March 27, 1999
Picket report; Atlanta, Georgia
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Picket Report, Atlanta; Cult trick backfires!
From: wynot@arscc-atl.com
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:59:09 GMT
Message-ID: 36fe1bcd.4889159@news.mindspring.com
If you have read ethercat's post about what happened the last couple
weeks, then you may have guessed the inevitable result - even more
people disgusted by the behaviour of the cult's minion, and deciding
that a picket was in order. Accordingly, five of us showed up at the
cult's new Atlanta store yesterday afternoon. In addition to
ethercat and myself, there were two other long-time friends of X,
who could no longer be friends with someone who was willing to be so
cruelly manipulative, along with the mystery picketer from last
December's Lisa McPherson day pickets.
Signs included 'Scientology is a Scam', '$360,000 for Salvation',
and ethercat's personal 'Scientology Stole My Friend', backed with
'Scientology/Dianetics SUPPRESSES Free Speech and Free Thought'.
As on Blubbard's birthday, we were immediately validated by a
constant stream of waves, honks, and thumbs up from passing traffic.
One woman pulled into the gas station next door, and (pointing to
the 'Scam' sign), asked me if I had just figured that out? I
answered that I had been aware of it for a very long time, and we
were here because _that_ building is the new Scientology church for
Atlanta. The nice woman was surprised at this news (BTW, they still
have no sign out front to let the passing public know they are there
- perhaps they are afraid to announce their presence?), and seemed
rather upset to learn that the cult had moved into her neighborhood.
Then a man pulled in to the org's parking lot. At first we guessed
him to be a scieno, but he turned his SUV around and blocked the
driveway while talking with one of our new picketers about the cult
- it seems he was just interested in finding out what we were up to.
I joined the conversation, and told him about how the cult harassed
the IRS into giving them tax-exempt status with lawsuits and
blackmail of high IRS officials. He agreed that that was awful, but
had to pull out shortly when one of the culties came out to his car
and neede to pull out. Still, another seed planted!
There was a small amount of traffic in and out of the org while we
were there. At one point a man pulled in, entered the building, then
came out a few minutes later with a young boy about 10 or 11 years
old. They got into the car, and he made the boy duck down in his
seat and hide as they pulled out. I guess he didn't want the child
to see our evil signs. Might have brought up difficult questions
about why the OTs couldn't make us disappear!
About 50 minutes into the picket they sent out a young lady to take
our pictures. We figured it took them that long to word-clear the
instructions on their little point and shoot camera. We attempted to
engage her in comm, but she just smiled and snapped. I told her that
if there was even one Operating Thetan on Earth, that we would not
be here. She continued to smile, but I think the point was made.
After an hour of picketing, we were about to make our departure when
who should pull in to the parking lot but our old friend Susan! I
said that we should stay a little longer, but our mystery picketer
suggested that if she had come to see us, the funniest thing might
be to go ahead and leave, and make her long drive in vain. It seemed
a good idea, so we repaired to our vehicles, and took off in
opposite directions. The car with ethercat, myself, and our mystery
guest went right, then turned around and went back past the org.
Susan was in the parking lot, apparently walking back to the door
after looking to see where we went. We honked and waved at her, and
she turned around. When she saw who was honking, she blew us a big
kiss! I guess that was for us to send to Mad_Cow, who had a prior
commitment, and was unable to join us. Mad, here's a wet one from
Susie for you! Smack!
In the meantime, our other friends were heading home when they
sensed that they were being followed by a red car. They managed to
lose their tail by taking the longer line at the toll-booth, while
the red car took a shorter line, and had to go on through. SP tech
works again! I guess the culties aren't aware that DeKalb county has
laws against stalking; I think we will let it go - this time.
All in all, another great picket - we informed the public while
upsetting the culties.
'Til next time;
Wynot
The Few, The Proud, The Banned;
2x on the Scieno-nanny.
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Pickets are the one thing that Scientology hates the most because
they can't lie to their members about it, at least to the ones who
see it.. They can't demonstrate their OT abilities and 'postulate'
people away using Tone 40, which invalidates them. This is a direct
confront to their great powers and is what they hate the most and
all the lies they tell their members is only a picket away from
revealing itself.
LRonsScam, in a post to a.r.s.
