A SURPRISE PICKET

Picketing the Church of Scientology© since May 10, 1997, for Objectionable Management Practises.

Toronto Ontario Canada. June 7, 1997.

On Saturday June 7, 1997 from 2pm to 5pm an Information Picket
was held at the Toronto Org of the Co$ on Yonge St.

The Picket came as a total surprise to the Org.

Picket Report by Gregg Hagglund.

THE PICKET REPORT: Part Five:

I did have a lengthy coversation with a new Cos recruit. He wanted to know things. He said he had signed a contract to earn services because he had no money. I did my best to fill him in on what to expect from the experiences I have read of others on ARS.

To complete his 're-education' I gave him the DEP and he stood off to oneside and read it thru'.
Then he went over to Mr. YukaYuk123 and got into a heated argument.
Finally he threw the DEP into Yukkies face and stormed off down the street.
Yukkie threw the DEP in the trash.

I saw the former recruit return later with two friends and get DEPs from Artemis.

I make that three victims spared!

Artemis had downloaded the RX Special in several languages and printed them up.

This came in handy for me on one occassion.

A German Tourist with little english, accompanied by a local english fluent friend, wanted to talk to me about the CoS and what could be done.
The tourist was from Frankfurt. I offered him a German copy of the RX which delighted him and told him through his friend to copy this and spread them out in Frankfurt.
He told me thru the translator that he would make 1000s of copies and spread them out via the union.

I asked what union?

He said the Police! He was a German Cop!
Small world and another win for Roland!

Another lady asked Artemis for help in getting the Toronto Org to leave her and her 15 year old son alone.

Seems the kid had taken a "stress test" as they call it here about a month ago and they had been flooding her with mail and phone contacts.

We told her they had to stop if she requested it and then out pops Rev. Buttnor at that moment.
Artemis asked him to help her out and she went in to the org with him.

I spoke with her later and she had a lot of choice words to say about Rev. Buttnor and the Co$.
I advised her to send a written complaint to the AGO about the Co$ doing a "stress test" on a 15 year old kid without parental permission.
She thought that a fine idea and said she would also write her MP, MPP and the Mayor.

I will have to give Notice next time that we will be giving out Flyers across the street too.

There is a large theatre there. Live theatre. Not off broadway, but I believe, it was a revival of something British and amusing.
Anyway, at one point a half dozen big greyhound buses stopped and let off about 150 to 200 seniors going to the matinee.
They ended up lined up outside and were very interested in the activity in front of the Co$. One gentleman came across to me and took a flyer.
A few minutes later he was back and asked for a couple of dozen, which he then gave out amongst his fellow theatre goers.