10/2008, -0/+8The issue is the privileged legal status and protection granted to Scientology as a "religion". Scientology's criminal activities should be prosecuted and its tax exemption revoked.
- terminal157, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8The whole point is that action is scheduled for today. If you were paying any attention you would've picked up on that.
- killerknives, on 02/10/2008, -5/+12I'm so proud of these guys. I'll be there, i can't wait to see the turnout
- Archcoder, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8Yes. If only a simple digg would fix the world. It's a shame people actually have to follow through with things.
- inactive, on 02/10/2008, -3/+10scifag
- ZenMojo, on 02/10/2008, -2/+9Ignore Feck, I liked you in Magnolia. We'll get you fixed up and uncrazied soon enough.
- Devaney, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9not sure why there are so many people worrying that this will get buried, right now there are 3 anonymous stories on the front page, and 2 more in the 'top in all topics' tab on the right... the idea that COS has that many people infiltrating digg is a bit over the top (though they could have a few keeping tabs)
...just look at the #1 most popular submission for both the 7 day, 30 day time periods, and the #2 most popular of THE ENTIRE YEAR...anonymous articles have more diggs than anything else on digg right now. Bury this to keep to paranoia going. - MatCon5, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9What are you afraid of!?
What are your crimes!? - truspect0r, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9Slow down with the crappy press releases and stick to posting protest videos and wins.
- rationalist, on 02/10/2008, -0/+6I urge an investigation and public exposure of Narconon, a criminal front organization of Scientology that infiltrates public schools around the world and in every state of the United States, posing as an anti-illegal-drug organization. Its real purpose is to channel funds and recruit vulnerable young people (including children as young as 10!) to Scientology.
I live in Massachusetts, in an affluent, liberal, well-educated community, and you'd think they would not have a foot-hold here. You would be wrong. I fought them off in several public schools, where they presented themselves falsely and played on current fears about drug culture and alcoholism (which is a legitimate problem among our youth).
When I exposed Narconon's true nature, the educators who had authorized them to come in to the classrooms and interact directly with our children were horrified.
Narconon has also infiltrated many, many prisons in the United States, again under false pretenses as an unaffiliated, nonpartisan anti-addiction organization.
Please note that Scientology has many such front organizations, used for money-laundering and recruitment. Narconon is one of the most insidious. - bunt82, on 02/10/2008, -1/+7United We Stand
- nicmakaveli, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5I've been following the news, or "diggs" on scientology for a while now, different from many of you (as I can tell through the comments in the stories), I only have known about it for maybe a year or less.
But seriously, this whole development and every piece of info I get out of it scares the hell out of me!
I don't know what to think, I'm fairly open, but these looks like a seriously popular sect like the one's I watched on the news camping out on their farm when I was a kid. (remember that one?)
The crazyness of tom cruise doesn't help.
And going forward, learning more and more I can't help but feeling excited about nearly every recent thing I hear about anonymous.
The google "dangerous cult" search, this video, the other videos and of course february 10th.
I've never met a scientologiest, but I piss my pants at the thought of being converted into one, so i'm carefully not reading to seriously any of their news releases and pages.
Worst, either way, for good or bad, they got me thinking about them all the time.
For the past two years, my life's changed for the fantastic, but I cant really be happy about it, because Scientology, global warming and Huckabee make me worry about the future a lot.
...having said this, go anon, go obama, and earth, please, dont cook us.. - danielgilbert, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5It's great to see that Anonymous isn't suffering during the writer's strike
- JoeVet, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5Calling things "gay" is really a high school thing to do. The videos are doing better than expected. They have allowed the message to reach main stream media and put pressure on the cult of scientology. What have you accomplished?
- JPOOPOO, on 02/10/2008, -4/+9You keep posting this same message in every scientology article
- AndrewDB, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5And you think that Digg still cares about User Conduct and Rules?
If they did, they'd still ban people for logging on and advertising other websites without rhyme, or reason.
Instead, you have to take the time to report them to the Digg Abuse email, and even then, things rarely happen.
I'll admit, when things do happen, its great, but as I said, they rarely do. - hollerback, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4cooool. Very funny indeed.
The media making pictures of the protesters helps the poor writers to have an image they can present.
I totally love the crowd there.....
BTW: screw the german DER SPIEGEL who refuses to write ANYTHING about ANONYMOUS. - tgc1, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5Those people are psychotic. Scientology is going down.
- auntazalea, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5Rock on, Anon! Bravo
- madball, on 02/10/2008, -7/+11After Scientology, lets fry bigger fish.
- inactive, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5I have this cool Gorilla mask
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