We are ANONYMOUS!

  1. NGNM85
    NGNM85
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]"Hello Scientology. We are ANONYMOUS. We have been watching you.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Your campaigns of misinformation; suppression of dissent; 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 trust you, who call you leader, has been made clear to us. Anonymous has therefore decided that your organization should be destroyed. For the good of your followers, for the good of mankind--for the laughs--we shall expel you from the Internet and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form. We acknowledge you as a serious opponent, and we are prepared for a long, long campaign. You will not prevail forever against the angry masses of the body politic. Your methods, hypocrisy, and the artlessness of your organization have sounded its death knell.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]You cannot hide; we are everywhere.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]We cannot die; we are forever. We're getting bigger every day--and solely by the force of our ideas, malicious and hostile as they often are. If you want another name for your opponent, then call us Legion, for we are many.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Yet for all that we are not as monstrous as you are; still our methods are a parallel to your own. Doubtless you will use the Anon's actions as an example of the persecution you have so long warned your followers would come; this is acceptable. In fact, it is encouraged. We are your SPs.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Gradually as we merge our pulse with that of your "Church", the suppression of your followers will become increasingly difficult to maintain. Believers will wake, and see that salvation has no price. They will know that the stress, the frustration that they feel is not something that may be blamed upon Anonymous. No--they will see that it stems from a source far closer to each. Yes, we are SPs. But the sum of suppression we could ever muster is eclipsed by that of the RTC.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Knowledge is free.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]We are Anonymous.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]We are Legion.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]We do not forgive.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]We do not forget.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Expect us.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ[/FONT]
  2. NGNM85
    NGNM85
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]ANONYMOUS DECLARES WAR ON SCIENTOLOGY[/FONT]
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    [FONT=Arial Narrow]From Wikipedia;[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]'The group gained worldwide press for [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Project Chanology[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow], the protest against the [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Church of Scientology[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[19][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]On January 14, 2008, a video produced by the Church featuring an interview with [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Tom Cruise[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] was leaked to the Internet and uploaded to YouTube.[20][21][22] The Church of Scientology issued a copyright violation claim against YouTube requesting the removal of the video.[23] In response to this, Anonymous formulated Project Chanology.[24][25][26][27] Calling the action by the Church of Scientology a form of [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Internet censorship[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow], members of Project Chanology organized a series of [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]denial-of-service attacks[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] against Scientology websites, [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]prank calls[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow], and [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]black faxes[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] to Scientology centers.[28][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]On January 21, 2008, individuals claiming to speak for Anonymous announced their goals and intentions via a video posted to YouTube entitled "Message to Scientology," and a [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]press release[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] declaring a "War on Scientology" against both the Church of Scientology and the [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Religious Technology Center[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[27][29][30] In the press release, the group states that the attacks against the Church of Scientology will continue in order to protect the right to [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]freedom of speech[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow], and end what they believe to be the financial exploitation of church members.[31] A new video "Call to Action" appeared on YouTube on January 28, 2008, calling for protests outside Church of Scientology centers on February 10, 2008.[32][33] On February 2, 2008, 150 people gathered outside of a Church of Scientology center in [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Orlando, Florida[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] to protest the organization's practices.[34][35][36][37] Small protests were also held in [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Santa Barbara, California[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow],[38] and [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Manchester, England[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[35][39] On February 10, 2008, about 7000 people [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]protested in more than 93 cities worldwide[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[40][41] Many protesters wore masks based on the character [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]V[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] from V for Vendetta (who in turn was influenced by [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Guy Fawkes[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]), or otherwise disguised their identities, in part to protect themselves from [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]reprisals from the Church[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[42][43][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Anonymous held a [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]second wave of protests[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] on March 15, 2008 in cities all over the world, including Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Vancouver, Toronto, Berlin, and Dublin. The global turnout was estimated to be "between 7000 and 8000," a number similar to that of the first wave.[44] The third wave of the protests took place on April 12, 2008.[45][46] Named "Operation Reconnect," it aimed to increase awareness of the Church of Scientology's [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]disconnection policy[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].[20][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]On October 17, 2008, an 18-year-old from New Jersey described himself as a member of Anonymous, and he stated that he would plead guilty to involvement in the January 2008 DDoS attacks against Church of Scientology websites.[47][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]On December 2, 2009, Anonymous held a competition, "Scientology Sucks: A Contest", and asked the contestants to carry out (legal) pranks on the Church of Scientology and offered $1000, $300 and $75 (initially $400, $100 and $50) from donation money for the top three entries.[48] The contest was won by a user who called himself MalcontentNazi for his video Scientology's Secret Nazi Ties in which he dressed as a [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Nazi[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] and stood in front of a Scientology church and praised the church and consequently made a prank call to the church asking them why they were not able to pull the guy, who dressed himself as a Nazi and made fun of them, off the streets.[49][/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial Narrow]Protests continued, and took advantage of media events such as the premiere of the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie, where the venue was chosen in part to reduce exposure to the protests.[50]'[/FONT]
  3. Yazman
    Yazman
    There always has to be somebody bringing this stupid 4chan shit here. Why does your anti-scientology group have to be founded on the basis of 4chan's failures?
  4. NGNM85
    NGNM85
    There always has to be somebody bringing this stupid 4chan shit here. Why does your anti-scientology group have to be founded on the basis of 4chan's failures?
    I am not in any way affiliated with Anonymous. However, Anonymous are the only significant group publicly opposing Scientology. Also, they have been remarkably successful in putting the cult on the defensive. I think any comprehensive, contemporaneous resource on the Scientology cult would be remiss without acknowledging that.
  5. thesadmafioso
    Yeah, I really don't think having Anonymous lined up against an issue is necessarily entirely positive. They certainly are quite resourceful over the internet, but once they transcend that barrier they lose a lot of their initial force. I don't know if you have seen any of their actual protests against Scientology in real life, but they come off as being rather ill prepared. That and they have a relatively mixed reputation, they hardly constitute a serious force in the public arena beyond their capacity for action through the internet.

    Though I have to admit that I would rather them be against Scientology than not, as the internet can prove to be a very useful resource in modern media. It is better than nothing, I suppose.

    By the way, I can't help but notice you have a frakking cylon for an avatar NGM. This is rather unnerving, as the only good cylon is one which has been thrown out an airlock. Gods damned toaster.
  6. GallowsBird
    GallowsBird
    Anonymous aren't even successful on the Internet either, nor have they truly put Scientology on the defensive any more than usual (the "Church" by its nature is paranoid so always on a "we are oppressed" defensive anyway). They have merely been a nuisance. I am still waiting for that ultimate attack they announced ages ago (forget the date they said) that never came and looms over 4Chan fans like some sort of messiah.
  7. UNDEADnihilist13
    UNDEADnihilist13
    I told a scientologist the story of xnue lulz
  8. Cosmonaut
    There always has to be somebody bringing this stupid 4chan shit here. Why does your anti-scientology group have to be founded on the basis of 4chan's failures?
    4chan hates Anonymous. "Moralfags" they call them. They also call them "The cancer that's killing /b/".