THE WRATH OF NAN!

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

PART 2:

I started watching for a passing Police Cruiser in order to flag one down and have the sound problem addressed. In the meantime I countered by going to Tone 40 and planting myself on the section of sidewalk in front of the Org door. They closed the door. I moved away. They opened the door. I came back. They closed the door. I moved away. etc.
After playing 'door tag' for 15 minutes while watching for the MP, I saw Al Buttnor put in his belated appearance.

When he saw and recognised Nan Maclean I feared for his health.
He turned beat red and hurried into the Org. Moustache Man came out and tried to Pamphleteer. I repeated to him my warnings about the sound and he ignored me.

Nan Maclean, in her 70s, all 5' 2" of her, marched up and down in silence, carrying her placard and under constant visual photo and video surveillance. It was hot and humid and we had brought a directors chair for her to use to take breaks on and set it up in the shade.

She never used it.

She spoke only to Picket staff and *never* offered any conversation or comment to anyone else. She had insisted that I point out her "silenced" condition to the passersby whenever the opportunity arose, and I did. Every stoic step she took traversing the 50 feet of the org front was a silent slam into the heart of the org.

Burbank and Nan 'at Cause' over the Org.

At about 3:30 I called Ted Mayett in Vegas, as arranged, to give a live Picket Report for IRC. As I started talking to him I was in the 'quiet' area beside the org. About 20 org staff chose that time to take a Smoke Break. In moments I was surrounded by 'Steaming Clams'. I filled Ted in on what was going on and about the noise from the speakers and that next time we would escalate to Bull Horns. Just then I spotted a MP Cruiser so I finished off with Ted and tried to flag the cops down.

The cops went past me and pulled someone over for a traffic infraction about 100 meters down the block. So I dog trotted down to make my complaint. They said they would check on it after they finished with the motorist. ( They never did.) Then I walked back to the Picket and the 'Steaming Clams'.
*****At that moment the sound was cut by two thirds, and down to a reasonable level. And suddenly I could quite clearly hear what all the 'steamers' were talking about: Nan Maclean and who was she and what was the 'big stir' and what were her crimes and she didn't look like an SP and why didn't somebody DO something about the Picketers and Nan, etc.***** (Happy writing folks! I got shots of all of you that I'll put up on my site so the OSA knows who to put the screws too. Wonderful 'Church' huh?)

Then my Cell phone rang. It was Ted. He said he had called the org and asked for Buttnor. He told me he had identified himself to Buttnor and mentioned that I had talked to Ted shortly before and I was going to complain to the Cops on the sound. Buttnor had hung up on him. And then cut the sound level.

A Scieno Smokebreak
= 'Steaming Clams'.

[Thanks Ted! I'll buy you a cookie sometime!]

Buttnor also was visibly nonplussed about Nan's presence and he obviously noted that we had no Police cover. So the Org tried another tactic.
They planted themselves around and about the sidewalk with tape recorders trying to catch every word we said. Two Videographers and two cameras too. All male staff. They sent Staffers they thought we did not know to ask us leading questions, but this did not work because of verbal tactics we use to reveal such agenting.
Al planted himself at my favourite spot for harangueing the crowds and kept in my periphery, tape recorder at the ready. He looked very unhappy.
I felt sorry for him and I said quietly to him that he was watching Cos dying from the 'Death of Thousand Cuts". He thought this was important and a threat so he asked me to repeat that and thrust his tape recorder in my face.
I said, "You are watching part of the Death of a Thousand Cuts for Scientology . The Death of a Thousand Cuts being an analogy for all the uncountable acts of criticism and picketing happening all over the world by concerned goverments and independent outraged citizens, against the anti-social management of the CoS. Either the management will change or the Co$ would be eventually bled to death by the spread of critical information."

He snapped off his recorder and I then asked him how his court case was going and did he think he would be RPF'd at the Fort Homicide or out at Hemet?

He stomped off into the org.

....Continued