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Subject: protesting crimes
Answered by: honorarykid
Asked By: Anonymous

Anonymous asked this question on 5/7/2000:

i was told in "ars" that this is the place to ask.

where does one go to get a schedule of where and when to protest the crime syndicate's crimes? is there a place on the web.? i want to protest their killing that poor lady somewhere in florida! i live in san francisco.

thank you for your time.

honorarykid gave this response on 5/7/2000:

The idea that anyone, leastwise a non-Scientologist, can actually log a formal protest or complaint against the CoS and receive a fair hearing, is pretty much a fiction.

There is a post (job) within Scientology called the International Justice Chief, which is ostensibly supposed to review complaints from Scientologists. However, when push comes to shove, the person filling this job generally toes the party line, and joins right in with the OSA and Department 20 in trying to hush up and silence any criticisms brought before it.

There is a sad case of a man named Randy McDonald, from Tennessee, who was very much a dedicated Scientologist. One day he decided to protest against a new type of internal policy directive within Scientology which according to his understanding of Scientology scripture, was not according to Hoyle (or, as the case may be, not according to Hubbard). He registered his complaint, and for his trouble, he was given a "non-enturbulation order. A non-enturbulation order is Scientology's form of officially saying, shut up, don't talk about this issue again, or we will punish you.

McDonald pushed for a fair hearing for about a year and a half, within official channels and according to the rules he believed Scientology's IJC had to follow.

Two "committees of evidence" met, without ever deciding that he had done anything wrong, or presenting evidence to him, and letting him rebut any evidence. Nevertheless, his boat-rocking and his criticisms of Scientology management which resulted from his frustration, led to his being declared a suppressive person by the CoS.

Read all about Randy McDonald's case at:

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7301/

Please note that McDonald also had a group of anonymous archivists storing duplicate copies of his writings, who's physical safety he appeared to be concerned about. Why would a dedicated Scientologist be concerned about their safety, and the safety of the documents they had volunteered to store for him? McDonald probably realized that Scientology's Department 20 would very much like to confiscate all that documentation and destroy it, and that they were not above breaking and entering to get it.

Anonymous rated this answer a 5.

Sounds more like a ruse than anything else. Why have a policy no one wants followed?! I plan on picketing in San Francisco and do my part.

thank you very much for your answer. i will keep it and refer to it this week ends picket.

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