Scientology Petition To Prevent Anonymous Protests In Clearwater Rejected - Page 3
Calling himself an Anonymous "sympathizer," Dakan said he doesn't know any members of group, but participated in the Feb. 10 protest after seeing information about it on Anonymous Web sites. He also said, "I personally have a problem with Scientology, I think it's very bad."
Dakan said he gave his name to someone who identified himself as a reporter and later saw someone photographing his license plate.
As for the allegations of threatened violence, Dakan said he didn't see anything like that at the Feb. 10 protest.
"They sort of went out of their way not to cause any trouble," he said of Anonymous protesters.
In fact, of the more 7000+ individuals who participated in February's global protest at Scientology centers around the world, not one was arrested for any acts of violence, yet the Church, in it's own manner of harassment, followed, videotaped and surreptitiously obtained identifying information about those who participated in the protest. Clearly, the wearing of masks, disguises and other efforts to shroud the identity of Anonymous protesters was not an ill-conceived idea, although not entirely full proof either.
As for the video created by Scientology which they claim made direct threats to Scientology churches, Anonymous were the first to respond with reports to the FBI, (including one I personally filed on the FBI website when I saw the video), and they immediately notified YouTube to have it removed.
Strangely, within minutes of seeing the video, members of Anonymous contacted the media to denounce any such acts of violence and to deny any involvement, only to be told the Church of Scientology had already called them and pointed them to the video.
As it stands, the Clearwater Anonymous protests will go on as scheduled.
Anonymous plans two protests in Clearwater this weekend. The first is Friday night at Eckerd Hall, where Scientologists will gather to celebrate founder L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. Saturday protestors plan to demonstrate near church properties downtown.
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