Vancouver, British Columbia

Originally Posted by SitiusANON

Could you be more specific? I DJ'd a bit towards the end and made careful choices, but I do agree; some of the techno stuff was just distasteful and distancing to the public and our credibility.

Perhaps that one that frequently repeats "fucked her all night long." That was... inappropriate to say the least.

Here are my photos.

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Also in regards to the comments about the image we were presenting on May 10th, particularly in reference to the music played.

Look - the songs in question "F*cked her all night..." in particular was my fault and I'll take the blame for that. I just figured we needed to keep our spirit high and to many of us all of this talk of SDN, The game (yes you just lost), and such songs are our ways of doing that.

In the future, I promise that if music of such caliber is to ever be played again that it be at least given a PG rating that won't cause children to question and mothers to run away screaming but from what I could tell - there were absolutely no complaints.

As far as how we came across, I myself talked with two members of the CoS and had a lengthy discussion with them about what we were about, the fact that we aren't threatening them or throwing out hate crimes, and to lay down that we basically are after the corporate level and they way they brainwash members into believing just about anything.

I thought this raid was extremely successful. Everyone had a good time, we got to chat with a lot of locals, including people who have suffered from the disconnection policy and I discovered that even the marijuana party of BC (down the road from the CoS) is in full support of our movement (for what that's worth).

I'll reiterate - in the future, our attitude will be a little more PG but we can't just keep this completely dry. Yes, we need to make our objectives a little more known, but let's lay those out and set forth some direction. I propose the following:

1) Let's all start a lettering campaign to our local members of parliament.
2) We need a flyer with a clear objective laid out. We've spent all the last few raids handing out information and creating awareness but the next step is to take serious action.
3) I think our goal should be to remove it's title as a "Church" and merely inform people that it is operating as a business that is abusing people who don't know any better. It's essentially a con-artist job. Con-jobs normally get thrown in jail or sued - so let's go at that angle.
4) REVOKE THEIR TAX FREE STATUS.

That is all.

Regarding the no complaints... who's going to approach a mob of several dozen masked people and tell them their music is making Baby Jesus cry?

Just because we were all having fun doesn't mean we can be intimidating to passers-by. In fact, I think that's one thing Anons really need to keep in mind: even though that's obviously not our intention, we can be scary.

Fair Enough.

As stated next raid will be a little more public friendly - I'm sure.

In time, maybe we'll figure out a way to be more approachable as well.

I hope to gawd that she was not getting a stress test or worse, a scilon. Too beautiful to waste her time, money and sanity on that shit.

Anon115: "... In fact, I think that's one thing Anons really need to keep in mind: even though that's obviously not our intention, we can be scary."

I actually remarked to a fellow Anon that quite a few peoples first reaction on seeing us is to either lock their car doors, roll up their car windows, or walk as far away from us as they can.

My comments on how to be less scary:
Dress Well: On the next raid (weather permitting) i am going to wear a suit. People seem to listen to what you have to say when you are dressed nicer than they are :P

Be Polite: Greet everyone before offering them a card or pamphlet. Hell, if you are holding up a sign, say good afternoon as they are passing you by.

Know Our Message: I think everyone is pretty much has this down. Each protest has a theme (Fair game..Disconnection.. ect) know the theme of the current protest and be able to explain it in about 30 seconds. From what i saw, people only stop and chat for a short time and if you are able to explain what you are protesting about in a well formed manner, it makes a really good impression.

Any other ideas?

Originally Posted by CoffeeAnon

I hope to gawd that she was not getting a stress test or worse, a scilon. Too beautiful to waste her time, money and sanity on that shit.

Do not worry, that lovely girl was a sharp cookie. Her Questions cut to the heart of the matter, forcing me to be at the top of my game. I delivered brother, calm your hormones. She had to run, but she took all the info I had to offer. We may yet have another quiet/gorgeous sympathizer.

Originally Posted by Turm0il

Anon115: "... In fact, I think that's one thing Anons really need to keep in mind: even though that's obviously not our intention, we can be scary."

True man. Thats why i wear a mask that exposes my eyes and mouth. People actually approached me, as they could see that I was just a normal dude beneath that hawt wrestling mask. But, next time, I will bring both, cause I love the official uniform. Yeah people get your suits. Got mine at value village the day before. It cost me 40$ for a jacket and pants.

If we want to be less scary then maybe a few pickets like "Do Not Fear The Mask. Fear The Truth." Some signage that informs the public that we are simply concerned citizens trying to expose an evil enterprise might help our PR.

Originally Posted by Turm0il

Anon115: "Be Polite: Greet everyone before offering them a card or pamphlet. Hell, if you are holding up a sign, say good afternoon as they are passing you by."

Yup, engage them. The public responds well if you ask them if they want information, rather than just intersecting their trajectory with a pamphlet. "This is a battle for hearts and minds of Joe and Jane average".

Sorry for being completely off-topic here for a sec... But could the person who mixed all that music during the protest PM me the tracklist? ;) Some of it might not have been appropriate for protest, but i'd still like to listen to it.

Post game videos:

YouTube - Co$ May 10, 2008 Protest: Vancouver

YouTube - Vancouver Anonymous Scientology Protest...

YouTube - Police Officer Addresses Anonymous

I will upload my video and pictures.