Ides of March Speech from Anonymous to Scientology

This speech was read at Scientology protests worldwide on March 15th, 2008. Below is the speech transcript:

Today - the Ides of March - is the day Julius Caesar was betrayed by those he trusted. Today we gather together as Anonymous to call attention to another betrayal of trust - that of the Church of Scientology upon its followers. Since its inception, Scientology has traded in false hopes and promises, betrayed the trust of its members, taken their money, their rights, and at times their very lives.

The Church has - and continues - to lie to them and the world. The Church betrays its members when secrets harvested from spiritual counseling are used against them as blackmail and evidence in court. The Church betrays its members when they demand members disconnect from family and friends who question the church. The Church betrays its members when they discourage the taking of prescribed psychiatric medications, a practice which has led to a number of chocking murders and suicides.

In the month since our first worldwide protest, there is a new public consciousness about the crimes of the Church! We have seen an unprecedented flood of Scientologists join with us across the world to testify about these abuses. To the Scientologists who fear us: You have nothing to fear from our peaceful protests. We are here because we CARE about you. We demonstrate only against the abuses of the Church management and we stand by your individual freedom of religion.

We urge you, Scientologists, to re-examine the facts you have been told. How is your money spent? Why does your leader, David Miscavige, demand so much of it? We have our own Miscavige - Jenna Miscavige Hill, David's niece, who stands with us today. Your anti-psychiatry front group, The Citizens' Commission on Human Rights, is led by Bruce Wiseman. We also have our own Wiseman - his daughter Kendra Wiseman. They have joined the voices of other ex-Scientologists whose stories of abuses have been lone voices in the wilderness for too long.

We Anonymous wait for the day when, like the Berlin Wall, the wall of silence around the lies of the Church of Scientology will fall. Like the East German government of the past, the Church of Scientology has its own secret service to spy on its own members and outside critics. It encourages its own members to betray others for being "out ethics". It blackmails its members. It commits atrocities through the operation of church prisons and slave camps, under the guise of the "Rehabilitation Project Force". Members of the Sea Org have been forced into accepting abortions against their wishes. "Upstat", privileged members have abused women and children with impunity. And the Church has attacked its enemies with frivolous lawsuits, harassment, kidnappings, and countless suspicious deaths.

This world holds no place for organized crime perpetrated on this scale. Last month, then thousand people demonstrated in one hundred and seven cities across the world. They came together to make the first breach in the wall of silence. Today we are on the streets again, our numbers ever-increasing, and we will come again in April, in May, in June, and July. We will come until that wall of silence is RUBBLE!

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[F7iPP3R]

down with scientology!!!

[loserbrett]

Damn, man! That speech really motivated me!

[ozztenn]

sounds like Mormonisim! and u guys are just like the nut balls that stand in front of the lds temple with there signs!

[hubbardscam]

Keep up the great work

[eggnog1503]

The mask didn't originate from V for Vendetta.

Learn some damn history.

[JohnChivez]

The Guy Fawkes mask has been around a very long time. It is meaningful, well personifies anon, and just so happens to be plentiful and cheap.

[JohnBScott86]

The government could be next, don't think that anonymous is just a one trick pony. After the fight against Scientology is over the likelyhood of disbanment is slim to nill. There will be other good fights to fight and Anonymous will be there to fight for truth & good will as long as there is wrong doing in the world.

[Phoodie]

it has a meaning -__-'

[QUICKPULLAN]

Epic fucking win.