Columbus, OH

First, have some pie.

Yar, mateys, looks t'be a sea battle betwixt th' scum of the ocean th' Sea Org and the most entrubulating fleet of piratical bastards in any o' th' seven seas, the Sea Arrrrrgh.

Pirate apparel or signs not required but admit- it will be filled with lulz. I am going to see about getting a black flag, and if I can swing it, maybe a Sea Arrrgh flag. Certainly another banner and a chalked Cult Zone.

Let's get more shipmates for this one, and make the scifags walk the plank of downed stats!

I SAID RAMMING SPEED!!!

Arrgh!! A pirate we'll be for the month of June for all to see. I was thinking of getting a and crossbones flag made up for this. Any thoughts or comments on the flag?

Flag idea sounds great! Hopefully I can actually make it for this one.

Hi been watching these forums ever since I heard about this topic and been wanting to attend but i remember seeing something about the "church" moving? Where is the protest handled at cause my searchfu is broken :(

Zyren
The move isn't going to go through for a significant while so our get-togethers have been at their still-active downtown location.
Their new location is 1266 Dublin Road at the old Time Warner building. We were planning a visit soon if you wish to tag along.

Thank you! Hopefully if gas prices are good I can make a visit :D

I'll be in town to make this one; it's going to be exciting! =) I think I'll be able to bring a handful of friends along too. The more the merrier, right?

Long time Anon, first time poster....These protests are great and all, but we need to do more during the down time. Chalking campus and such is great, but we need to get our message out to the greater masses of Columbus. I say we put out fliers around suburbs, much like they do with coupon books. We wouldn't even need to meet up really, just make sure you go with a friend. It may also be advisable to have cover on, as who knows where the scilons are? We could make a flier with various facts about scientology, some people would read it. Feedback?

Hi Vidian. Great suggestions and some Anons are doing just that. In fact, if you head to the local site linked in Happy Cat's .sig you will see an area for sharing just such ideas. I am going to be publishing a Treasure Map style flier in the next couple days for anyone to print and post all around Central Ohio. Also, I have made a fresh batch of youfoundthecard.com business style cards which is in Publisher (I know!) format but anyone is welcome to make their own. We do need to hit outlying areas.

In Other News, or should I say, The Other Paper, we have a mixed win. The reporter did a better job, but referring to Operation Snow White and Operation Freakout as
"alleged" and "supposed" when there are documents that back it up was a bit much. Also she conflated specific examples I gave her with references to various sites (xenutv.com, xenu.net, wikileaks.org) into general examples.

No footbullets by any Anonymous, but the reporter does get a bit opinionated- refering to us as saying we are bold (Zuh? Pics or it didn't happen, plz! I don't recall any of us saying we were bold avengers) yet not bold enough to not wear masks. Though of course we had people there with no masks, or just sunglasses.

I should have reported Shaft instead of playing Spy vs Spy with him. Ah well- next time, though I hope I am not followed again. Kind of freaky. At least the last instance from the last protest was documented on videotape and the Detective told her how the org admitted they had people following and were told not to do that again.

Pretty fair, not quite objective (not hostile, but certainly sceptical or at least so diplomatic as to be indistinguishable) but a good, sold piece that beat the snot out of the Dispatch garbage, and will let thinking people look for things on their own.

EDITUS POSTUS!

On second reading, why the fuck did she not talk to our own Fair Gamed, Chef? She asked if anyone had been and I told her yes, and pointed to him as he was across the street at that time, and told her to talk him about the reality of Fair Gaming. That does piss me off, when she is provided a source, but yet writes as if all is unsubstantiated.

Cross posted from pie: Whanon will you scan and link us to that article from the other paper, so those of us who dont live IN cbus can read it? Thanks

They should have it up here:

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shortly. Still unhappy about Chef being ignored by the reporter. Still, it is better than that nonsensical piece done in the Columbus Disgrace newspaper article.

hmm i cant find it.. are we the bloggers article?

no... thats not us... hrmm...

Heh. Check the date at the top. It is still last week's issue.

You can usually get the "other" paper at like stores and stuff near campus. I think Raising Canes usually has a stack of them by the door, and a lot of places on campus (like the dorms or bigger halls) have them near the lantern and other papers. Or even just gas stations and stuff. Side note, I have a ton of sidewalk chalk left from my last chalking adventure. I only had one idea how to use it, but it borders on "fairgaming" the enemy so I shy away. Any suggestions?

You can find it in the suburbs and outlying towns, too. Chipotle usually has it as does Panera.

And as a follow-up, I sent our favorite detective a picture of the follow who looked like he was following me.

hey its up now! Lookin great Whanon ;)

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Buckeye

Did you miss TT?

LOL!!!

Hollywood’s vocal criticisms of Scientology are “too public,” said a protestor who went by her initials S.P. “If something happened to one of them, there would be too much of a backlash.”