From Vanonymous

Contents 1 Media Tendencies 2 Why is Scientology Bad in the First Place? 2.1 Sea Org 2.2 Child Abuse and Neglect 2.3 Harassing Critics 2.4 Lying and Scamming Parishioners 2.5 Practising medicine illegally 2.6 Attempting to insinuate Scientology Practises into other institutions 2.7 Lawsuits 3 Why is Anonymous Involved? 4 Why Are They Dead 5 Major Controversies 5.1 Snow White 5.2 Operation Freakout 5.3 Project Normandy 5.4 Project Bulgravia 6 Scientology's Response 6.1 Fair Gaming Anon 6.2 Other Reactions

Media Tendencies

One thing you need to always keep in mind is they will cut up the interview and change everything you say. Make sure not a single word you say can be misinterpreted. Never answer a question without repeating it first. If you see an opportunity to mention some facts, just do it - you won't be asked to. Keep it close to home... reporters aren't going to care about things happening halfway across the globe. Mention how we're officially supported by the German government. Quote LRH's racism as soon as you can. Don't emphasize Anonymous unless you're explicitly asked to; we're here to talk about the cult, not about ourselves. And never be afraid to ask other anons for help if you lack info on a particular topic.

Why is Scientology Bad in the First Place?

Sea Org

• poor living/working conditions for staff - L.A. Times, June 26 1990 : THE SCIENTOLOGY STORY : Part III, Inside the Church Source: Media Article
• RPF (and RPF's RPF) - Kent, Stephen A., Department of Sociology, University of Alberta Canada. : June 30 1997 : Scientology -- Is This a Religion? Source: Academic Thesis
• coerced abortions - ABC News April 24 2008 : Nightline -- Growing Up Scientologist Source: News Broadcast
• separation of spouses/immediate family, often to different countries, or different regions
• routinely denies SO members the "shore leave" they were promised, never 2 weeks/year
• Sub-minimum wage compensation for SO workers (~$35/week if you're lucky, usually less, often none at all)

Child Abuse and Neglect

• sweatshop working conditions for children in the Cadet Org
• manual labour
• separation from parents
• substandard education
• poor child care for infants and toddlers

Harassing Critics

• Fair Game policy
• Legal harassment
• Pickets and flyerings

Lying and Scamming Parishioners

• excessive mandatory donations
• deceptive recruiting practises such as lies about L. Ron
• hiding key aspects of Scientology from new recruits for years
• Might want to mention lies about asbestos on the Freewinds here (also applies to staff abuses)

Practising medicine illegally

• encourages members to believe they can cure cancer with Scientology, and to forgo proper medical treatment
• "touch assists" for rescue workers
• Narconon/Purification rundown
• auditing for cancer and other illnesses
• denying psychiatric care for the mentally ill/Introspection Rundown

Attempting to insinuate Scientology Practises into other institutions

• Applied Scholastics: trying to get Scientology teachings into schools, public and private
• Narconon: lying to drug addicts and their families, practising bad medicine and recruiting. Talking in public and private classrooms
• CCHR: spreading lies about Psychiatry to continue the Church's war on good medical practises
• WISE: and other business-tech selling fronts goes here

Lawsuits

• Filing frivolous lawsuits against critics and government agencies
• Spending millions to push frivolous lawsuits to winning verdicts (and creating precedence which conflicts with the body of law) ^{[ unverified ]}
• IRS was a victim of this tactic, scientologist can write off hundreds of thousands of $$$ of religious donations that other religions cannot - IN VIOLATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE!

Why is Anonymous Involved?

• Free Speech issues
• Fair Gaming of Critics
• improving our footbullet collection
• Reaction from the Church

Why Are They Dead

• Lisa McPherson: died December 5 1995 after 17 days of captivity lost ~40 lbs in that period due to starvation/dehydration (disputed by CoS, partially discredited coroner)
• Quentin Hubbard Died November 12 1976
• Elli Perkins March 13, 2003 (Happy Birthday LRH!) Was stabbed 77 times by her schizophrenic son who was withheld proper medical care for his condition
• Josephus Havenith Feb. 25 1980 "Drowned" in a bathtub filled with scalding water
• Philip Gale March 13, 1998 (Happy Birthday LRH!) Jumped out a 10th floor window at MIT on LRH's birthday.
• Kaja Ballo, age 20, Died March 28th, 2008 - Daughter of Norwegian Parliament member; killed herself by jumping out her dormitory window a few hours after getting negative reports on a stress test
• Shawn Lonsdale, Died February 26th, 2008 (SEE ALSO: Fair Gaming of Critics) - "Suicide" via garden hose/exhaust pipe through his window - followed by extensive handling by Scientologists at Flag

Major Controversies

Snow White

• more than 100 government agencies infiltrated by CoS agents
• Stole documents from government files
• destroyed documents in government files
• planted documents (? not positive on this ? )

Operation Freakout

• Framed Paulette Cooper for bomb threats

Project Normandy

• Planned takeover of the town of Clearwater by CoS

Project Bulgravia

• Began in 1992 (during period of civil unrest in the Balkans) - an attempt to establish a Scientology state in that region, starting with establishment of industries and telecommunications in Albania (thankfully never came to any fruition, unlike the other ops in this list)
• Scans/Translations of source material: [1] Project A | Scientology Racism
• Tom Cruise Video

Scientology's Response

Fair Gaming Anon

• Gregg
• Sean
• Angry Gay Pope
• Socal mass outing/flyering for September

Other Reactions

• Psyops sound warfare against Gold protestors
• Counter flyering
• "Anonymous Hate Crimes" DVD