In article <anima.876875
...@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
> ><d...@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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