Apologies to interrupt your thread. So far Belfast, London, Poland and Washington DC are protesting on 21st July. https://whyweprotest.net/community/threads/global-protest.103638/
Has the gay community in Manchester been told about this? Given the Flubbards views on homosexuality....
There are normally about that many raids around the world on any given Saturday. And on April 14th for example, there were ten raids and no one made a song and dance*. But may feel like some extra trolling of the cult anyway. *They probably did sing and dance at the raids, but you get what I mean. We've attracted attention to it when parades and such pass the cult, but I wasn't overly keen on the proposal of 'go flyer Canal Street'.
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Yeah - should have thought. Not suggesting you change your plans - this is all a last minute thing - to try to use the present press interest in the subject to best advantage. Paris, Loldon, Washington DC, Belfast, Poland are doing 21st. Just from a press point of view - a global protest and doing it the weekend after Katy Holmes appears in court might create more media interest. Anyway - thread here: https://whyweprotest.net/community/threads/global-protest.103638/#post-2141371
We held a flash raid during the Manchester Pride Parade last year, we got a lot of support! Moar P-Raid pix
Ill try to come to the raid even though i already RSVP'D yes, my dad seems to think we are going to become gypsy's for the weekend. Oh gurrrl. But yeah im going to stand my ground i have missed too many weekends in town.
Lisa greets me with a warm, bright smile and a firm handshake. She looks me straight in the eye and asks me what I know about Scientology. The answer is frankly, very little – apart from all the bad stuff, I tell her. She smiles sympathetically and we move to a seat to talk about it. This is Scientology's northern UK outpost: A six-storey building on Manchester's Deansgate. It is here that about a dozen or so followers assemble every Sunday for a "service" and where church courses are organised and run. At first glance it looks like a bookshop, except that all the titles are by the same author, L Ron Hubbard. The former sci-fi writer's works seem to cover all aspects of human existence. There is Hubbard on self-analysis, problems at work, happiness and of course Scientology. But for the casual inquirer, our first port of call is a discussion of dianetics, an anti-psychiatry system of mental health improvement devised by Hubbard in the 1950s which is the bedrock of Scientology. In an age of uncertainty, there is little in the way of doubt here. I ask why it is that some seem to be suspicious of the movement. "There are people in the world who don't want people to get better," explains Lisa, who discovered Scientology five years ago after being referred by her sports coach. Scientology, she says, is a combination of science and religion, but it can be practised by any creed. It is about the "natural laws of life" and the application of "technology" to make ourselves and those about us better. It is, I am informed by Lisa, like "the law of gravity – no matter how many times you drop it – it is going to go to the bottom". I ask why people think it might be a cult. "What's the definition of a cult?", she replies. "I think you might be able to leave the church when you have finished with us." At the heart of the introductory offer is a "free stress test". Lisa unpacks a rather low-tech looking piece of equipment which looks like it might belong in the milking parlour, but is in fact an ohmmeter which measures electrical resistance. She asks me questions about my life, my work and my family as I hold the metallic udders. I admit to being stressed by my boss – a claim which seems to be corroborated by the bouncing needle. I am asked how pressure makes me feel. It is at this point that the book on Dianetics is introduced with glowing testimonials from jazz star Chick Corea and John Travolta. Its cover note claims it contains "discoveries heralded as greater than the wheel or fire". Lisa says: "The book has sold more than 21 million copies, successful people read it and use it because the book really works." She says my boss-angst is affecting my life and I can change. "This book tells it exactly, why that happens and tells you how to fix it. You should get it. It's £13 and it will absolutely change your life," she adds. I agree to make the purchase but decline to fill out a "receipt" with my name and address on it. As I leave I am given a clutch of pamphlets: "Your adventure has only just begun…" entices one leaflet urging me to "enrol now" for a £50 Hubbard dianetics seminar. I don't think I will be going back. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/we-want-to-become-scientologists-7917934.html
Lisa greets me with a warm, bright smile and a firm handshake. She looks me straight in the eye and asks me what I know about Scientology. The answer is frankly, very little – apart from all the bad stuff, I tell her. She smiles sympathetically and we move to a seat to talk about it. This is Scientology's northern UK outpost: A six-storey building on Manchester's Deansgate. It is here that about a dozen or so followers assemble every Sunday for a "service" and where church courses are organised and run. At first glance it looks like a bookshop, except that all the titles are by the same author, L Ron Hubbard. The former sci-fi writer's works seem to cover all aspects of human existence. There is Hubbard on self-analysis, problems at work, happiness and of course Scientology. But for the casual inquirer, our first port of call is a discussion of dianetics, an anti-psychiatry system of mental health improvement devised by Hubbard in the 1950s which is the bedrock of Scientology. In an age of uncertainty, there is little in the way of doubt here. I ask why it is that some seem to be suspicious of the movement. "There are people in the world who don't want people to get better," explains Lisa, who discovered Scientology five years ago after being referred by her sports coach. Scientology, she says, is a combination of science and religion, but it can be practised by any creed. It is about the "natural laws of life" and the application of "technology" to make ourselves and those about us better. It is, I am informed by Lisa, like "the law of gravity – no matter how many times you drop it – it is going to go to the bottom". I ask why people think it might be a cult. "What's the definition of a cult?", she replies. "I think you might be able to leave the church when you have finished with us." At the heart of the introductory offer is a "free stress test". Lisa unpacks a rather low-tech looking piece of equipment which looks like it might belong in the milking parlour, but is in fact an ohmmeter which measures electrical resistance. She asks me questions about my life, my work and my family as I hold the metallic udders. I admit to being stressed by my boss – a claim which seems to be corroborated by the bouncing needle. I am asked how pressure makes me feel. It is at this point that the book on Dianetics is introduced with glowing testimonials from jazz star Chick Corea and John Travolta. Its cover note claims it contains "discoveries heralded as greater than the wheel or fire". Lisa says: "The book has sold more than 21 million copies, successful people read it and use it because the book really works." She says my boss-angst is affecting my life and I can change. "This book tells it exactly, why that happens and tells you how to fix it. You should get it. It's £13 and it will absolutely change your life," she adds. I agree to make the purchase but decline to fill out a "receipt" with my name and address on it. As I leave I am given a clutch of pamphlets: "Your adventure has only just begun…" entices one leaflet urging me to "enrol now" for a £50 Hubbard dianetics seminar. I don't think I will be going back. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/we-want-to-become-scientologists-7917934.html
And so to kick off the posts regarding being late/cancelling etc: I'll be late. How late depends on how early I can drag myself up.
Where did you go..? Also, learn to avoid drinking alcohol then posting here, as you'll end up like ballsy.
