"Anonymous" vs. Scientology

One can’t help but be a little bit stoked at the news that the Church of Scientology – and I use the term ‘church’ only with the disclaimer that I am dripping it in sarcasm as I say/write it – is being attacked. And I don’t just mean a public spat or dismissal as we’ve seen a lot of lately. Oh no, this is a real, good old fashioned knuckle dragging fight.

According to WikiNews, which has a pretty decent summary of all of this, an internet-based group calling itself “Anonymous” has begun an all out war against the scientologists. Websites related to the ‘church’ have mysteriously disappeared from the internet, suspected to be as a result of a denial of service attack – an internet attack simply intended to render a site gone.

The biggest website to disappear is the official website, scientology.org.

Monday saw the same group release a YouTube video entitled "Message to Scientology." In it, they announce their intentions to attack the church of scientology.

A robotic voice on the video begins with "Hello leaders of Scientology. We are Anonymous," and continues by explaining their motivations: "Over the years we have been watching you, your campaigns of misinformation, your suppression of dissent and your litigious nature. All of these things have caught our eye. With the leakage of your latest propaganda video into mainstream circulation the extent of your malign influence over those who have come to trust you as leaders has been made clear to us. Anonymous has therefore decided that your organisation should be destroyed."

This video has gained mainstream attention as well, being featured by The Michigan Daily’s “YouTube Video of the Week.”

For more information on the war, head along to the link below.

Posted by Josh Hill.

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Related Galaxy link:

"Scientology -America's Most Secret Religion"

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/%22Anonymous%22_releases_statements_outlining_%22War_on_Scientology%22

Comments

[Dave]

pphhht...scientology..small game.

Do something useful and purge of us of creationism. Or take on a real human blight, ...there are a lot more scarier religions out there promoting misinformation; nevermind hatred, intolerance, murder...

Regards
Dave

[Gangles]

Good call.

But, baby steps, mate... Baby steps

[nick damski]

Thanks, Dave! I wouldn't be surprised to find out Anonymous is a front for some other, far more pervasive and powerful group of fundamentalist religious d-bags. Plus, if you gotsta choose between aliens (f-yah!) and virgin birth (uh...) it's an easy call. That said, it's hard to take seriously any organization whose leadership thinks Tom Cruise could help their cause when he's clearly only hurt it. That's just bad management. They should talk to the Fundee brass about how they got GWB or Huckabee to be their sweet friendly face........

[David Davidson]

Scientology is a real human blight. They are among the worst opponents of free speech and abusers of the legal system in the USA. They have committed murder. Remember Lisa McPherson, among others? Their Xenu nonsense only proves their illegitimacy. We care not for that. Their mafia-style behavior and attacks against free speech are the real issues here.

Creationism is just an idea, pathetic as it may be. Scientology is a business, and destroying their profit would eventually end their corruption.

There are other evils in this world, but we must move one step at a time. Anonymous will leave Osama to the Americans... for now.