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A ONE-FINGERED SALUTE TO THE DIGIT
What a wonderful brave new world The Finger envisions! A world where General
Motors sends goon squads to march in front of the private residences of
striking workers, carrying signs proclaiming those on the picket line to be
"communists." A world where the New York City Police Department orders SWAT
teams to follow demonstrators back to their neighborhoods and distribute
handbills accusing citizens concerned about police brutality of being
"anarchists."
Concerned about the abuses of a paramilitary cult whose top echelons (the
so-called "Sea Organization") sign a "Billion Year Contract" to impose
Scientology's version of ethics, technology, and administration on everyone
in the world? Be a "good German" and ignore the telltale aroma from those
belching smokestacks. It's their "legal right," you know. Follow The
Finger's lead and just stay home. Anonymous via the Internet
I had the pleasure of picketing Scientology in L.A. in March, and true to
form, Scientologists revenge-picketed my home here in San Francisco.
Now, I personally don't get all pissy when they pay me a visit. I usually
come outside and chat with them; occasionally I ignore them.
However, many people draw a distinction between picketing a public office
and picketing a residence. During one of Scientology's revenge-pickets, two
of the three passers-by who stopped to talk expressed their disapproval of
picketing someone's home.
Indeed, in many places it's illegal to picket a residence. That doesn't
stop our friends in Scientology, though, who blithely picket homes in San
Jose and Salt Lake City, despite local laws against residential pickets.
In San Francisco, where they do in fact have every right to picket my home,
I steadfastly recognize that right and encourage them to utilize their right
to speak freely -- I love free speech and love to see people engage in it.
Kristi
Wachter San Francisco
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April 20, 1999
Great advice from The Finger to anti-Scientology protesters: "Don't
get all pissy when [Scientology] one-ups you" by marshaling its
members to revenge-picket your neighborhood or workplace and distribute
flyers accusing you of being a "religious bigot." ("The
Thetans' Revenge," April 1-7.) After all, it's their "legal
right."
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