Protest Summary
Deana Holmes reported on a solo protest in Salt Lake City.
"A new, larger, Help Wanted sign in the right side of the double doors. I was annoyed because I was sure that they weren't
telling people the truth about how much money they could make per week. So I whipped around the block, and came back to
picket. The new sign says that if a person is interested, s/he needs to contact Jude Steed, who is the personnel procurement
officer.
"I always like to let the bOrg people know I'm there, so I walk back and forth in front of the classroom window at least once to
make sure that they know I'm Back. I had a guy come up to me and want to know more about my sign. He was Asian, he had
good English, and after I gave him a flyer, he proceeded to whip out a pen and scribble the urls from my signs onto the flyer. (I
was handing out 'Death of A Scientologist.') Not too long after that, a young couple with a baby drove up. One of them had a
pink Dianetics flyer. They wanted to know what I was doing, as a red-headed young woman from the bOrg was standing at the
door and trying to get them to come in without talking to me, or taking my flyer. I gave the husband the flyer, I told him
strongly, 'They're going to try and take it from you, don't give it up!' and then, finally said, 'Remember this URL for the Internet:
w-w-w dot x-e-n-u dot n-e-t.' Finally, after 45 minutes or so, I decided that I decided to give up the picketing for today."
Keith Henson protested at the San Jose org.
"12:25 to 1:25, half hour longer than intended. 28 cars in the lot. After about 25 minutes Marcus came out, took pictures of my
signs and tried to 'handle' me. Topic of most interest to him was the IRS suit. He indicated that IRS agents will be all over me
for suing to get a review of the deal the IRS cut with scientology (which violates the law as determined by the Supreme Court in
Hernandez.) Otherwise, he tried to cave me in by talking about all the weird things I have done over the years."
Kristi Wachter reported on a protest in San Francisco.
"I picketed solo for maybe 20 minutes before Phr arrived. Perhaps 10 minutes after he got there, Administrati came, and then
around 12:25 Peaches showed up. One reason for picketing today was the occasion of the OT Power Tour. I don't actually
know what that entails, but I would guess that OTs were visiting the San Francisco org to encourage everyone to hurry on up
the Bridge[tm]. I saw at least 3 or 4 Sea Orgers - I think they were all different than the ones I saw two weeks ago. There
were also a LOT more publics."
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Protest / Revenge Protest Report
Kristi Wachter, a frequent protester at the San Francisco org, reported a revenge protest from Scientology this week.
"Craig (a/k/a 'Tall Black Guy') picketed my home late this afternoon. I'm not sure what time he arrived, but he left less than 15
minutes after I came out to chat with him. He was extremely non-confront - he frequently refused to meet my eye, he hid behind
his picket sign when I tried to photograph him, and he refused to answer most of my questions. Am I shuddered into silence
yet?"
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Catarina Pamnell protested in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"Date: Tuesday, February 9, 1999. Start and End Times: 16.15 - 18.30 (and back at 20.30 for a few minutes). Location:
Gothenburg, Sweden - org and Silhouet (a WISE company). Picketers: Catarina Pamnell, Ake Wiman, X, Y and Z from local
anti-cult organization. Handlers: Anki Poulsen at Silhouet, Bo Eriksson at the org. Number of Handouts given away: about 100.
"We started out at Silhouet Profil-analys, a WISE consultant company selling tests, courses for businesses, etc. Their office is in
the tall, red-and-white office building commonly known as 'the lipstick', down by the waterfront in the center beside the new
opera house.
"We went to say hello to the bodyrouters. They were on their usual corner, one guy and a dark haired woman I seem to
recognize. The guy went inside the org to sound the alarm, presumably. Ake exchanged one of his fliers for one of Ms
Bodyrouter's promo pieces, which turned out to be a copy of their local magazine ('local' as in 'printed in Denmark').
"We got company - not a 'real' handler, he did not talk all that much with us, but he was sent out to keep an eye on things.
More specifically, he was checking that no scientologist entering or leaving the org read our fliers. When some poor scieno
grabbed one, he shouted 'hey, xxxxx, stop! throw that away! leave it!' etc., which naturally prompted us to call out: 'Think for
yourself!' This seemed to blow the fuse of our 'guard', Bo, who grabbed Ake's bunch of fliers out of his hands, threw them on
the ground and stepped on them. Ake: Are you going to hit me, too? Bo: No, but I really hope you'll hit me, and then you're
going to f****** get it! As a seasoned picketer, Ake simply picked up his fliers, and when a police car came by a few minutes
later he went to speak with them. The two police officers got out, and proceeded to lecture Bo on freedom of speech, and that
no matter how badly he might dislike our opinions, he had no right to use physical means to stop us from protesting. We had no
more problems from him."
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Protest
Bruce Pettycrew reported a protest at the Mesa, Arizona org this week.
"I carried a 'Scientology Hates Free Speech' and 'Another UFO Cult' sign from 3:30 to 4:30 PM today. There were 5 cars in
the lot at the start of the picket, 6 at the finish. Two were staff and all were familiar vehicles. I received the usual number of
honks and thumbs up during the hour. Now that the days are getting longer, Kathy and I will be able to picket morning and/or
evening during the week as well as weekends. Any Phoenix area lurkers who would like to join in, please e-mail me."
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Protest
Bruce Pettycrew reported on a protest held at Scientology's Mesa, Arizona org.
"Kathy and I picketed today from 1-2 PM. There was a total of 9 cars in the lot at the start of the picket, with one leaving and
two arriving during the hour. There were no handlers, we talked to two pedestrians and two drive-in turnarounds during the
picket."
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