An interesting 3rd party view on Anonymous v Scientology

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These videos just in from a YouTobe poster who's previously posted videos critiquing creationism in general and other religions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHF_br-DBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6eNyBrQUKs

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Just saw these before, they're excellent videos...

Although, I don't get how Anonymous can organise rallies without a leader, there has to be someone at the helm who organises the stuff, otherwise there will be bickering and distrust. And if there is a leader, he will no longer be anonymous.

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Yeah, it is an interesting collective of people. The closest parallel I can draw is Wikipedia - even that's moderated by a group of administrators. Mind you, it's fairly laissiez-faire; hence the comparison.

Mind you, being right is a pretty potent tool in convincing people.

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 That was AWESOME and uplifting, those and other videos and sources about the same subject

  Makes you wonder what else they could achieve, what other evil organisations they could bring down; I wonder if they *will* choose another target once they've done with Scientology?

 
  Haha, I'd previously thought enwobble had coined the term "epic lulz" 

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Hah...nah - that's been around for ages.

It's very much an eye opener in terms of the concept of 'crowdsourcing' and the implications that internet culture can have on eBusiness and law. That is, if you start screwing around with people, the internet bites back (case: Chris Forcand by Anonymous and Julius Baer Bank by Wikileaks) and 'doesn't afraid of anything' because of the anonymity afforded by the internet and the anarchic nature of it...

 

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Just saw these before, they're excellent videos...

Although, I don't get how Anonymous can organise rallies without a leader, there has to be someone at the helm who organises the stuff, otherwise there will be bickering and distrust. And if there is a leader, he will no longer be anonymous.

Yeah, I was wondering how they did this...had a poke around and found this place where they seem to be centrally organising. It seems very Wikipedia discussion page like.

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Not so much third-party, but I just found this:

Ex-Scientologist Actor Jason Beghe speaks about his time in Scientology.

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 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/23/religion

  "A teenager who was facing legal action for calling the Church of Scientology a cult has today been told he will not be taken to court.

The Crown Prosecution Service ruled the word was neither "abusive or insulting" to the church and no further action would be taken against the boy.

The unnamed 16-year-old was handed a court summons by City of London police for refusing to put down a placard saying "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult" during a peaceful protest outside the church's headquarters near St Paul's Cathedral earlier this month.

Police said they had "strongly advised" him to stop displaying the sign but he refused, citing a high court judgment from 1984 in which the organisation was described as a cult.

The summons was issued under the Public Order Act on the grounds that the sign incited religious hatred."

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http://digg.com/educational/Sea_Arrrrgh_June_14_make_yer_mark_fly_the_colors
(links to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamgMESwnY0)

Looks like they're partying again on June 14th.


...as pirates? Interesting take on protesting I must say.