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marit posted:I hope he doesn't recant. They can go after small pissant individuals, but going after a celebrity, in this day & age, can't be as easy. Especially O'Reily since he's so outspoken. He won't shut up about how CoS members keep on harassing him. At least I hope he wouldn't shut up about it!
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Jan 25, 2008 03:29
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Schmev posted:Seems the CNN thing is just about the Jerry O'Connell video.
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Jan 25, 2008 06:05
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Three Olives posted:As much as I would like to believe that there is some huge master plan for taking down the CoS like a huge release of secret documents or evidence of ethical or legal wrong doings by them I don't know that I believe that there really is a phase two yet. They are just getting liquored up and starting to throw poo poo at the tiger right now. I think they have a shot at doing it, because this is probably their ultimate wet dream. Their hampered by the media being retards and not understanding what's going on, but all of that will be forgotten if the COS responds. At the very least, this is going to draw more attention to the Tom Cruise video. Enfenestrate posted:Hopefully someone comes along and kills the tiger because it attacked a bunch of idiot kids who were taunting it, but I doubt your metaphor would work out like it does in reality. 
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Jan 25, 2008 06:16
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Sundae posted:Not that I'm in any way claiming endorsement or involvement by anyone here, but ever heard of Goon Attention Deficit Disorder? Adrojo posted:IIRC, the Channers harassed that racist asshat Hal Turner for what seemed like months. If the Channers don't get the attention they want, it will just piss them off even more, and get them even more obsessed with it. If anything, a week of silence/low-key stuff from COS would just get make them even more determined.
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Jan 25, 2008 13:32
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Seksiness posted:El Reg have reported this now (I know a lot of the UK goons read the register)  Register posted:Anonymous justifys its actions by alleging the Church of Scientology has misused copyright and trademark law in censoring criticism against the church. The campaign was sparked off by the church's attempts to remove a promotional video featuring Scientologist Tom Cruise from YouTube. The clip features a video from Cruise's Freedom Medal ceremony from late 2004 in which the actor speaks with (frankly scary) intensity about the responsibilities of being a Scientologist. Gawker's servers have got to be straining with all of the traffic being sent their way. I've never really cared for most of their sites, but give them credit for running with this.
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Jan 25, 2008 15:38
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Crazedmongoose posted:Unverified information that CoC (Cult of the Dead Cow) is taking an interest in this. e: and if cDc got involved officially, the whole "script kiddie" moniker that's being tossed around would have to stop being used. A lot/most of cDcers are old enough to be the parents of the channers.
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Jan 25, 2008 16:23
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Austin/UT goons, do the Knights of Buh still exist? It would be right up their alley if there was a protest in Austin (especially given the proximity of the Texas HQ for Scientology across the street).
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Jan 25, 2008 17:28
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Bass Concert Hall posted:To my knowledge they haven't appeared on campus for years. And yeah, that Scientology place on the drag creeps the poo poo out of me.
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Jan 25, 2008 17:46
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maxnmona posted:Also apparently they have a volcano on the cover of the dianetics book because it is supposed to trigger subconscious reactions in the thetan inside you as it remembers being frozen, transported to earth, dropped in a volcano, and exploded with a hydrogen bomb.
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Jan 25, 2008 19:58
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emeraldskies posted:Even if this just ends up being a PR headache for scientology, Anon can't stand to lose, and CoS has nothing it can leverage against them, it seems. e: I know some stereotype them as having short attention spans, but if you look at the objects of their attention, the term "run it into the ground" is not a part of their vocabulary. Stuff never gets old to them.
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Jan 25, 2008 20:06
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AndrewBK posted:I think the success of all this relies on how seriously people are willing to take it. Handing out flyers is a great start, but it has limit reach potential and might be considered "hippyish." That's where the media would make the leap from "kiddy hackers" to "holy crap look at what's going on" (assuming the numbers are there, and the media is interested, which shouldn't be too hard to pull off).
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Jan 25, 2008 20:15
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Satyricon posted:Unless, of course, people are arrested at these rallies if the Churches (I use that term loosely) call them is as "terrorist threats". That said, I had a friend several years ago who was hanging out around there (before they closed the arcade next door), and he had scientologists take his picture. So basically, at least in Austin, if anybody protests anything, expect to get your picture taken at the very least. That said, my friend looked into it, and apparently Austin PD will be more than happy to take your complaints about them if they harass you, and they will act upon it if they go to far.
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Jan 25, 2008 22:21
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Cotton B. Gross posted:Xenu's a bad guy for Scientologists, so he should probably be portrayed as a good guy in the leaflets. MisterEuroPride posted:I'm surprised that foxnews decided to give this a pretty balanced spin.
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Jan 25, 2008 22:33
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tamphex posted:Do you honestly think because something hits the broadsheets that its really going to make a difference? The fact is, many people have now sought out the Tom Cruise video, who might not have seen it otherwise. I consider that an accomplishment in and of itself. Are there are more people who are aware of how different Cruise and Scientology can be, than there were 48 hours ago? The answer would have to be yes. tonelok fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jan 26, 2008 |
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Jan 25, 2008 22:45
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GringoGrande posted:Edmonton Sun's article is pretty good. Hopefully it hasn't been posted before. tres dessert posted:Make a newsfeed of stuff happening
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Jan 26, 2008 05:38
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Captain Corduroy posted:My friends and I plan to flier the Austin location this weekend.
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Jan 26, 2008 08:46
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Starky posted:They might get a bigger following now that it's on the news and people are all curious about who or what anonymous is. The first raid I saw posted on other sites and on here involved only 3 people. With the media coverage they might find more and more people joining their cause. If some of the channers think they are going to get funny videos/pictures, the various HQs will be crawling with channers trying to outdo one another.
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Jan 26, 2008 09:23
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Xenon posted:Well, considering how taking their "Stress Test" adds you to their global membership numbers (they claim millions, actual paying members are only in the thousands), I'd say it's fair to say a lot of us ARE "followers of Scientology", at least according to the CoS.
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Jan 26, 2008 22:21
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Roteaugen posted:After how many times I friggin' submitted it, I was HOPING it would get there Videodrome posted:These are what I consider “mainstream” news sites. Just to keep this all in perspective, let's see how any of this is being covered in places where real people get their news: That said, I think the coverage will pick up when there are people in large numbers around the various HQs.
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Jan 27, 2008 00:12
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Looking Glass posted:Someone needs to write this up.
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Jan 27, 2008 00:52
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I have to admit, my first thought was channers: http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=7778243&nav=menu577_2_1 quote:OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Florida Highway Patrol says five young men are dead today after a car they were riding in crashed after traveling off an airport runway.
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Mozzie, can you explain this from the goonmeet thread?Mozzie posted:After being followed for 30 minutes and about 3 kilometers today I would like to say;
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Jan 27, 2008 05:51
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Alasdair Crawfish posted:Scientologists harrass, smear, and bully their critics. It's best to remain anonymous
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bob arctor posted:I think that even Scientologists wouldn't be quite crazy enough to harass a bunch of teenage hentai freaks. Though the results would be beyond amusing if it were to happen.
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Mozzie posted:yes. I don't want to say more than that.  call the cops next time.Seriously, anybody that's followed, call the loving cops. They cannot legally stalk you.
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Holy poo poo, I can see why you guys were stalked.
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samurai slowdown posted:Here's the OReilly Factor clip that everybody was asking about a couple of days ago. Thanks. Not an O'Reilly fan, but he obviously doesn't care for them. I'm impressed with the female correspondent/attorney on there.
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Were you stalked by a cop or two? You don't have to answer 
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not a dinosaur posted:I plan on doing some recon early this week, but from the looks of Google Streetview it's a pretty tiny place. Austin is going to be sweeter
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Smashing Link posted:As others have stated, with their notoriously short attention spans, the chans will probably get tired of this game in a week or two. But what then? Unlike here where a joke can get old and run into the ground after day, stuff they find amusing has no time limit. On top of that, if Scientology ignores them, they only get more pissed off and determined to get a big reaction, and if they get a big reaction, then it's only going to encourage them to try to get a bigger reaction. I kind of understand where people get the opinion that they have short attention spans, but actually, out of all of the groups that could have declared "war" on Scientology, the channers are the one group that will not let up anytime soon. They may get quiet for a week or two, but then somebody does something, and instantly the collective goes bonkers. It really is a perfect match.
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Jan 27, 2008 08:59
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tonelok posted:I'm not sure where people get this opinion, but the chans can get really obsesseive/compulsive about stuff - look at the Hal Turner thing - it went on for months. I can easily see them riding this for far longer than the Hal Turner thing, because it has the potential for providing them with their comedy for a very long time. Funny that the Hal Turner stuff ends and then a few weeks later the Scientology stuff starts.
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duck monster posted:I hope these guys realise the Scientology 'party van' is a nasty piece of work and could make people very loving poor. When the Scientologists attempt to gently caress people over, its usually a pretty brutal sight. Of course if they get nasty with the anon/chan types (or anybody associated with this), the poo poo will really hit the fan for the scienos.
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PopeOnARope posted:What's actually scaring me right now is if you read the partyvan entries on Project Chanology, they've gone from 4chan lovechild to professionally written, almost ratafied code. duck monster posted:I'm pretty loving impressed at the number of people getting all activist about this. Its good to be passionate, but just be careful folks. Don't get lawyered. Some people question the attention span of the channers, without looking into it, and thought that it was crazy that the protest date was set a few weeks away, figuring that the channers would lose interest. It's probably the exact opposite. Part of the reason why the date was probably set to be a few weeks away, Anonymous wants to build up a fuckload of tension from scientology. It's their whole "point has to be driven home" thing. I expect that there will be a lot of people at these things, who are expecting the scienos to freak out. Like PopeOnARope noticed, there are people behind this who seem to know exactly what they are doing and know how to guide the rest of Anonymous. tonelok fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Jan 27, 2008 |
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I was thinking the same thing, but my only concern would be that those representatives in states with a large scientology presence might not be so willing to deal with the church. I know it sounds kinda  legislators don't want conservative religious organizations in their areas voting against them because the really religious types can and do vote in large numbers (Karl Rove can tell you all about that).It is an election year for Representatives (And for many Senators). They don't want large blocks of Christian voters voting for their opponents.
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Queenie Z posted:Just so you guys know, I want to go to the Austin protest. I want to buy a Guy Fawkes mask and stand in the cold hading out fliers. But, alas, I'm only 17, and my parents were all "HAHAHA no" to the entire idea. This was posted on the ex-scienos board from five days ago (and it may have been posted earlier in this thread): quote:Like, for instance, they seemed to have been listening when they were here.
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Mozzie posted:No, it's Lisa's birthday. Anon could have done all of this a week before the 10th, but I think they gave such a large lead-time to allow people to organize, as well as to keep ratcheting up the tension/paranoia of the scienos.
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http://www.partyvan.info/index.php/Project_Chanology/Target_IRL/Scheduled_Protests_and_Raidsquote:Set at 11am to ensure lunch crowd. Meet across the street from the co-op on the UT campus. There will be tons of University of Texas student organizations touting their own doctrines in the area. Meet there, lots of people to mingle with like you're going about your own business. Cover your signs. Could someone find out the laws for Austin? Masks, wigs, photography(can we photograph strangers), zoning protests, etc? This is Austin, you're guaranteed to have a ton of people from UT just joining in for the hell of it. Someone make a Facebook group. At 11am, exactly, everyone march over. I believe the UT Towers bells will ring at 11. This should be your cue, if not, just walk over at 11am. Could someone also post on craigslist events once the rest of the details are sorted out. Also they mentioned using Craigslist events as well. e: wrong thread 
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dot_matrix posted:Digg is in a sticky situation, I'm sure they don't want the levels of harassment that scientology could put on them. However they could have gone about it a little better. Chances are, as others said, one of their algorithms probably kicked in, or they just wanted a respite for a day or two. Of course, it's just going to piss off Digg users who will then get very creative 
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Game_Whino posted:Is the issue with digg an automated thing or are they doing the helldumping manually? If it's the former it seems like it would be simple enough to just start sticking 0-space characters in between the letters at random...or would that not work? Automated would catch all of the easy ones, which would be a large portion. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a safe topic in a few days.
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