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| Julesy | Jan 29 2008, 01:08 AM Post #1 |
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"Anonymous" releases statements outlining "War on Scientology" From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Jump to: navigation, search January 23, 2008 The Internet-based group "Anonymous" has released statements on YouTube and via a press release, outlining what they call a "War on Scientology". Church of Scientology related websites, such as religiousfreedomwatch.org have been removed due to a suspected distributed denial-of-service-attack (DDoS) by a group calling themselves "Anonymous". On Friday, the same group allegedly brought down Scientology's main website, scientology.org, which was available sporadically throughout the weekend. Several websites relating to the Church of Scientology have been slowed down, brought to a complete halt or seemingly removed from the Internet completely in an attack which seems to be continuous. The scientology.org site was back online briefly on Monday, and is currently loading slowly. On Monday, the group released a video titled: "Message to Scientology" on YouTube concerning their intentions to attack the Church of Scientology. A robotic voice on the video begins with "Hello leaders of Scientology. We are Anonymous," and continues by explaining their motivations: "Over the years we have been watching you, your campaigns of misinformation, your suppression of dissent and your litigious nature. All of these things have caught our eye. With the leakage of your latest propaganda video into mainstream circulation the extent of your malign influence over those who have come to trust you as leaders has been made clear to us. Anonymous has therefore decided that your organisation should be destroyed." The message goes on to state that the group intends to "expel Scientology from the Internet". As of Wednesday, the video had been viewed 370,347 times, favorited 2,473 times, and is currently YouTube's top third video of the day. ... if this video is any indication, it seems like the assailants mean business. ... —The Michigan Daily The "Message to Scientology" video was highlighted as the "YouTube Video of the Week" by The Michigan Daily. Commenting on the video, the piece states "if this video is any indication, it seems like the assailants mean business". In a blog post on USA Today's website, Jess Zielinski wrote that it was "not a shock that hackers hold a grudge against Scientology," and in a followup post on another USA Today blog, Angela Gunn wrote that "those of us who remember ... the adventures of Operation Clambake are fascinated to see this kind of thing flare up again". Blogging for Wired magazine, Ryan Singel wrote about the incident in a piece on Wednesay titled "War Breaks Out Between Hackers and Scientology -- There Can Be Only One". Singel wrote that the Project Chanology wiki page "directs Anonymous members to download and use denial of service software, make prank calls, host Scientology documents the Church considers proprietary, and fax endless loops of black pages to the Church's fax machines to waste ink". According to Wired, "The Church of Scientology did not immediately respond to a call for comment". The viewpoints expressed in the video are echoed on the "Project Chanology" website, an open source of information and direction for those within Anonymous, which talks of tactics such as blackfaxing and prank calling alongside other "real-life" methods of attack. The satirical website Encyclopedia Dramatica also has a similar page devoted to "Project Chanology". ... The so-called Church of Scientology actively misused copyright and trademark law in pursuit of its own agenda ... They attempted not only to subvert free speech, but to recklessly pervert justice to silence those who spoke out against them. ... —"Anonymous" - Press Release "Anonymous" released a statement on Monday in the form of a press release, "Internet Group Anonymous Declares "War on Scientology": "Anonymous" are fighting the Church of Scientology and the Religious Technology Center". In the statement, the group explained their goal as safeguarding the right to freedom of speech "A spokesperson said that the group's goals include bringing an end to the financial exploitation of Church members and protecting the right to free speech, a right which they claim was consistently violated by the Church of Scientology in pursuit of its opponents." The press release also claimed that the Church of Scientology misused copyright and trademark law in order to remove criticism from websites including Digg and YouTube. The statement goes on to assert that the attacks from the group "will continue until the Church of Scientology reacts, at which point they will change strategy". The attack was reportedly motivated by the Church of Scientology's attempts to remove a promotional video featuring Scientologist Tom Cruise from YouTube. After the Church of Scientology lodged a copyright infringement complaint with YouTube, the site took down the video. The Tom Cruise video is still available on Gawker.com, which has stated it will not remove the video "It's newsworthy, and we will not be removing it." ... ... a whole range of sites has turned the Church into a mockery by doing what mainstream celebrity-coverage outlets wouldn't dare. ... —Gawker.com Gawker.com discussed the actions of the "Anonymous" group, in a post on Monday titled "Scientology vs. the Internet: Why Kids On The Internet Are Scientology's Most Powerful Enemy". Gawker.com briefly outlined actions of other anonymous users critical of Scientology, including actions taken in the past by users of YouTube, Digg, and YTMND "This isn't the only group of Internet users unafraid of the intimidating cult; a whole range of sites has turned the Church into a mockery by doing what mainstream celebrity-coverage outlets wouldn't dare." A poster on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology (a.r.s.) was critical of the actions by the "Anonymous" group. In a post titled "Open Letter to Anonymous" Jeff Jacobsen, webmaster of lisamcpherson.org, posting as "cultxpt" wrote that "It's understandable that people get upset over the things the Church of Scientology has done online and off", pointing out that the Church of Scientology had "tried to shut down a.r.s.", and "spam our newsgroup to this day". In 1999 "sporgery", a form of nonsensical spam tactic, was used as an attempt to disrupt discussion on the newsgroup. Previously in 1995 Helena Kobrin, an attorney for the Church of Scientology, attempted to remove the a.r.s. group from Usenet. Kobrin sent a rmgroup message which stated: "We have requested that the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup be removed from all sites". This later led to a declaration of war by the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow, and an increase in popularity of the a.r.s site. This initial conflict came to be known as "Scientology versus the Internet". The post from Jacobsen went on to criticize the actions of the "Anonymous" group, stating: "We're supposed to be the good people," and stated that contrary to the Anonymous group's tactics, "Our weapons as critics are reason, evidence, argument, and free speech". ... Freedom of speech means we need to allow all to speak - including those we strongly disagree with. ... —Andreas Heldal-Lund, Operation Clambake On Tuesday, the founder of Operation Clambake, a non-profit organization and website critical of Scientology based in Stavanger, Norway, released a statement about the attacks by "Anonymous". Andreas Heldal-Lund was critical of the "Anonymous" groups actions, stating: "The author of Operation Clambake does not condone such activity. Attacking Scientology like that will just make them play the religious persecution card. They will use it to defend their own counter actions when they try to shatter criticism and crush critics without mercy." Heldal-Lund went on to emphasize the right of all people and organizations to freedom of speech - including the Church of Scientology: "Freedom of speech means we need to allow all to speak - including those we strongly disagree with. I am of the opinion that the Church of Scientology is a criminal organisation and a cult which is designed by its delusional founder to abuse people. I am still committed to fight for their right to speak their opinion."
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| Julesy | Jan 29 2008, 01:09 AM Post #2 |
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I had read about this a few days ago but forgot where I found it . source is :http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/%22Anonymous%22_releases_statements_outlining_%22War_on_Scientology%22 thats where I found it today though not the original site I saw it at. heres one of the youtube vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ |
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| Taman | Jan 29 2008, 04:02 PM Post #3 |
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Kind of comes out as something nerdy kids would do but as a threat is a good one. I can't blame them for doing it. Heck leaders of Scientology so openly whore themselves for money and power that they should be snapped. But if this is about freedom of speech and so forth, anoms should attack just about everything. Still
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| Jane | Jan 29 2008, 05:18 PM Post #4 |
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I saw a BBC documentary about scientology and the reporters were followed by the scientologist's people the whole time, after they had done filming and stuff. They were so worried about how they were being portrayed, but in truth they made themselves look stupid on film, wouldn't give a straight answer to questions, wouldn't let celebrity members talk to the documentary makers when initially they had said they would. At one point the straight laced bbc man really loses his temper with one of them! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxqR5NPhtLI |
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| Denovissimus | Jan 29 2008, 09:16 PM Post #5 |
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Immortal Heretic
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Go Anon! The time for passive resistance is over! |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Jan 29 2008, 11:30 PM Post #6 |
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of course I think this is a great thing because I do think that Scientology needs to be stopped because it is an extreme cult, but then freedom of speech and free will come into play. If I condone this then how can I condemn christian and muslim groups from trying to stop atheists from speaking out about atheism? On myspace recently for instance the most popular atheist myspace page has been shut down due to christians demanding it to be, which is totally wrong but then wouldnt that also make what anonymous is doing wrong as well? |
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| Denovissimus | Feb 1 2008, 06:45 PM Post #7 |
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dlisted: Several Scientology centers were shut down today in Southern California after they received mysterious envelopes of white powder. SARS! Envelopes were mailed to 19 addresses in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Buildings were evacuated and some streets were closed. The FBI said the powder doesn't look harmful and it's probably just a hoax. They are conducting more tests. I'm sort of disappointed that Scientology had to call the police. Don't they have some high-tech labs with alien technicians to figure this shit out? First Anonymous and now this.....Xenu is not going to be happy. We are testing his patience. I can picture Xenu sitting in his mom's basement, playing Xbox and having to pause his game to take a call from David Miscavige. He rolls his eyes, jots something down in a notebook and continues with his game. One day he's not going to continue that Xbox game and he's going to wreak vengeance on us instead! Get your safehouse ready. |
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| Julesy | Feb 1 2008, 07:13 PM Post #8 |
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I still cant believe that Bart Simpson(the voice) gave ten million to the scientology church 5 mill more tham Cruise |
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| Julesy | Feb 7 2008, 12:15 AM Post #9 |
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I really want to know what goes on inside that church and its practices
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Feb 7 2008, 01:53 AM Post #10 |
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"We were also required to write down all transgressions . . . similar to a sin in the Catholic religion. After writing them all down, we would receive a meter check on the Electropsychometer to make sure we weren't hiding anything, and you would have to keep writing until you came up clean. This is from the age of 5 until I was 12." what the fuck is an electropsychometer? a magic 8 ball?
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| Julesy | Feb 7 2008, 02:23 PM Post #11 |
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lmao Yes. you shake it til you get the answer you want. at least thats what I would do. "Does this boy like me" *shakes ball* NO! *shakes again same question* NOT LIKELY *throws magic 8 ball against the wall* |
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| Julesy | Feb 20 2008, 02:32 PM Post #12 |
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[size=7] OMG! TOME CRUISE BETTER HAVE A HELL OF AN ALIBI[/size] GUY WHO WAS AGAINST SCIENTOLOGY FOUND DEAD. APPARANT SUICIDE. Anti-$cientology crusader "commits suicide" Although this guy isn't a celebrity, he certainly should be. He was featured as being verbally assaulted in the BBC's "Scientology and Me" Panorama special. CLEARWATER - Shawn Lonsdale, whose one-man crusade against Scientology made him a public enemy of the church, was found dead at his home over the weekend in an apparent suicide. He was 39. Police discovered Lonsdale's body at 12:20 p.m. Saturday after neighbors reported a foul odor. They found a garden hose stretched from the exhaust pipe of Lonsdale's car into a window of his home at 510 N Lincoln Ave., according to Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts. Daly-Watts said there were no signs of foul play, and police found what appeared to be a suicide note. It was not immediately available. The medical examiner's office said the official cause of death is pending toxicology reports. It was a lonely end for a man who emerged out of nowhere in 2006 as a thorn in the side of the Church of Scientology. For a few months in mid to late 2006, Lonsdale stood alone in downtown Clearwater beside a sandwich board that read "Cult Watch" in the heart of Scientology's religious headquarters. Videocamera in hand, he taped hours and hours of footage: Scientology buildings, church staffers walking the streets, security guards watching his movements and verbal confrontations with Scientologists. He then edited them into a "pseudo-documentary" about Scientology that eventually aired on local cable television. Lonsdale, who was never a Scientologist, was an odd nemesis. He had no connection to the church before arguing with a Scientologist over redevelopment issues at a Clearwater City Council meeting. But the self-described loner stepped into his new role with enthusiasm. At night, he dropped fliers on the doorsteps of downtown businesses. On his lunch break, he parked his car across the street from the church's cafeteria with posters in his window that claimed people could find free versions of secret church texts on the Internet. He even picked church-related documents from piles of trash in front of a Scientology-owned business and posted some of the documents online. The Church of Scientology and some its members fought back. They hired a private investigator to look into Lonsdale's background and found two misdemeanor convictions for lewd and lascivious conduct, both related to public sex with men, in 1999 and 2000. They called Lonsdale's employer at a title company and his landlord and said that Lonsdale was a religious bigot, possibly dangerous. In the fall of 2006, the church subpoenaed Lonsdale for a deposition, contending he was an agent of an anti-Scientology group that was legally barred from protesting in certain places downtown. Attorney Luke Lirot, who has battled Scientology in the past, came to Lonsdale's aid. "I found him to be quite affable and truly a very intelligent man," Lirot said in an interview Monday. "I certainly hope that a very thorough investigation is conducted." In the last year, though, the confrontation between Lonsdale and the Church of Scientology seemed to have run its course. Lonsdale let his anti-Scientology Web site lapse. He posted less and less on anti-Scientology blogs. Church spokeswoman Pat Harney said it had been months since the church heard from Lonsdale. Randy Payne, a former Scientologist, said Lonsdale found it impossible to be a full-time church critic and make a living. Payne said that he last spoke to Lonsdale two months ago, and that Lonsdale had found steady work on the night shift at a local company, stocking shelves. He talked about going back to school and getting a private investigator's license. "He was getting on with his life," Payne said. "He had every reason to live." Landlord Joe Critchley said Lonsdale was an ideal tenant: He paid the $650 rent on time every month and he kept the place clean. The last time they talked, Feb. 1 or Feb. 2, Lonsdale seemed fine. "He would be one of the last people I would expect to commit suicide," Critchley said. "But you never know."
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| Noname | Feb 20 2008, 02:40 PM Post #13 |
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so much. must read later. |
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| Denovissimus | Feb 21 2008, 01:26 PM Post #14 |
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| Taman | Feb 21 2008, 02:53 PM Post #15 |
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Power corrupts. That's why we love it. Well at least I do. I wouldn't mind being a high priest of some crappy religion and taking believers money. They are literally asking for it anyways.
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