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Picket Report, WynotScientology Lies > Pickets > Austin >Picket Report, Wynot From: [email protected] Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Austin, Texas: Scientology storefront gets picketed Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 52 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 06:14:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.31.100.8 X-Complaints-To: [email protected] X-Trace: typhoon.southeast.rr.com 955779275 24.31.100.8 (Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:14:35 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:14:35 EDT Organization: MediaOne - Atlanta Path: news2.lightlink.com!news.lightlink.com!skynet.be!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone.southeast.rr.com!typhoon.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: news2.lightlink.com alt.religion.scientology:1099630 Warrior had picked me up at the airport, and we decided that it was too nice an afternoon not to provide Austin's Scientology storefront a picket. A quick visit to a wonderful little Italian restaurant (shades of Clearwater!), then a search at the office supply store for sign material. We made matching signs, saying "Who is Xenu - www.xenu.net" on one side and "Scientology Lies - www.scientology-lies.com" on the other. Response from the culties was almost immediate - but still not as quick as the honks from passing cars and thumbs-up from passing UT students. Does _EVERY_ cult hive have a little, sneering, weaselly looking guy? He came out in a stained white shirt with a couple small holes in the side seams and a very small video camera. "May I interview you?" he asked. "Sure," I replied, "You can pretend anything you want." "What is your sign about?" "You know about Xenu, don't you?" I asked. "All the aliens you're infested with? I know you're in on the gag, aren't you?" He changed the subject; "Why are you here?" That was what I wanted to hear - ever since I read Dave Bird's response to that question at a picket. "I don't know why," I said. "I just felt like I was being pulled in to do this." Weaselboy started stammering at that one - Thanks Dave! We picketed a little over a half hour, then took a lap around the block. Sure enough, the culties sent their zombies to follow us. We decided to split up and see if we could confuse them. I was able to lose mine easily - then found him again and followed him for a minute. I let him see me, then lost him again, using a small clump of students as a shield - those old Vietnam era habits stood in good stead! This page was last updated on July 10, 2003. |