Alleged Assault On Anonymous Protestor In Denmark
I just read about an assault on a member of Anonymous in Denmark. The member was alone and they were approached by a Scientology spokeperson and a physical confrontation ensued. Here's the report from Anonymousdk:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Copenhagen, Denmark. A peaceful protester from the internet-group Anonymous was today, April 19th, attacked by a Scientologist. While informing the public about the dangers of Scientology, near one of Scientologys "Stress Test" booths, the member was approached by a Scientologist. The scientologist tried to take his picture, but the member did not want his picture taken, and shielded himself with his fliers. The Scientologist, spokesperson for the Church of Scientology Denmark Annette Refstrup, in an effort to remove the offending arm, physically assaulted our member. This was in an extremely crowded walking street at 1:30pm on a saturday, the height of shopping time, and there were numerous shocked witnesses.Anonymous is a loose coupling of internet users, who have banded together in order to inform the public about the dangers of Scientology. Anonymous cannot easily be classified, as we are everyone and anyone from grannies to computer geeks. Anonymous fights against the injustices commited in the organization Scientology, not what the members choose to believe in. On the contrary, Anonymous feels our most important right is the right to free speech, and thereby the right to believe in whatever religion one might wish to believe in.
Scientology is the so-called religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1952. The basic building block of Scientology is Dianetics, a book hailed by Scientology as "The Modern Science of Mental Health", but to date this claim has not been corroborated in any way by independent scientific testing. Indeed, existing knowledge contradicts the claims found in the book, among others that Dianetics can cure nearly any illness. While Scientology claims to be a religion, no other religion has an intelligence-agency the likes of CIA or KGB. In 1979, 11 Scientologists was convicted of infiltrating the US government. This case, known as "Operation Snow White", also unveiled Scientologys efforts to falsely accuse the writer Paulette Cooper of sending bomb threats. She wrote the first book negative toward Scientology, "The Scandal of Scientology."
There are pictures at Enturbulation.org.
I feel that the Church of Scientology and their members are becoming frustrated and agitated. I really have to encourage caution and benevolence. Many of these people have intense feelings about their religion and it must be hard being under attack. We want to help them, but they shouldn't be assaulting people regardless. We hope everyone is ok.
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