| anonymous vs scientology |
[Feb. 11th, 2008|12:24 am] |
That was one of the more awesome things I've ever seen.
Anonymous vs Scientology, the London Protests
Showed up to Blackfriars, minutes from the Scientology headquarters, hooked up with the boys, smoked a cig (initially with my mask on... BAD IDEA) then wandered up the road and FUCK ME there's already about 200 people there.
This GREW.
It was the perfect internet anarchist protest. We shouted slogans. People with ghetto blasters played announcements. We shouted at THEM. People with megaphones addressed the crowd. Sometimes we cheered and clapped, sometimes we shouted "TL;DR!"
One guy in a full-on V outfit made an announcement in a very dull and proper fashion that none of us could hear properly. We were busy heckling him (anonymous has no problem with criticising anonymous), when he reaches the end of his speech and presses play on a boombox.
RICK ASTLEY: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
The crowd went fucking wild.
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| london cops |
[Feb. 11th, 2008|03:02 am] |
I have to say, re-reading my own post, that I don't often give props to the British police-force, but they quietly earnt it today.
They've certainly offended me in the past, but it seems they now know how to let a demo happen without making it worse, intelligently managing big numbers of people without incident. A friend from Poland commented on his surprise at how everything had remained peaceful in spite of the police presence, and it got me to thinking about how they did today right.
I'm sure I know folks who have grievances against them, but at least today, they treated us exactly how they should: as non-threatening citizens, protesting as we are allowed, actually helping us do what we wanted to do, and keeping the masses in just enough order that a good time was had by all.
It shouldn't be (because in an idealised world, this wouldn't be notable), but IS cool, when a cop smiles at you and tells you how best to continue doing something that is basically going to be a pain in the arse to him and his lot.
That's exactly what they're there for. Bloody good skills to them for living up to it. |
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