for those of you that arent keeping up with the anon vs scientology battle check out the latest…
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Video_of_Riot_Police_Arresting_Anonymous_Leader_in_Atlanta
seriously what the fuck? pulling people over for honking thier horn? taking the acused into thier accusers compound? isnt this some kind of fucked up civil rights violation or something?
How about something that explains a little context here. By themselves, these videos make no sense at all.
This is what happens when you post drunk. You don’t make sense to anyone but yourself.
Some context.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/563735/scientology_vs_anonymous_an_internet.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ (video loads automatically)
If this is important enough to post, it’s important enough to post a one- or two-sentence explanation. If you can’t be bothered to make some minimal effort to explain why this is interesting and important, I won’t bother to click on your link. After all, if you don’t care, why should I?
Thanks Contrapuntal.
Apparently a dude who calls himself “Anonymous” is launching a series of internet attacks and staged protests against the Church of Scientology.
The OPer is questioning the actions of the DeKalb, GA police for arresting two people during what appears to be a peaceful protest against the CoS. (Comments by users report that they were arrested for not applying for a permit and were later released.)
I guess the OPer is drawing the conclusion that the cop’s overreacted or that they are in the CoS’s pocket. Not a conclusion I would draw unless I had evidence that showed they’d turn a blind eye to other non-CoS protesters.
From what I can see, it appears that during the Ides of March protests by Anonymous against Scientology at the above location, a guy deemed to be the ‘leader’ was arrested by police and charged with ‘protesting without a permit’ and ‘causing offensive or hazardous conditions’. Furthermore, it appears that some motorists were ticketed for honking their horns.
Edit: the green-haired guy arrested in the video has two charges against him, but they may not be the ones listed above. The YouTube summary says ‘They were charged with…’, so other people might have been arrested as well.
Hey, for Atlanta area police an arrest and release is good behavior. At least no one’s grandma has been killed. Yet.
Not “a dude”. It’s broad-based web community challenging the Church of Scientology:
You know what would be great? If some of these Anonymous-types showed up at our local Iraq war protest on Thursday and displayed the same passion against actual needless killing and maiming as they do against a bunch of nutjobs who aren’t hurting anybody but the gullible and a few celebrities.
My guess is they’ll be too busy trading Pokemon in Mom’s basement to make it.
Except you don’t need to be anonymous to protest the government in this country.
How the fuck do you know that some members of Anonymous don’t protest the Iraq war as well? Even if they don’t, at least these ‘Mom’s basement dwellers’ are getting out there and protesting against a legitimate target, an action that self-evidently contradicts them staying home to trade Pokemon. Do you also heckle people for donating to animal shelters instead of giving to ‘more legitimate causes’ like starving kids?
Remember kids–you can only hold one strong opinion at a time.
Fucking prick.
yeah beacaue the needless killing and disconnection from familes for cult related reasons is TOTALLY unimportant. Before you assume noone is being hurt maybe you should read up on the matter.
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/
now tell me they are harmless.
I won’t say that the Church is harmless, but I won’t say that they’re a threat, either. They’ve got a right to preach whatever message they want, and anyone who wants to get involved can do so.
Likewise, should an organization do something illegal to its members, they should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. It sounds like this Anonymous group is practicing vigilante justice – something I can rarely get behind.
Vigilante justice? They aren’t lynching Tom Cruise. They’re publicly exposing the church for what it is, cutting off the flow of new members and (by implication if not by explicit purpose) petitioning the government to look into this criminal organization.
Just because they’re not after your pet causes (and some of them may be) doesn’t mean that they’re not in the right here.
Wow what an incredibly long list of people whose lives have been destroyed by a specific religion.
Btw, am I the only one whose been reading actual Scientology literature to see what the deal is? I’m trying to get the whole picture instead of relying on anti-Scientology sites to teach me about the religion. So far it’s only about half as crazy as I thought it was.
Yes, because they’re certainly going to tell you they’re scamming your ass right up front. 
That is not entirely possible, since they keep the extra nutty stuff secret.
In any case, there’s a hefty difference between preaching one’s preferred version of silly fairy tales and being an organized criminal enterprise. The CoS has been firmly in the latter camp for the last 30 years.
Um… from their own “let’s declare war on Scientology” video:
As in, screw the legal process, we’ve decided that you need to be destroyed. They may be right, they may be wrong, but that sounds awfully vigilante-y to me.