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Perhaps many of you have or haven't heard of the mass protests that occurred in many parts of the world on February 10th. You see many "anonymous" people from the massive, old entertainment site 4Chan were deeply offended when the Church of Scientology censored the internet by forcing youtube to remove a controversial video of an interview with Tom Cruise about his religion. Since most "anonymous" are avid internet users they felt this was a crime against humanity (mainly since they liked laughing at the video) and organized a worldwide protest.
I for one am against the idea of protesting just to be against someones belief. I would hate for what happened then to happen to my Church now. However...I know quite a bit about the CoS and as much as I feel hateful and bigoted to say it I do believe they are a criminal organisation masquerading as a religion to protect themselves. Supposedly you can't be a member unless you pay huge fees to gain prominence in the church and also that they openly threaten anyone who attempts to leave.
Whether you hate them for how they operate or think they are mistreated for how they are portrayed here is some info on what happened;
A blog of the London protests.
At one protest site the church positioned a retro-fitted ice cream truck to monitor the crowd through a one way mirror.
There are a huge amount of videos on youtube of the protests. You can see one here.
In total there were more than 7,000 people at over 90 areas protesting. I'm amazed not only that stuff like this can be arranged over the internet, but through anonymous sites like 4chan. It shows that the internet can be a powerful tool in organization perhaps the most considering it works the world over.
I suspect that now they've ended up on the news many more people will go to the next rally in March.
Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
I for one am against the idea of protesting just to be against someones belief. I would hate for what happened then to happen to my Church now. However...I know quite a bit about the CoS and as much as I feel hateful and bigoted to say it I do believe they are a criminal organisation masquerading as a religion to protect themselves. Supposedly you can't be a member unless you pay huge fees to gain prominence in the church and also that they openly threaten anyone who attempts to leave.
Whether you hate them for how they operate or think they are mistreated for how they are portrayed here is some info on what happened;
A blog of the London protests.
At one protest site the church positioned a retro-fitted ice cream truck to monitor the crowd through a one way mirror.
There are a huge amount of videos on youtube of the protests. You can see one here.
In total there were more than 7,000 people at over 90 areas protesting. I'm amazed not only that stuff like this can be arranged over the internet, but through anonymous sites like 4chan. It shows that the internet can be a powerful tool in organization perhaps the most considering it works the world over.
I suspect that now they've ended up on the news many more people will go to the next rally in March.
Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
