Picketing downstat org in Poole UK
John Ritson
A highly successful picket took place this afternoon, Saturday 11 Oct
against the Scientology cult in the South Coast town of Poole. Although
it rained heavily up to the start of the picket, the rain stopped (Xenu
be praised) when we reached the normal place in the middle of the High
Street where the body-routers hang out, to find ... no body-routers with
clipboards asking people if they wanted to take part in a survey. A
quick check down a side street revealed that their bookshop, where the
marks were taken for their 'Personality Test' leading to a series of
expensive courses was closed down and had a 'To Let' sign.
Further checking revealed that the Scientologists' most productive site
in the UK had been reduced to just one office over a restaurant, further
down the High Street, away from most of the foot traffic. We had
sufficient numbers including local supporters, to split our forces in
two, with leafleting and the water-winged dog 'Duke' at the centre of
the shopping area, and countering the few disheartened body-routers
outside their remaining 'org'.
Once again the local residents were only too happy to take leaflets as
soon as they realised that we were 'AGAINST Scientology'. LRH 'Standard
Tech' had served only to annoy the local population who would come up
and ask 'Do you have time for a survey' before bursting out laughing and
urging us to keep up the good work. One of them said that the Poole
Scientologists has been threatened with being shut down by their
headquarters as they were doing so badly.
Meanwhile the real 'Do you have time for a survey' merchants were not
having much luck. Having persuaded polite but uneasy members of the
public to come across the road to complete the 'survey' it must be
pretty galling to watch somebody give them Xemu leaflets and then see
the intended victims take the opportunity to scoot off. But at least the
hapless body-router could diagnose the problem and brilliantly
identified his opponents as Suppressives, demanding to know what 'rapes
and murders' they had committed.
The decline of the former jewel in Scientology's UK crown within a year
is amazing.
There is nothing like a day out at the seaside to cheer one up.
John *** "That person's future is black. It is so black I can't even describe
it right now. I can't even even find the words to describe how black that
person's future is . . . I mean it is *really* black." David Miscavige at 1982
Mission-Holders Conference describing the fate of his opponents. ***
Exile49
I think a lot of missions and orgs are going to be downstat this year.
Does anyone know where their more successfull ones are located? Who leads
the cult now in raw meat and bodies in the shop? Who sends the most willing
dupes to Flag? I would sure like to know. A lot of them seem to come from
outside the US, in fact English might end up as a second language in Clamhall
of CW.
The Exile
$cientology, chiefly responsible for the deaths of Lisa
McPherson, Patrick Vic, Susan Meister, James Stewart,
Noah Lottick and others. For more details about this sinister
cult: http://www.primenet.com/~cultxpt/index.htm
Roland
Ted Mayett (KoX) wrote:
<snip>
> So what are the actual addresses we are talking about here?
> Is the closing of the bookstore a closing of an org?
> Perhaps other reports will answer this.
No. The bookstore was just a satelite to their main place which is two
or three floors above a restaurant further down the street with much
less foot traffic.
They are left with that one place now with poor foot traffic. There were
three body routers there when I looked. They are obviously under
pressure since I saw one lady literally block the path of someone and
start asking them questions.
The Poole residents are wise to them and they see our pickets as a way
of their crystallising their objection for them.
We have been looking at their accounts and I have been using my
knowledge of the way they work to work out what is going on. The Poole
org owes about $2,000,000 to some body. I have worked out that this is
the central Co$ and is no doubt for the training of their staff. It is
obvious that they are not getting any ~real~ money in. You can tell when
you look at their trade creditors. One year they owed them about
$100,000 and the accounts sort of invented stock and loans to cover it.
In other words they were not making enough money to pay their bills.
Now it will be even worse. I believe their accounts are late for filing
bacause they want to hide what is going on or the auditors and trying to
find some way to make their accounts look acceptable. I believe they are
finished and will not be able to pay their debts unless the central Co$
bails them out. Rumour has it that they have been given an ultimatum.
Get more people in off the street or close. Now the are placed where
there is less foot traffic then they will surely close.
Perhaps one more picket is needed to finish them off.
Even if they do close I might go down to Poole. I like the place. It is
on the south coast of England, more ot the west. It is close to
Weymouth, which is a bit further on, where I was born, and in the same
county. If there were work there I think I would live there. There seems
to be a thing going with the group Mensa there. We met a town councillor
who is a Mensa member and I saw someone with a Mensa umbrella. Mensa is
for people will IQs in the top 2%. I used to be a member (except I was
in the top 1% - brag!) but I left because they were so bigotted about
paranormal events. So maybe there would be a good social scnene there
for me since I could always rejoin. The trouble is finding my type of
work (contract SAS Analyst/Programmer).
The beer there is very good and there is a reasonable fish and chip shop
right on the harbour key. Jens looked on in horror at the battered cod
and chips I was eating but had to admit that England managed to conquer
most of the world while eating that stuff. Afterwards I gave the
picketers a stunning display of the flying skills of seagulls. I threw
my excess chips in the air and they were all caught by the gulls in
their beaks. I threw some down in the water for some swans as well.
That chowder pot will soon be ours. {_}¬ The org will not last too much
longer.
Roland
Ted Mayett (KoX)
>A highly successful picket took place this afternoon, Saturday 11 Oct
>against the Scientology cult in the South Coast town of Poole. Although
>it rained heavily up to the start of the picket, the rain stopped (Xenu
>be praised) when we reached the normal place in the middle of the High
>Street where the body-routers hang out, to find ... no body-routers with
>clipboards asking people if they wanted to take part in a survey. A
>quick check down a side street revealed that their bookshop, where the
>marks were taken for their 'Personality Test' leading to a series of
>expensive courses was closed down and had a 'To Let' sign.
>Further checking revealed that the Scientologists' most productive site
>in the UK had been reduced to just one office over a restaurant, further
>down the High Street, away from most of the foot traffic. We had
>sufficient numbers including local supporters, to split our forces in
>two, with leafleting and the water-winged dog 'Duke' at the centre of
>the shopping area, and countering the few disheartened body-routers
>outside their remaining 'org'.
Wow!!!
Here from Jens Tingleff, Aug 2, 1997:
" We learned that the High Street was known as 'Ambush Alley' because
one would get cornered by the clams, sooner or later ;-)"
Ambush Alley seems to to be Ambush Alley no more.
So what are the actual addresses we are talking about here?
Is the closing of the bookstore a closing of an org?
Perhaps other reports will answer this.
--
Ted Mayett OT 1.1
http://xenu.phys.uit.no/cgi-bin/globloc.cgi
Ted Mayett (KoX)
On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:40:51 +0100, Roland
<roland.rashleigh-berry@_SPAMTRAP_virgin.net> wrote:
>Ted Mayett (KoX) wrote:
><snip>
>> So what are the actual addresses we are talking about here?
>> Is the closing of the bookstore a closing of an org?
>> Perhaps other reports will answer this.
>
>No. The bookstore was just a satelite to their main place which is two
>or three floors above a restaurant further down the street with much
>less foot traffic.
>
>They are left with that one place now with poor foot traffic.
>
>We have been looking at their accounts and I have been using my
>knowledge of the way they work to work out what is going on. The Poole
>org owes about $2,000,000 to some body. I have worked out that this is
>the central Co$ and is no doubt for the training of their staff. It is
>obvious that they are not getting any ~real~ money in. You can tell when
>you look at their trade creditors. One year they owed them about
>$100,000 and the accounts sort of invented stock and loans to cover it.
>In other words they were not making enough money to pay their bills.
>
Well 2 million owed to the central cos might as well be 200 million,
it really has no meaning. The org owing can simply "postulate" that
they will pay it by _this_ week repeatedly.
>
>Perhaps one more picket is needed to finish them off.
>
One more certainly will not help them. :-)
Although they think it does.
Now then, I go to the cult's locator and there is no picture for the
Poole org. So i go to Jen's map:
http://wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~jensting/muslinger/protest_map.html
and it is kind of hard to see the places you are talking about.
What about this, a few pictures thrown up showing the two Poole
locations we are talking about. Possibly they are already up and just
not easily noticed. Also, how long is it from Poole to Brighton if
one is driving?
>most of the world while eating that stuff. Afterwards I gave the
>picketers a stunning display of the flying skills of seagulls. I threw
>my excess chips in the air and they were all caught by the gulls in
>their beaks. I threw some down in the water for some swans as well.
>
I would stand with the wind at my back and the sea gulls would hover,
almost motionless, waiting for a snack to be tossed. As I waved my
hand back and forth the heads would follow. Then i would point to one
of them and fling the snack right at them, fast. Sometimes another
gull would swoop down and grab it. A gull that would be waiting to
see where i pointed to. And then I would finish my coffee, scatter
the rest of the snacks, go inside and dress for work.
>That chowder pot will soon be ours. {_}Ź The org will not last too much
>longer.
>
The story of Poole is an interesting one. By following the link above
it is possible to trace the decline of scientology in Poole. Four
pickets were done there. To the PC's it must have seemed like four
hundred. (Poole Clams)
The reports and pictures of these Poole pickets tell an interesting
story. As the picketers became more sophisticated and possibly more
humane, the clams diminished in offensive effectiveness. I'm not sure
I am far enough removed from all of this to analyze the chronological
order of the written reports. Not even the picture reports. No doubt
but that scholars will study these things one day.
The clams could have done an effective offensive, but failed to.
But then again maybe they could not do an effective offensive and
still remain under the spell of scientology technology. When most of
the orgs are closed down it will be fun to discuss these issues.
For today, the Poole org is beaten. Nonetheless, pictures of that
closed bookshop and current org will help bring this information home
to internet clams reading these things.
As though there was not enough done already in the UK. :-)
Keith Henson
Ted Mayett (KoX) (te...@skylink.net) wrote:
: On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:40:51 +0100, Roland
: <roland.rashleigh-berry@_SPAMTRAP_virgin.net> wrote:
Way to go guys! Now, if I can just manage to close Cedars . . . .
Keith Henson
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
In article <qTRElAAc...@jritson.demon.co.uk>, John Ritson
<jo...@jritson.demon.co.uk> writes
>A highly successful picket took place this afternoon, Saturday 11 Oct
>against the Scientology cult in the South Coast town of Poole.
We got into Poole about 12:30 and left to get to Flakland Square at the
top of the High street. We had made open notice in the area a week
before so the paper and the radio station covered in advance, and we
were prepared for an out-of-town clam contingent. Didn't happen.
The High Street was pretty thoroughly policed, and pickpockets had
an unproductive Saturday :->. Present were myself, Roland, MartinP
and colleague, Jens, John, one old and one recent Intenet person,
a local councillor and his son, a woman vicar and a minister's wife
from the local churches. Unfortunately one carload with the placards
didn't show, but we ploughed on anyway.
Nothing much happened at the announced
move off point, so we went on over the level crossing and down the
pedestrianised High street to Old Market crossroads. We set up shop and
shouted the usual stuff about beiong against $cn, $cn is a barmy UFO
cult, and so forth. Brian/"Persil", the bOrg's Press Officer, turned
up and spent a long time yapping at the local councillor. Stuart,
the Ethics Officer, was there too in a yellow anorack taking many photos
from across the square. An extra, possibly out of town, OSA person
turned up in a doorway taking photos and talking into a two-way radio,
but rapidly disappeared when he was pointed out to the Evening ECHO
reporter. One interesting development:
THEIR SMALL SHOP ROUND THE CORNER IN THE "OLD MARKET" MINI-PRECINT
HAS CLOSED, APPARENTLY WITH RENT OWING.
The significace is that the clams normally body routed in the narrow
"throat" of the High street coming down to the square, and whisk people
just over the way into the shop. Can't do that now. Apparently they
try to catch raw meat at the very bottom of the pedestrianised section
just before the zebra crossing which takes you into the un-
pedestrianised southern yards leading down to the quay (their place
over "Alcatraz" restaurant is only one building down). But it's not
nearly so sucessful as a body-routing spot. The group split, and about
four people went down this end near the Org.
About 90 minutes in, the drizzle turned to a flurry of real rain,
and we headed off for the pub. One person stayed up by the cross-roads,
with Duke the Dog watchful on his lead, while "Persil" continued to
haraangue the councillor and his son. The rest of us trickled down to
the bOrg, then in to The Hoggshead for a drink in the warm. Stuart
the E.O. got an invite to join us and spent most of his time in the
pub trying to handle Roland. "Persil" later rolled in too.
Finally we had a wander down the sea-front for some sea-side
fish'n'chips which we ate looking out over the quay, then back
up the High Street in time for the 1730 train home.
All in all, not a bad day out.
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David Gerard
On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:40:32 +0100,
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
:About 90 minutes in, the drizzle turned to a flurry of real rain,
:and we headed off for the pub. One person stayed up by the cross-roads,
:with Duke the Dog watchful on his lead, while "Persil" continued to
:haraangue the councillor and his son. The rest of us trickled down to
:the bOrg, then in to The Hoggshead for a drink in the warm. Stuart
:the E.O. got an invite to join us and spent most of his time in the
:pub trying to handle Roland. "Persil" later rolled in too.
Trying to handle Roland? Do tell!
Did your clams drink alcohol, or did they try to order coffee?
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On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:40:32 +0100, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
<da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>THEIR SMALL SHOP ROUND THE CORNER IN THE "OLD MARKET" MINI-PRECINT
>HAS CLOSED, APPARENTLY WITH RENT OWING.
>
Scientology is Expanding.
Could this really be the result of three previous pickets and a few
Xemu flyers? And some balloons, and a stuffed dog, and a bullhorn,
and a handful of talented people? It is easy to see now why some
"good" critics were against the use of stage props for a
demonstration.
Prior to this event there were 7 pickets done in the UK in 1997.
London 2, Brighton 2, Poole 3. Perhaps the results at Poole are also
a combined effect of all the other pickets.
>All in all, not a bad day out.
>
Yeah buddy!
Roland
David Gerard wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:40:32 +0100,
> Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> :and we headed off for the pub. One person stayed up by the cross-roads,
> :with Duke the Dog watchful on his lead, while "Persil" continued to
> :haraangue the councillor and his son. The rest of us trickled down to
> :the bOrg, then in to The Hoggshead for a drink in the warm. Stuart
> :the E.O. got an invite to join us and spent most of his time in the
> :pub trying to handle Roland. "Persil" later rolled in too.
>
> Trying to handle Roland? Do tell!
>
> Did your clams drink alcohol, or did they try to order coffee?
It started with me walking down the road carrying Duke. Stuart (the clam
ethics officer) was taking photos of me as I passed their body routers
waving at them furiously. Stuart asked me what I was going to do next. I
told him that Duke was a small thermo-nuclear device and that I was
going to leave it in their lobby and then catch a helicopter to take me
100 miles away before it exploded. Stuart looked visibly worried. Then I
told me it was a joke. He then asked me if I were the person on the
internet who kept making all the bomb threats. I told him it was done by
OSA and that it was stupid nonsense. Then I said what I really was going
to do was have a pint or two before I caught the train back so I could
watch the most important event of the year on telly. Since he didn't
have a clue and said he didn't read newspapers or watch telly I had to
explain that it was the world cup qualifying match between England and
Italy. I talked about English football and how it had deteriorated since
England got banned from Europe for crowd violence and how things had
picked up in recent years. I told him that Manchester United now pass
the ball as well as a good italian side and that English clubs get
$30,000,000 per year given to them by Sky TV. He was amazed. Then a few
more of us turned up and Stuart asked if he could join us in the pub. I
said yes. I bought him the orange juice he asked for.
We chatted in the pub. He asked me why I was doing this. I explained
that Scn makes false claims about the tech working. He explained that it
helped him and as far as he was concerned it always worked. I then
explained what happened when I went to St Hill for auditing and how the
auditor (Mo Tyburn) was falsifying my TA and how the staff there
consistently tried to cover it up and tried to reg me for some very
expensive auditing to "totally handle my case". I told him how I became
disillusioned and did a search on the internet, found the Dianetics
volcano and on it being so slow did a further search and found Xenu.
Persil turned up later. Persil smiles but is very insincere (1.1). He
did not want a drink off me. He talked about OT powers and the
definition of OT. He told me that OT consisted of being at cause over
Matter, Energy, Space and time. He indicated the table and asked me if I
could be cause over it. I replied that I could move it around but that
that was not the same thing as being at cause over matter. I invited him
to turn the table into a living duck. He declined and asked why anyone
would want to do that. I pointed out that with all the animals people
eat then they should want to replace one from time to time.
Anyway. It was quite amicable and then it was time for them to go. I
said it was nice to meet them and talk to them. I held my hand out to
shake hands with them as they were leaving. Persil smiled and at first
declined. Then Stuart got up and held out his hand. Persil then shook my
hand and then Stuart. I pointed out to my fellow SPs that I was the only
~real~ SP in the group since I am an SP on paper and that they should
note well how a ~real~ SP handles clams.
What they clams do know now is that I spent something like $75,000
disemminating WIS's which I was not pleased about. I also told them I
worked for a drug company (which I do at present. They use SAS software
which I program in). This could lead to interesting developments.
Basically they know that if the pickets continue then their org will
close. They see me as a dangerous force because I know about Scn. They
may go for me in a big way and sue me, fair game me etc. On the other
hand they may think about paying me off. Or on the other hand they may
do nothing.
They have a problem there in Poole. It is called "pickets". They will
not survive long unless the pickets stop and they can improve their
image. It may already be too late.
Roland
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Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
In article <34444f05...@snews.zippo.com>,
>Is the closing of the bookstore a closing of an org?
>Perhaps other reports will answer this.
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In article <3440b514...@snews.zippo.com>, "Ted Mayett" writes:
>On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:40:51 +0100, Roland wrote:
>>Ted Mayett (KoX) wrote:
>><snip>
>>> So what are the actual addresses we are talking about here?
>>> Is the closing of the bookstore a closing of an org?
>>> Perhaps other reports will answer this.
>>
>>No. The bookstore was just a satelite to their main place which is two
>>or three floors above a restaurant further down the street with much
>>less foot traffic.
>>We have been looking at their accounts and I have been using my
>>knowledge of the way they work to work out what is going on. The Poole
>>org owes about $2,000,000 to some body. I have worked out that this is
>>the central Co$ and is no doubt for the training of their staff. It is
>>obvious that they are not getting any ~real~ money in. You can tell when
>>you look at their trade creditors. One year they owed them about
>>$100,000 and the accounts sort of invented stock and loans to cover it.
>>In other words they were not making enough money to pay their bills.
>>
>
>Well 2 million owed to the central cos might as well be 200 million,
>it really has no meaning. The org owing can simply "postulate" that
>they will pay it by _this_ week repeatedly.
>
Anyone can get these accounts from the UK Companies House in Cardiff,
six UKpnds per company for latest accounts, just quote company#208-1181.
Actually the other five 1182..6 are worth having, all CoS franchises:
two companies shut down in 1994, two being closed down this year,
and one (Brighton) shut down the franchise company to become a bOrg.
The info should be scanned and webbed soon.
These accounts show figures which we think means roughly they "sold"
i.e. invoiced but haven't been paid for about a million sterling in
courses to staff, and they have bills outstanding but uncollected
of a million which is the nominal price from St Hill for these courses.
And it cost them a third of a million to sell themselves these courses.
All cloud-cuckooland stuff.
They owed and were being taken to court for UK#76,200 on the rent
at their previous premises for the year preceding these accounts,
and by jove other loans of UK#76,100 turned up to cover it.
More paper shuffling.
The real fun is what they owe to printers, car hire, carriers etc.
I am one of 20 (unpaid) directors of a (nonprofit) organisation.
Our auditors say about our bookstock etc "while we did not see
the stockcheck we believe on the basis of representations made
that these accounts are OK." These auditors, from East Grinstead
and probably clams, make a qualification to the account saying they
do not attatch their name at all to the bit about stock levels. Which
are almost in "power" condition, having increased 3.5 x in a twelve
month period. Why? well, it very conveniently appears there are
some assets (stock for sale) which, with a few minor debtors, give
enough to pay their trade creditors.
Well, I wouldn't want to do these guys' credit rating down
without proof but.... if I was a creditor, I'd want paying now
before the rush starts. Or, if they're a glove puppet of St Hill,
I'd want an absolute guarantee mortaged against sale of St Hill Manor
that I was going to get paid.
>>
>>Perhaps one more picket is needed to finish them off.
>>
>
>One more certainly will not help them. :-)
>Although they think it does.
>
>Now then, I go to the cult's locator and there is no picture for the
>Poole org. So i go to Jen's map:
>http://wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~jensting/muslinger/protest_map.html
>
>and it is kind of hard to see the places you are talking about.
>What about this, a few pictures thrown up showing the two Poole
>locations we are talking about. Possibly they are already up and just
>not easily noticed.
There is an ascii map in the other post showing where these are
on the high street.
>Also, how long is it from Poole to Brighton if
>one is driving?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~@~~~~~~~~~~~@ Brighton 50mi Sth of L.
POOLE Bournemouth(about 70 mi W of Brighton)
Brighton is about an hour from London by train, about the same by road
once one is out of the London traffic; Poole about 2 hours from London
by train, ditto, just about in the cente of the south coast. Between
them would probably be about 90 minutes along the coast.
>>That chowder pot will soon be ours. {_}¬ The org will not last too much
>>longer.
>>
>
>The story of Poole is an interesting one. By following the link above
>it is possible to trace the decline of scientology in Poole. Four
>pickets were done there. To the PC's it must have seemed like four
>hundred. (Poole Clams)
>The reports and pictures of these Poole pickets tell an interesting
>story. As the picketers became more sophisticated and possibly more
>humane, the clams diminished in offensive effectiveness. I'm not sure
>I am far enough removed from all of this to analyze the chronological
>order of the written reports. Not even the picture reports. No doubt
>but that scholars will study these things one day.
>
Yep. Some time back I posted a digest of picket reports.
April, May, August and now October in Poole. The clams
are on a downhill trend....
>The clams could have done an effective offensive, but failed to.
>But then again maybe they could not do an effective offensive and
>still remain under the spell of scientology technology. When most of
>the orgs are closed down it will be fun to discuss these issues.
>
>For today, the Poole org is beaten. Nonetheless, pictures of that
>closed bookshop and current org will help bring this information home
>to internet clams reading these things.
>As though there was not enough done already in the UK. :-)
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Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> .........:(*)...........
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> __________ ____________
> ''''''''':| |:''''''''''
> :| |: Now they can only body route
> [~~~~~]:| |: at end of pedestrianisation(*)
> [ ORG ]:| |: and take the chumps across a
> [_____]:| |: busy road along to the bOrg.
> :| |:[~~~] This spot has
> :| |:[_HoggsHead has much less
> 50m :| |: pub pedestrian flow
> :| |:
> ........'| |'.........
> ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
> ------------------------
> - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - - Sea - - - -
> - - - - - - - -
I see here a preferential location for the Org, as shown below:
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- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - Sea - - - -
- [~~~~~] - - - - - -
- [ ORG ] - - - - - - -
- [_____] - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
Gives greater meaning to "Sea Org"!!
Jens Tingleff
In article <anima.8...@xanadu.io.com>, an...@xanadu.io.com (Anima) wrote:
> te...@skylink.net (Ted Mayett (KoX)) writes:
>
> >On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:40:32 +0100, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
> ><da...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >>THEIR SMALL SHOP ROUND THE CORNER IN THE "OLD MARKET" MINI-PRECINT
> >>HAS CLOSED, APPARENTLY WITH RENT OWING.
>
> >Scientology is Expanding.
>
> >Could this really be the result of three previous pickets and a few
> >Xemu flyers? And some balloons, and a stuffed dog, and a bullhorn,
> >and a handful of talented people? It is easy to see now why some
> >"good" critics were against the use of stage props for a
> >demonstration.
>
> So you're saying the use of Duke and Xenu props and a bit of a fun fair
> atmosphere drove the punters away from victimization and contributed to
> the on-going destruction of the Hubborg by laughing it to death-- to the
> point where the cult had another Big Win on its way out of Poole?
>
> Excellent news, of course. Apparently picketing enturbulates them and
> restims all those supposedly flat buttons of theirs worse than a volcano
> going off. But-- did people really claim the lively British stealth
> pickets we've been hearing about are stupid and ineffective? Obviously
> whoever said that kind of horse shit had to be miles from the scene with a
> head full of swamp gas to be spouting off cosmic wisdom this far off the
> mark. And it was probably someone who has never engaged in a picket or any
> other kind of direct confrontation with a clam. How else could there be so
> much certainty so thoroughly wrong except from the adamantine mind of...
>
Well, I would say that the pickets didn't help the clams at all. Be that as
it may, the Co$ carries the seeds of its own destruction. The "heavy
ethics" regime, the prices, the "golden age of tech" and the revelations
(on national TV) about skullduggery at the Poole org all contribute to
their downfall.
Still, having spread thousands of Xenu leaflets in a small town cannot
possibly have gone unnoticed. The street-theater style pickets are perfect
for getting the attention of a population which is throroughly used to
polite people asking passer-bys if they would like to take part in a
survey...
One can only speculate on the effect of pickets on staff and public
members, but there are so many clams whom I used to see that I don't see
any more. Senior clams are visibly upset when a Xenu leaflet is handed to a
member or the protesters talk for extended periods of time to the members.
Jens
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Ted Mayett (KoX)
On 15 Oct 97 00:35:51 GMT, an...@xanadu.io.com (Anima) wrote:
>
>So you're saying the use of Duke and Xenu props and a bit of a fun fair
>atmosphere drove the punters away from victimization and contributed to
>the on-going destruction of the Hubborg by laughing it to death--
No.
Ted Mayett (KoX)
Now that the bookstore is closed. Now that the streets are bare. Now
that Ambush Alley is almost safe to walk on. Now that the Poole org
is a shadow of what it once was. Here is from 1995. Notice that
Poole was targeted because it *was* home to the UK's biggest...
-----
Making a FUSS over Scientology
Evening Echo, Bournemouth Thursday 13 July 1995
[Photo of five protestors with leaflets. Caption: Anti-Scientology
campaigners led by Alex Cunningham (left) target Poole, home to the
UK's largest mission.]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Families seeking to shed light on the controversial Church of
Scientology took to the streets with a leaflet campaign.
The new support group, called Families Under Scientology Stress,
targeted the town because it is home to the UK's biggest Scientology
Mission. FUSS campaigners are calling on the Government for
clarification, education and regulation of the organisation which
boasts a worldwide membership of eight million.
Campainger and retired scientist Alex Cunningham, 61 from Hythe, said
"My son gave UKP650 to the Church of Scientology after being recruited
in Poole. "He was a member for four months and it was a difficult
time because he detached himself. "He got his money back through the
small claims court and now I talk to other young people who want to
know about what we've been through."
The 40-strong group, based in London, publicised ITV's The Big Story -
a programme about Scientology scheduled to go on air tonight. Lawyers
for Carlton TV were today attempting to overturn a summons issued by
the Church of Scientology.
--------------------
Perry Scott
: that Ambush Alley is almost safe to walk on. Now that the Poole org
: is a shadow of what it once was. Here is from 1995. Notice that
: Poole was targeted because it *was* home to the UK's biggest...
: -----
: Making a FUSS over Scientology
: Evening Echo, Bournemouth Thursday 13 July 1995
: [Photo of five protestors with leaflets. Caption: Anti-Scientology
: campaigners led by Alex Cunningham (left) target Poole, home to the
: UK's largest mission.]
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Scientology is expanding!"
I had not realized Poole was the largest mission in the UK. Thanks,
Ted.
Perry Scott
Co$ Escapee
Jens Tingleff
In article <6260cq$o...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, pe...@fc.hp.com (Perry Scott) wrote:
[..]
> "Scientology is expanding!"
>
> I had not realized Poole was the largest mission in the UK. Thanks,
> Ted.
No doubt, it's now "was" as in "used to be."
BwuahahahahaHaHaHAHAHAAA!!
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine
In article <jensting-ya0240800...@snews2.zippo.com>,
>In article <6260cq$o...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, pe...@fc.hp.com (Perry Scott) wrote:
>
>[..]
>> "Scientology is expanding!"
>>
>> I had not realized Poole was the largest mission in the UK. Thanks,
>> Ted.
>
>No doubt, it's now "was" as in "used to be."
>
>BwuahahahahaHaHaHAHAHAAA!!
As best I can recall, it HAD been extremely productive but hit troubles
during '95 and '96. I joined demos in late '95 which (AFAIK) had been
running from early in that year, we got a little bit bogged down and
"handled" through 1996. Through 1997, for better or worse, we have had
a really roller-coaster of determined demos and the main recipient
of our attentions hads bben Poole mission, which is now in dep doodoo...