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May Christchurch and Auckland Anonymous Protests
A windy day, but nine protesters including some first-timers in Christchurch. And lolly cake too! Christchurch discussion thread
Seven anons in Auckland, distributing three or four hundred flyers. Scientology’s been busy, sending legal threats to three anons recently. “All have recommitted themselves to staying on board till the job is done.” And the legal letters were a great example to show the public how “the cult tries to bully people into silence.” Cheers, Scientology!
May protest this Saturday!
A reminder that the monthly protest is on this Saturday the 16th!
Auckland: 11am, corner of Queen and Custom Streets
Christchurch: 2pm in Cathedral Square
March 14 2009 Protest Reports and Auckland Video
Auckland
“9 Anons arrived. And I want to say a big thank you to every one of them. It`s a dirty job but someone has to do it. These people are all genuine heroes. Not only are they willing to go out there and stand up for human rights, they are also willing to risk being fairgamed and intimidated by a fanatical cult.
There was a St Patrick’s day parade going up Queen St for about half an hour which meant there were a lot of people gathered to see our signs and be handed our flyers. We also had five citizens come and join us for short spells. Donning masks and handing flyers out. I can’t give an exact count, but somewhere between five and six hundred flyers went out today.” (Ididntcomeback in Auckland thread)
Scientologist Volunteer Minister Rita showed up and “took photos of us and engaged in a bit of cussing off camera.” Was everybody else off practising their table tennis for the exciting Ideal Org fundraising tournament today?
Christchurch
Pretty low key effort today, but we reached many, as Christchurch is very busy with people in town for the Flower Show. SO many people saying, Oh I know about scientology being a scam’, ’save your fliers, I know about it’, ‘is that Tom Cruise’s weird religion’ ‘Oh, poor Katie being on that de-tox programme’ …. etc. Also, still receiving very positive comments about our two page spread from last year. Another awesome thing is that we are being recognised by the mask - mainly by tourists - but they know who we are and what we stand for, AND they are right behind us, and don’t mind telling us.
Was totally awesome to have the response like that, especially when a year ago when I first started protesting, people didn’t really know about it and now they do! (OnceBitten’s raid report)
Protest this Saturday March 14th!
Auckland kicks it off - 11:00 am Saturday 14th on the corners of Queen and Customs streets. Flyers, banners and masks provided. Please bring cameras…video especially. RSVP here.
And Christchurch starts at 1 pm in Cathedral Square -
planning here.
After the protest you can upload and tag your photos and videos in the multimedia hub at Kiwianon Ning. The Ning now supports bulk importing (including title, captions and tags) from your Flickr account - you can do it here. Different ways to upload photos and videos, including by phone and email, are listed here.
Video from Auckland 10 May Protest
New vid from timepirate! Anons hand out tonnes of leaflets on Queen St, and have a bit of a chat to Mike ‘I’m OT4 and I DO have superpowerz’ Ferriss and some other scientologists (in the yellow Volunteer Minister t-shirts).
Here’s Mike Ferriss posing with his son James and an Anonymous protester in Auckland on Saturday…
…Guess Mikey has had a cognition and doesn’t think that Anonymous are “nuts” and that our campaign is “dangerous” and full of “religious intolerance and hate-speech” anymore! Yay!
Mind getting your lawyers to send an apology for their recent threatening letter/s now, Mikey?
May 10 Protests an epic success!
The Anonymous protests against the Scientology Organisation’s criminal actions and Fair Game policy went off without a hitch in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch today!
The Auckland protest had 46 anons on Queen St at its peak, handing out over 1300 flyers, plus a contingent of about 10 scientologists trying to share the glory. Meet one posing with a couple of friendly anons!
The head of the NZ CoS, Mike Ferriss, and his mates indulged in a bit of bullbaiting and hassling of the protesters, the ethical Scientologists that they are. When asked how he’d discovered the name of one of the anons present, he replied “I’m OT4 and I do have superpowers.” Anon’s response: “I’m name fagged, dammit.” Guess you should really stop wasting Scientology members’ money on PIs and lawyers to Fair Game innocent New Zealanders then, Mikey. Just use those superpowers to shatter supression and stop people telling the ugly truth about the Organisation of Scientology.
Wellington had three stalwart anons flyering on Manners Mall, despite the rain, wind and cold. Delicious chocolate cake was eaten and plans were made to amp up the effort for June’s protest.
Christchurch, home of NZFG, had ten anons showing up to protest, including several newbies and some ex-scientologists. The anons masked up and spread the word with over 400 flyers. Many lulz were had!
Epic success yet again, Anonymous! New Zealand has shown the world how it’s done and kicked off the fourth global day of action in style! A special thanks to all the brave ex-scientologists who came out and stood up against the crimes and abuses of Scientology with us today. And cheers to Mike Ferriss and his gang for a live demonstration of Fair Game today!
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