Picktures from the 14th of August, 1999

The Copenhagen Picket, 14th of August, 1999.

Report by Catarina Pamnell

The pictures on this page are genuine photos from the picket of the Scientology orgs in Copenhagen, on the 14th of August 1999. Some of the picures are of a rather low detail level, due to the low amount of flash-memory in my digital camera. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the larger picture.
Please have patience while the thumbnails are loading.

13:06 - our handlers had appeared just a few minutes before, when we were walking around the Axel Plaza, just outside the Scala. Well, we walked across the street, to the front of the Tivoli (amusement park), where tons of people were walking around. From the other side of the road, the scientologists were observing. Notably, the big guy in the white shirt with the camera.

13:10 - the people in front of the Tivoli didn't want us to pass out the flyers at their entereance, possibly because they thought that we were ourselves Scientologists. So we went back to the Axel Plaza, closely followed by our handlers.

13:11 - a shot of some of the counterpicketers. Note the telltale clothing of the woman to the left: Marine blue pants and a white shirt, likely with a nametag in gold, too. This is a sea org member. Some of the other Sea Org members dress in light blue shirts as well, depending in their job inside the organisation.

13:12 - More plaza picketing.

5 13:15 - Ah! The infamous Big Org here in Copenhagen! Of course, the usual wannabe security guards were on the dorrstep just at the sight of us. I guess that our SP powers are more than a match for their OT powerrz? Indeed a point to ponder.

13:40 - We went down Strøget (BIG shopping street here in Copenhagen). On the picture, you can see Catarina with her fluffy Xenu bag. Just before that, we had a fluid intake break on one of the frontwalk pubs. I had to bleed 18 Danish Kroner ('round 2.50 US$) for a 33 cl. Sprite - ARGH!

16:05 - No pictures for a long time due to loss of battery power in my camera. Duh! In the 2-hour gap in the reports, we were followed by 10 (!) handlers down Strøget. Later we had our Picketnick on one of the other plazas - great food, great beer, great company, and great weather. What else can a Thetan want? ;)
Anyway, later, we went to the small org on Store Kongensgade. That's the place where the bookstore, and the european Scn headquarters are located.

I saw a cool "Tone Scale" poster (with lots of drawings of smiley faces and stuff) in the window of the small org, and asked for the price of it. The guy in the door said: "It isn't for sale.... not for you". So my money isn't good enough for you Scientologists? What a jerk.

I went to the local supermarket and got some fresh batteries, and I was back in business. On this picture, you can see a counterpicketer, who came out of the small org. He was wearing distinctive yellow clothing, with a green pyramid in 4 parts on the front of his shirt (Dianetcs logo).

I wonder what makes people want to walk around the street, looking like a banana... any freudians present?

16:35 - after getting some of the handlers out of the org, we engaged in conversation with the people. Unlike most of the handlers at Jernbanegade (big org), these people were friendly and civil to converse with.
Julia (the best looking OSA babe recorded in Teegeack history) was there! She's the one with the back to the camera on this shot.

18:09 - wow! Time flies when you're havng fun! :)
We were at the small org for more than two hours, later we went to a restaurant close the the org, where the FrenchLady and Luca (italian security guard) joined us for a cup of coffee/cappuchino/tea/whatever. We didn't discuss scientology things that much, but we had some interesting talks with Luca about the italian cuisine. That was fun.

This picture is Cat and her new acquaintance... a brother of Xenu, I believe.

10 18:09 - Åke on the plaza, on the way back through Strøget. Evening was slowly apporaching, so the activity had visibly degraded. We were possibly trailed by one Scientologist, but we really didn't care.

18:30 - the A-Team! Or is that the SP-team? Per on the left, Cat in the middle, Åke on the right. Great people...

18:45 - back at Axel Plaza. It started raining...

20:23 - Cat at the restaurant. Great food.

20:30 - ARGH! :) Per took my photo, so I TOOK HIS! HAH! JUSTICE! ;D

Copyright, 1999, Val Harris. No reproduction in any form without prior explicit consent from the author. No animals were harmed in the making of these photos, except for some scientologists, who had their thetans enturbulated.

The pictures on this page are genuine photos from the picket of the Scientology orgs in Copenhagen, on the 14th of August 1999. Some of the picures are of a rather low detail level, due to the low amount of flash-memory in my digital camera. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the larger picture. Please have patience while the thumbnails are loading.
	13:06 - our handlers had appeared just a few minutes before, when we were walking around the Axel Plaza, just outside the Scala. Well, we walked across the street, to the front of the Tivoli (amusement park), where tons of people were walking around. From the other side of the road, the scientologists were observing. Notably, the big guy in the white shirt with the camera.
	13:10 - the people in front of the Tivoli didn't want us to pass out the flyers at their entereance, possibly because they thought that we were ourselves Scientologists. So we went back to the Axel Plaza, closely followed by our handlers.
	13:11 - a shot of some of the counterpicketers. Note the telltale clothing of the woman to the left: Marine blue pants and a white shirt, likely with a nametag in gold, too. This is a sea org member. Some of the other Sea Org members dress in light blue shirts as well, depending in their job inside the organisation.
	13:12 - More plaza picketing.
5	13:15 - Ah! The infamous Big Org here in Copenhagen! Of course, the usual wannabe security guards were on the dorrstep just at the sight of us. I guess that our SP powers are more than a match for their OT powerrz? Indeed a point to ponder.
	13:40 - We went down Strøget (BIG shopping street here in Copenhagen). On the picture, you can see Catarina with her fluffy Xenu bag. Just before that, we had a fluid intake break on one of the frontwalk pubs. I had to bleed 18 Danish Kroner ('round 2.50 US$) for a 33 cl. Sprite - ARGH!
	16:05 - No pictures for a long time due to loss of battery power in my camera. Duh! In the 2-hour gap in the reports, we were followed by 10 (!) handlers down Strøget. Later we had our Picketnick on one of the other plazas - great food, great beer, great company, and great weather. What else can a Thetan want? ;) Anyway, later, we went to the small org on Store Kongensgade. That's the place where the bookstore, and the european Scn headquarters are located. I saw a cool "Tone Scale" poster (with lots of drawings of smiley faces and stuff) in the window of the small org, and asked for the price of it. The guy in the door said: "It isn't for sale.... not for you". So my money isn't good enough for you Scientologists? What a jerk. I went to the local supermarket and got some fresh batteries, and I was back in business. On this picture, you can see a counterpicketer, who came out of the small org. He was wearing distinctive yellow clothing, with a green pyramid in 4 parts on the front of his shirt (Dianetcs logo). I wonder what makes people want to walk around the street, looking like a banana... any freudians present?
	16:35 - after getting some of the handlers out of the org, we engaged in conversation with the people. Unlike most of the handlers at Jernbanegade (big org), these people were friendly and civil to converse with. Julia (the best looking OSA babe recorded in Teegeack history) was there! She's the one with the back to the camera on this shot.
	18:09 - wow! Time flies when you're havng fun! :) We were at the small org for more than two hours, later we went to a restaurant close the the org, where the FrenchLady and Luca (italian security guard) joined us for a cup of coffee/cappuchino/tea/whatever. We didn't discuss scientology things that much, but we had some interesting talks with Luca about the italian cuisine. That was fun. This picture is Cat and her new acquaintance... a brother of Xenu, I believe.
10	18:09 - Åke on the plaza, on the way back through Strøget. Evening was slowly apporaching, so the activity had visibly degraded. We were possibly trailed by one Scientologist, but we really didn't care.
	18:30 - the A-Team! Or is that the SP-team? Per on the left, Cat in the middle, Åke on the right. Great people...
	18:45 - back at Axel Plaza. It started raining...
	20:23 - Cat at the restaurant. Great food.
	20:30 - ARGH! :) Per took my photo, so I TOOK HIS! HAH! JUSTICE! ;D