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30 YEARS Of INFAMY!

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

Toronto Picket #6 Report.

Today, September 6, 1997 the Toronto Contingent of the ARSCC* (*wdne) launched the 6th in a continuing series of demonstrations against the Management Practices of the Co$.

This one was to Highlight 30 Years of the Co$ in Canada and their Criminal Record......

Picket Report by Gregg Hagglund.

PROLOGUE:


Toronto Ontario Canada

September 6, 1997.

Today the Toronto Contingent of the ARSCC* (*wdne) launched the 6th in a continuing series of demonstrations against the Management Practices of the Co$.

The Org was caught again by surprise.Unfortunately so it seems were the Metropolitan Police as we had no police cover.

Participants were: Gregg Hagglund, Artemis, Slippery Jim and a new face: Karl Marx.
Also attending was a remote observer and photographer.

Artemis and I began the Picket by ourselves. We knew that our turnout would be low as we had just done a Picket (#5) on September First. However we felt that the Co$ would have its guard down as another Picket so soon would be out of 'pattern'. And we were right.

Report:

We started off by tywrapping one eight foot pole to a sign standard at the side of the org. and stretching out the 10 foot by two foot banner which proclaimed:

Banner Close Up

(4" high black) The Church of Scientology in Canada is Celebrating:

(1 foot high red) 30 YEARS OF INFAMY!

(4" high black) The only Criminally Convicted 'Church' in Canada!

Banner at corner This was beside the Org and at the street corner. We angled it so that passersby and street traffic could easly see it. Car horn acks were frequent as well as uncountable verbal appreciative acknowledgements. I held up one end and the no parking sign did a great job on the other end. Artemis ranged about, always keeping in view as I was 'staked out' at one end of the banner.
The Org 'store' was deserted. We could easily have cleaned the place out but since we were carrying Demo materials we resisted temptation. {grin}

New Picketer 'Karl Marx' holds up his end.

 Gregg Pitches under Banner M-Phone in full use again in particular to read aloud the new Court Opinion flyer. However, my first public announcement was to state:
"The Church of Scientology in Canada is celebrating: 30 years of.... INFAMY! The only Criminally Convicted 'Church' in Canada! Criminally convicted for Breach of Public Trust for infiltrating and spying on the Attorney General's Office of Ontario, the Ontario Medical Association and various Police Organisations and Private Law Firms!"

I repeated this variously at about 5 minute intervals. The rest of the time I advertised:
" The Church of Scientology has a secret. A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR secret. Members of Scientology must pay over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS to learn the secret of..... Xenu the Galactic Overlord! However, in honour of Scientologies 30 Infamous Years in Canada we are offering this ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR secret for free! And boy does Scientology hate that!" etc.

Well staff showed up on the run inside the 'store' asap and they soon had one or two pamphleteers out front as well as a video camera going on us through the Org side window.

"Can you say Xenu?!"

 

 

....Continued.


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