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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Germany Convenes International Meeting to Discuss Scientology Threat

As reported in a recent indybay.org article and elsewhere:

Germany’s Department of Interior Affairs convened a 3 hour seminar on September 4th regardng Scientology. The meeting, called "This is Scientology! Reports from the USA" was held in Hamburg. Unlike the situation in the US where it has "religion" status, Scientology in Germany is considered to be a "Threat to Democracy" and ranked alongside Islamic extremism.

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This indybay article listed above by Dr. Lily features a nice summary of the event, for more details and extended raid reports check out the Enturb.org discussion thread under Anonymous invited to anti-Co$ event "THIS IS SCIENTOLOGY!" in Hamburg

Some early video highlights include the following two short clips with Anons commandering the podium afterward for lulz, and a member of the general public bitch slapping a creepy OSA agent that was stalking the protesters out on the street


English Transcript of Germad News Clip

Photo Slideshows are featured below. Dutchfags professionally recorded the proceedings and once the footage and will featured in a later post on this blog once it becomes available.

Find more photos like this on Anonymous Project Chanology Hamburg

Anti Co$ Event on September 4 in Hamburg, Germany

04.09.2008 - Das ist Scientology!

Anonymous protesters were represented from near and far, and there was also a series of epic flash raids in the days following the event as featured in the following slideshow.

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Messages to the Members & Victims of Scientology

As the Anonymous Protests that hit the streets once a month rally forth, the most prominent message coming across is the media releases promoting the overall monthly theme, the picket flyers, as well as the signs & banners carried by the anons that make their way into the endless number of photo albums and video channels. There is such a vast amount of issues that are just totally wrong about organized scientology, it's easy for the more personal and heartfelt messages to get lost in the noise of the mountain of negatives being exposed.

Thus I thought it was high time to take a step back from the myriad of messages relayed at the surface level that typically focuses on the most serious crimes and abuses, which cause the majority of public outrage, but do not constitute the entire picture. In the bigger scheme of things, the moralfag factions of Project Chanology are also bearing forth messages of hope and compassion to the scientologists who are still trapped within the clutches of the cult. These messages of outreach are meant to bring hope to those who thought things would never change. These messages of compassion are one of several things that helps form the bonds that have grown between the anon ranks and the 'Old Guard' critics as well as ex-scientologists.

Everybody has their own reasons for protesting, their own tickle list of the crimes of organized scientology that get under their skin the most. But we all stand unified in our own truth, which we feel is the bigger truth. Because unlike the crime syndicate we are taking a stand against -we form our opinions not by buying twisted PR statements handed down from above, but rather by using critical thinking, common sense, and evaluation of both sides of the issues so that our 'truths' are based on carefully scrutinized facts.

Many of us feel that the path to discovering the truth about this cult is lined with entirely too many victims on many different levels. And while the victims who loose their lives often get a greater share of attention, the victims who live and are left to deal with the damage done to their lives are just as worthy of notice.

Thus, the following YouTube Playlist takes a moment of reflection on the less recognized messages of outreach.These messages attempt to relay our understanding of the emotional trauma that members who leave often endure. As well our heartfelt support that even though we despise the executive level of the organization perpetrating the con on it's unsuspecting members, many of our actions are for the members sake - even if their awareness of what they have gotten involved in, has not yet awakened.

Messages to the Members & Victims of Scientology

Aside from not being able to get near many staff scilons, one of the hardest obstacles in relaying our messages of outreach is that the general public seldom understands the great differences between "staff scientologists" who work for the organization and often live within the organization's many compounds vs. the "public scientologists" that are not employed by the cult and simply work their way through the lower course levels thinking it's a humanitarian path to self-improvement.

The differences between these two groups are like night and day. Such that the common general public sentiment of "anybody foolish enough to get mixed up in that stuff deserves what they get" is not only a un-informed opinion, but a dangerously insensitive one. Being conned and manipulating to the point of brainwashing has essentially the same victimizing effect as intellectual rape. Add to this coercion tactics applied to members who try leave and either have to sit through months or years of extended security checks to complete a "routing out" process, or else flat out quit and go "blown" then be declared a suppressive person who's friends and family will be instructed to disconnect from. The staff scientologists are the victims of these injustices, whereas the public scientologists are both the prey and fodder, feeding cashflow into this crime syndicate that's hell bent on nothing but ensnaring others.

No matter which means are used when former members leave, the staff scientologists and children born into the cult always have an awakening process to go through. When the damage done to them is extensive enough, other ex-scientologists (exscn) often come forward to help them though a deprogramming experience. Then once the shock of how radically different the real world really IS starts to fade, the healing process begins. A big part of this healing process has been significantly aided by the internet, and there's practically a mass mental cleansing exercise going on all over the net as former parishioners network with other exscn and work through their pain and torment by revealing their personal experiences from inside the cult so that the healing process can begin.

Chuck Beatty's Int Base renos photos 2008

These stories are stacking up by the dozens on many different sites, and have been going on much longer than the anon activism movement has been on the scene enjoying lulz. Some of these stories are testimonials of horrible suffering, while others are just the unburdening of shame and emotional pain. No matter the nature of these stories, the purpose of having them recorded for others to see has begun change. Now that the anti-scientology movement has the strength in numbers combined with the public awareness catalyst of Anonymous making the Co$ tactic of hiding behind the unbelievable no longer an effective diversion from the truth, the number of ex-scientologist stories of life on the inside has become something not easily counted anymore. A few of these stories have emerged from within anon circles as a direct result of the protests, but many many more have come from the other circles of the global anti-scientology movement. Where the stories come from doesn't really matter, what truly matters is that they keep coming, the words keep flowing, and the healing continues in larger numbers with each passing month.

Unlike a few years ago, coming forth and speaking your peace is no longer strictly driven by an incentive for documenting the truth. Nowadays, it is more of a self-healing and self-realization effort. The general public or "wog world" might not understand what these ex-members have been through, but within their own ever-growing online communities they are understood all to well. Such that the vast amount of people helping people for the sake of not seeing another person endure the hardships of coming to terms with reality alone, is a beautiful thing to see in a world that is seemingly screwed up in more ways than one.

The following letter is from an active member on the Ex-Scientologist Message Board and expresses both how hard it can be for former members of the Church of Scientology to come forward with their story, and attempts to help others see ways of rationalizing what their going through in order to see the good that can come from sharing their experiences.

Topic: This Silence is Deafening!

To the Scientologists who are reading this message board and dare not speak out.

I can totally understand the many and varied reasons why you would be afraid to speak.

Maybe because you agree with the basic tenets of Scientology and wish to forward these aims. Maybe you think that actually speaking to SPs and squirrels would only enturbulate you, make you lose your gains, you might get sick or have horrible things happen to you. Maybe you think that anyone saying anything critical of Scientology is against people becoming stronger, more able and making spiritual progress, that critics of Scientology are deeply screwed up, insane, have withholds and crimes that they don’t want known or they simply don’t understand Scientology and have been listening to the ravings of the crazy psychiatrists.

If you speak to and stay in contact with anyone critical of the Church your Scientology family and friends would have to disconnect from you. This one is the biggest control factor that the Church uses to keep its members towing the party line.

You might get away with reading a few anti-scientology sites on the web and still stay in the Church. You’d probably get some sort of ethics handling and end up by saying that you learned more about the nature of SPs and PTSs, but that niggling feeling inside, that something isn’t right, that this isn’t what you signed up for will never go away.

Talking to other Scientologists in the Church, even an auditor (especially an auditor) about the craziness and injustices you see within the church will get you into serious trouble; sec checking, cramming, ethics, conditions, amends etc. None of the church handlings will resolve these things and if you persist in trying to get the ‘tech’ in, the way you think it should be applied, you know, with good ARC, genuine honesty, integrity, ethics and justice for all – you will very likely wind up getting declared. Yes, of course it’s wrong!

This is not my attempt to disseminate to you, I’m not trying to ‘handle’ your considerations about speaking out. I think your reasons for being silent on the subject are likely bloody good reasons and it takes courage and certain amount of balls to stand up for what you believe is right.

Staying silent on the subject, being quiet, putting up with it and thinking that maybe, somehow, the Church management knows how to get the tech in, that the truth in Scientology will somehow prevail. Maybe if I just work hard enough, train myself and others, get enough auditing done, maybe enough people will make it to clear and OT and then the Church will sort itself out. I’m sorry to say that this is simply not possible unless we are free to communicate.

You know, deep down, that you could never really be an OT without being truly honest and open, at least with yourself.

So for gawd sakes, speak up, talk to us, you don't have to tell anyone who you are. Tell us what you really think, all viewpoints welcome. We want to know and really do care about you.
- Mary

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

This Is Why Anonymous Says "We Do Not Forgive. We Do Not Forget."

This blog has made an attempt to help the public understand the issues behind Why Anonymous Protests the Church of Scientology. Some of those reasons are so ludicrous and so unbelievable - you can't help but mock it with satire and comedy.

But it is no joke. Anonymous is serious business despite the nature of that pun. So if the politicians, the governments and the US media won't do something to help speed up the end of the inhuman policies of this cult, then is it any wonder thousands of people from around the world are uniting in consensus to do something themselves? There is nothing whatsoever to wonder about in this regard if you open your mind and become informed.

However, the one thing this blog hasn't yet attempted to explain that you may rightfully be wondering about is why the Anons always say "We Do Not Forgive. We Do Not Forget." The answer to that is simple; two words: THE CHILDREN

The following playlist tells a few of the stories from the children who are born into the cult and only know a life of abuse, neglect, and mind fuck until they escape. These are not pleasant stories, but they deserve to be heard. They deserve to be acted upon.

Ex-scientology Kids: Growing up in Scientology

It Only Takes One Good Man To Do Nothing for Evil to Prevail. What will you do?

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Clearwater Businesses Blantantly Snub Crowds of Patrons, Then Bawl, Then FAIL!

Basking in the wake of four months of glorious Anonymous success, there has come an especially bright moment that's all to telling that times are in deed changing. Shawn Lonsdale would be so proud of us if he was still here to enjoy it because the Scilons in Clearwater, FL are more enturbulated than we could have ever imagined in our wildest dreams!!

A brief walk down recent memory lane is in order here, such that the fond memories of this righteous occasion can be preserved in the following uberclimatic pictorial timeline of events for all to know and enjoy whenever they wish.

February 10th Anonymous arrives on the scene for the first Project Chanology Protest on Lisa McPherson's birthday. Approximately 150-200 people show up to protest the Church of Scientology in the cult's own Mecca.

Shortly thereafter, Scientology accuses protesters of threats and cried fowl for a restraining order against repeat violence. This was despite the fact that the first demonstration being entirely peaceful and police took no action whatsoever to indicate otherwise. This bogus request for injunction was, of course, denied. Their petition was flat out rejected for lack of solid arguments. FLUNK. Try Again.

Just prior to the March 15th Raid, there was the fake Scientology bomb scare ends safely incident. Quite funny actually, except it was a damn shame to see the Scilon's waste so much of the city's tax dollars. FLUNK. Try Again.

The Ides of March rolled around and over 100 people showed up for a repeat performance. The ever growing list of alleged threats and false accusations continued, and still bore no merit thus fell on deaf ears with no "official investigation" ever being announced. LRH's Great Grandson even put in a special appearance to celebrate the C0$ prophet's birthday with the Anons during Operation Party Hard in the scilon holy land. Much caek was had by all at this second peaceful protest whose only aim was to bring about public awareness. Little did we know the Scilons would go to such great lengths to further that awareness with showing the world undeniable footbullet examples of just how incessant their ability to lie really is. Once again, local police dealt with no problems.

However, this is when the usual nazi-inspired discrimination started that they seem so fond of. A lame attempt at casting the town they think they own completely backwards in time more than 50 years to coincide with their aged tech in order to segregate free Americans taking advantage of their right to free speech by posting hateful messages on the Scientologist owned business in the downtown area. You would think the local business owners would welcome an extra 100+ people spending money in their facilities. Instead, they all but locked their doors based on the total bias of the cult's false allegations that had amounted to nothing but hot air that the City Council dismissed in minutes. Considering that the whole battle between Scientology vs. Internet is all about free speech, you would think they would start catching on by now that the more they try to suppress our first amendment rights the more dangerous they look to the world at large.

Next thing you know, its April and Operation Reconnection hits the streets once again with approximately 75 people. This time the Anons were speaking out against against the cult's disconnection policy that destroys families along with the other human rights abuses that have plagued the Clearwater base and elsewhere for decades.

As usual, the scilons were stalking the peaceful demonstrators and trying to uphold their "always attack" mentality to protect their totalitarian existence based entirely on falsehoods. But the Anons doesn't afraid of anything, especially not big evil money-making empires that have practically monopolized their own city-state in Clearwater. So what's a poor Scilon to do when they are unable to deny the constitutional rights of a group of free Americans that finds fault with their many crimes? More prejudice, more discrimination, and more Scientologist owned businesses falling on their own sword to sacrifice profit and revenue for the sake of banning the gathered crowds from spending their money in the scilon establishments. It would seem that maybe they need to start fabricating their own money since good old US$ aren't good enough for them.

The never-ending string of unrequited claims of terroristic threats and impending violence kept up all through April and on into May where the focus on their Fair Game practices made the entire situation an ipic irony of lulz. Locals report the no-anon signs weren't quite as prevalent as time went on, but a few still lingered here and there. Seems maybe the local scilon business were starting to miss the money they usually make on a Saturday, or perhaps the downstats at the org were adding up enough that some needed the extra foot traffic the protesters pull in to stay on course. We keep telling them to expect us and that we're not going to stop. But they must be out-comm and not hearing us because before you know out, their back in court to try again! This time the City Council spent two seconds on May 14th before throwing out the petition signed by local scilon businesses complaining that the protests were hurting sales and jeopardizing their livelihood. Gee, perhaps they shouldn't have been so hell bent on turning away crowds of paying customers away if they needed money.

In all fairness, we must admit it was mighty nice of those scilons to give us a list of all their names on that oh so fine petition of theirs! Based on the C0$ long dark history of Black PR, it's comforting to have a list of zealots actively supporting their practices for future reference. After all, intel is always a good thing - never know when it might come in handy.

So both the "no anon" signs AND the petition were lame ploys of the scientologists to try to STOP the anti-scientology protests. Both were based on more lies, no substance, and went nowhere.

FLUNK You Flinched. Followed right up with another FLUNK. Try Again.

Good thing we raised our flag early on and got that out of the way, because we now own Clearwater and the scilons haven't figured that out yet. But please by all means, keep putting up those segregation signs in order to help us easily identify your avid supporters AND enlist the ACLU on our side all the sooner.

Meanwhile, the local non-scilon community began to come together. A community that has long been outnumbered, outmaneuvered and outspent to the point where little hope remained prior to the protests that the occupying forces of hostile cultists would ever be put in their place. They surely had seen enough long ago to know all to well SOMEBODY had to do something. Anonymous has done that magic sumthin-something, so what if they wear masks and act like a roving carnival. Therefore, in response to the underhanded scilon business owners banning together to help withhold knowledge of the church's dirty little secrets, a new alliance is being formed at ScientologyInClearwater.com. This site aims to expose what Scientology is doing in Clearwater and highlight the negative impact it is having on the local community. All local residents, visitors, and businesses who are concerned with ending the takeover of their lovely town are invited to stop by and stay informed on the C0$ current plans, the properties they own, and the businesses that support their campaign to manipulate and control everything insight. Knowledge is a form of freedom, and we encourage the locals to take advantage of the free information featured on this new site until the worldwide anon forces have sufficient time to undo a few things down there that need addressed.

Pay Attention Clearwater Scilons. You are playing right into our hand oh so nicely, and showing your true colors for the entire world to see. THIS is setting a fine example for other communities to recognize all too clearly what happens when the Church of Scientology moves into a downtown area. So Know This: We appreciate your assistance with speeding up the process of exposing you, and can hardly wait to come celebrate operation Sea Arrrgh next month at your precious Land Base! See ya then Mateys!

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Operation Over the Wall: Postcards from Paradise

In the days of L. Ron Hubbard running the Church of Scientology, members who had been declared a Suppressive Person (aka "SP") were simply thrown out of the cult and subjected to Fair Game if they spoke out too harshly. More often than not, Fair Game was reserved only for the worst critics while former members who left quietly would be punished with Disconnection letters from their friends and family as a last resort for not staying onboard with Church doctrines.

Nowadays, it is much different. David Miscavige has become so afraid of his own high level executives that he vehemently declares people SPs on suspicion alone for the least little infraction. Meanwhile, the lower ranking members this prejudice is inflicted upon are still simply routed out and disconnected in accordance with Scientology's Justice System. Unfortunately, this is not often the case for the organization's top level executives and board members. Miscavige instead locks up those higher risk individuals into a living hell known as the SP Hall when they either screw up badly or begin to show signs of "blowing". To make matters worse, most of these poor imprisoned souls are brainwashed to believe they belong there - that their current lifetime is a total lost cause and that they need the intense “rehabilitation” in order to have any hope of doing better in their next lifetime.

This rehabilitation often occurs at the SP Hall that is reserved only for upper-level executives and located at the "Int Base" or "Gold Base" (otherwise known as Golden Era Productions or the International Base) in Hemet, California. According to several high ranking ex-scientologist who managed to blow before being sentenced to this unlawful imprisonment that occasionally ends in death; David Miscavige does not want anyone to ever leave the Int Base. Seemingly, because they all know too much and could easily bring about the collapse of the organization if they were to come out their hypnotized daze of self-deprecation and speak out like Jesse Prince did in 1998. Thus, when Miscavige no longer wants to deal with a particular executive, or becomes paranoid that they will finally stand up to him, he has them declared an SP and locks them up at Int Base.

People like Heber Jentzsch who do have the legal authority to wrest control of the church away are thus locked up forever. Anonymous decided to make a BIG deal about this at the May 10th rallies since it is a form of internal Fair Game within the church. Tory/Magoo often wonders with great duress why no one who is not trapped in the SP Hall and fully aware of what is happening does anything to get these people out. Our guess is that most are so terrified that they too will end up incarcerated there that they don’t dare say anything. More importantly, it also seems from past incidents that everyone at the Int Base in Hemet has fallen into a kind of Stockholm Syndrome in which they completely identify with the values of their captors, and actually believe that they deserve the treatment they are being given.

Mike Rinder seems to have escaped this internal exile by the seat of his pants. However, his wife is still stuck in the cult and his actions on the outside could easily endanger his chances of ever seeing her again. So it's assumed situations such as this are the real reason behind why those who do break free are not coming forward to denounce the despicable imprisonment policy being enforced internally in the C0$. There is a clip included in the playlist below with Tory talking to an OSA guard about this situation at the April 10th protest in Los Angeles. If you watch the video carefully, it is clear that her information regarding the Cult's highest execs being locked away in a prison camp and trotted out only once in awhile for important events (like Tommy Davis for the recent CNN interview) definitely "got" to him. At the very least, he knew it was true that no one has laid eyes on any of the names Tory mentioned for a long time and he was extremely uncomfortable. Everything Magoo said in that confrontation was recorded on the Cult's security cameras and was hopefully watched by a number of the OSA execs. Obviously, Tory knew this and was trying to "wake them up" with this information. Many anons and former members feel very strongly that more of this "waking up" effort needs to happen with signs and flyers directed at the OSA operatives sent out to watch the protests. We figure if Anonymous can plant a seed of fear in these people that perhaps they too could end up in an "SP Gulag" then more may be encouraged to quietly blow.

Thus, Operation Over the Wall: Postcards From Paradise was born within the ranks of Anonymous to send positive messages on a simple postcard to those being held in the various detention centers. The first mass mailing of these messages coincided with the May 10th Operation Fair Game Stop protest against the Church of Scientology and is still ongoing. The people we are sending these postcards to are very demoralized and would probably claim they are willing there by their own choice when asked. However, it is alleged that if authorities were to see the deplorable conditions they are being held in, it would result in immediate action.

The initial stage of Operation Over The Wall is concentrated on sending short notes with a message of hope to the list of names we've identified as being interred in the SP Hall at Int Base. The idea being to basically flood Int/Gold base with very bright cheery postcards all addressed to the prisoners in the SP Hall, letting them know we're thinking of them, that we are fully aware of their plight and that there's a support group out here waiting for them. We’ve been assured by former OSA officers that if they receive heaps of postcards from around the world, it will cause some kind of reaction. It is possible they may deliver them, which will send a very clear message to those people imprisoned and get them thinking. Just as likely is that they won't deliver them, but will have meetings about the "PR flap". Either way, the rumor line will spread the news around the base that there are friends and support outside the compound that care. This will be BIG NEWS inside because even those not in the SP hall have been cut off from the outside world for years now. The gears will start ticking over with this piece of data and ideally help to bring about the change of mindset needed to want their freedom back. Another possible outcome is that the SP hall will become such an embarrassment that they will have to let the inmates out in fear of the government taking an interest and catching them red handed at their horrific crimes.

Ex-scientologists concerned about the unethical imprisonment of their family and friends have encouraged this effort with an outpouring of sentiments all similar to the following quote from BTs2Free:

Operation "Over The Wall" is going to be a HUGE flap on the base. Probably one of the biggest flaps ever. When David Miscavige finds out that hundreds if not thousands of postcards are coming in to the base from all over the world, to members of the SP Hall as well as to other staff at the base, he's going to go absolutely ape-shit. When he finds out that people are concerned for specific members who are being held prisoner, he's going to realize that the WORD IS OUT THERE. His little prison operation will be foiled.

A later stage of this Operation will focus on sending postcards to those who are locked up as apart of the Rehabilitation Project Force (aka "RPF") once a decent sized list of names is gathered. So far we have one list from an RPF center in California, but are hoping to expand that to include Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Saint Hill Manor and Copenhagen locations. A summary of background details, current operation activity and ongoing promotion for Over The Wall - Postcards From Paradise is shown in the YouTube Playlist below. For additional information on how you can help, follow the title link above the player for the transcript details or any of the "Forum" links at the end of this article.

Operation Over the Wall: Postcards from Paradise to SP Hall

For the anon fans and general public lurkers out there in the virtual world that are wondering what you can do to help support our cause without attending a protest, this is the perfect thing! So don't be shy - a handful of postcards with a note like shown in the videos signed "Anonymous" is small effort you can easily do to add to the thousands we have pouring in to hopefully cause a big impact at some point in the near future. As of the date of this entry, we've sent a Total of 2036 Postcards - and that's just for starters!

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