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Originally, Anonymous was a loosely connected group of similar-minded people from all over the world who networked online, played pranks on websites, traded information and media, and were general internet rabble rousers. Anonymous has no leaders, and anyone can join Anonymous. Members of Anonymous keep their personal information and real names hidden from the public view and from each other, which helps support the decentralized framework of the group.
How did Anonymous start protesting Scientology?
Anonymous originally began attacking the Church of Scientology in late January 2008, when the CoS took legal action to remove the now infamous Tom Cruise video from the internet. Members of Anonymous began researching Scientology's history of copyright litigation, and became infuriated at Scientology's repeated attempts to censor information online.
The highly-interconnected nature of Anonymous, and the fluid trade of information the Anonymous network enabled them to quickly conduct further research on Scientology's activities. As information on Scientology's more lurid undertakings became available, such as Operation Freakout, Operation Snow White, the Disconnection policy, slave labor in the Sea Org, etc., members of Anonymous became increasingly outraged. Anonymous then banded together and began launching internet attacks against Scientology websites with the stated purpose of getting the world's attention.
It worked. The media slowly caught on, and a storm of reporting about Anonymous' new cause hit the airwaves. Anonymous then allied with long-time Scientology critics and ex-members, and stormed the gates with a series of world-wide protests at Scientology centers on Feb. 10, 2008. Their next set of protests is planned for March 15, 2008 in most major cities around the world.
Age
30
Hometown
teegeeak
Country
Ireland
Occupation
dismantling the cult of $cientology
Interests
Disconnection is a Scientology practice of cutting all ties and all communication with someone who is declared a Suppressive Person (evil) by the Church of Scientology. This may include family, friends, loved ones, work associates, acquaintances, or anyone else found Suppressive by the Church.
Disconnection is a very touchy topic among Scientologists and critics both. Scientologists believe that Disconnection is generally a necessary action that, when undertaken, benefits the group as a whole. Critics believe this is an extremely harmful practice akin to emotional blackmail that destroys families and interpersonal relationships.
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Where in Scientology does it actually say that someone has to Disconnect?
From: HCO BULLETIN OF 10 SEPTEMBER 1983 "PTSness and Disconnection"
"A Scientologist can become PTS by reason of being connected to someone that is antagonistic to Scientology or its tenets. In order to resolve the PTS condition, he either HANDLES the other person's antagonism (as covered in the materials on PTS handling) or, as a last resort when all attempts to handle have failed, he disconnects from the person. He is simply exercising his right to communicate or not to communicate with a particular person.
"With our tech of handle or disconnect, we are, in actual fact, doing nothing different than any society or group or marriage down through thousands of years."
JasonbegheFTW
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