Thursday, February 21, 2008

Shawn Lonsdale

Shawn Lonsdale was a devout anti-Scientologist who stood outside the Co$ building in Clearwater, Florida for almost a half a year, filming a documentary. During this process and for some time afterwards, Shawn was repeatedly attacked and defamed by the Co$. He was found dead in his rented home on February 17, a week after the IRL launch of PROJECT_CHANOLOGY.


Shawn Lonsdale seemed like an unlikely person to dedicate his life to fighting the Scientologists. His gripe with them stemmed out of an argument Lonsdale had with a Scientologist at a Clearwater City Council meeting. Lonsdale got pissed when the Scientologist in question proceeded to stalk him home after the meeting. The next day, a van was parked right outside his house. It remained there for two days.
Far from scaring Lonsdale away, this only served to make him more curious. He made his way online and discovered that a whole hell of a lot of people had some major league bones to pick with Scientology.

Armed with a new knowledge of Scientology's crimes, a camcorder, a bottle of mace, some water, and a whiteboard with "Cult Watch" written on it Lonsdale marched out to his local Scientology chapter and proceeded to set up shop across the street. There he remained, ten hours a day, for almost a half a year, always filming, waiting for someone to make a mistake.
This took a grand total of two weeks.
A newly indoctrinated scientologist, Michael Fitzgerald, was coming out of a corner coffeshop when he noticed this film maker. A confrontation ensued, and the police were called. Upon arrival, they proceeded to take a statement from a witness:

“ [when asked who was at fault] That's hard to say. Obviously, you can film. It's your right to film, but the first swing was by Shawn. „
— Drew Sweet

Fortunately, the police were intelligent enough to see that the witness might not be the most credible of sources when they figured out he was a OT IV Scientologist. What apparently happened was the Scientologist attempted to hit Lonsdale only to be directed headfirst towards the nearest plate glass door. The charges of assault against Fitzgerald were later dropped.
What made Lonsdale untouchable for such a long time was the fact that he really didn't have anything to lose. At all. He survived on the fringes, a man with nothing better to do than stand outside the Scientologist HQ all day with a camcorder

The Scientologists were more than pissed at Lonsdale, and proceeded to begin a campaign to destroy him. This was most famously documented in the BBC Panorama Documentary "Scientology and Me." Lonsdale was doing an interview in a safe location with the BBC crew when a Scifag showed up waving proof that Lonsdale was a twisted sexual deviant who should never be trusted. Actually, Lonsdale had turned tricks with men in the past so he could stay afloat. This is kind of weird, but not as bad as starting a religion to get rich.
This managed to backfire right into the face of the Scientologists.The BBC managed to capture this entire event and show it to the public, making the Scientolgist hitman look like a petulant little piece of garbage.

However, the zerg rush of scientology hatemail, death threats, and other assorted bullshit took its tole on Lonsdale. He started to slowly back off, posting less and less to anti-Scientologist websites while managing to retain his status as a freedom fighter all the way up till...

The body of Shawn Lonsdale was found dead in his home on February 17th. Reportedly he had used a garden hose to fill his room with suffocating gasses from his car. It's debatable whether or not Shawn killed himself for obvious reasons, but a suicide note has helped convince police that this was indeed a suicide. Besides, we all know that "Scientology is totally incapable of hurting anybody. "
So did the COS kill Shawn?

“ It is the logical consequence of Co$’s actions that whenever someone they consider a suppressive person appears to have committed suicide, they are immediately suspect. „
— The Under Toad on Xenu TV

Before we start: Shawn Lonsdale probably killed himself. He wasn't exactly the most stable of persons. Standing outside a CoS headquarters for as long as he did doesn't exactly count as a ringing endorsement of one's mental health. However, it's also important to point out that Scientology critics seem to commit suicide in awful large numbers. However, this case is quickly disintegrating into twists of JFK sized proportions.

First, it's interesting to note that Shawn had released a simple cut of his documentary to local public access television. It's a possibility that Shawn was working on a more epic version of the documentary, one that could have been considered a threat to Scientology. This seems a little far-fetched, but those Scientologists are some paranoid people.

Second, Clearwater, FL is a Scientology mecca. Scientologists hold some major sway in this town, and L. Ron himself praised the progress the town had made. Scientologists have exerted some sway over Clearwater's police force in the past and this may help to explain why the investigation has remained so closed to the public eye.

Third, this suicide looks a lot like the suicide of Quentin Hubbard, the son of L. Ron. Quentin was found in a car with a tube hooked up to the exhaust. However, when the medical examiner assigned to the case performed the autopsy he found no evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rather, they found track marks on his arms.

Fourth, according to most recent accounts, Shawn was trying to get his life on track, considering going back to school and getting a steady job. While it isn't unheard of for people trying to change their life to kill themselves, it's still fishy.

Fifth, Scientology, Shawn's greatest enemy, had just suffered the opening shots of one of the greatest protest movements ever organized against it. Why would a person kill himself right after experiencing such a glorious victory?
So, did Shawn commit suicide? Chances are, yeah. But those Scientologists have a tendancy to leave bodies in their wake. This should at least serve as an example that Scientologists can't be trusted. And if the conspiracy theorists are right, then Scientology has added another kill to their scoreboard.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Good vs. Bad photos

A good photo, is one with good lighting, perspective, and a good thing or person to take a picture of.

Good Photo http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j267/Piedragon/100_1740.jpg

Bad Photo http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j267/Piedragon/100_1742.jpg

Monday, February 18, 2008

OT: Picture

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j267/Piedragon/anonymous.jpg

1. I see a bunch of people in Guy Fawkes masks, a sign saying, "Corporation of Scientology will kill again," a man wearing sunglasses with a big afro, a guy wearing a hoodie and a hockey mask, many other people with other masks, and some without masks holding up signs, other people crossing a street, cars parked on the side of the road, trees, brown buildings, and a blue street sign.

2. The person who took this photo is Anonymous.

3. A large group of protestors in masks.

4. People might not understand the picture, some might want to protest Scientology, other might not care.

5. A point of view represented in this is that Scientology is bad.

6. To get people to protest Scientology.

7. This picture shows a large group of protestors, out in the streets, protesting Scientology.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

OT: youtube commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-LeRLiqA0&feature=related

1. I see a black suit. A kid wearing a funny outfit with a big afro. Tom Cruise with a medal around his neck, some other guy, and a plastic Earth behind them. A picture of a man with a hand over his mouth and the words "Know your place, shut your face!" The man has a scientology symbol on his arm sleeve. The decleration of independence. A giant scientology symbol, and the word Georgia under it. Scientology buildings. Tom Cruise looking happy with a microphone in his hand. People with targets on their backs. Magazine article about scientology. A report on CNN about Trey Parker and Matt Stone. A picture of a scientologist who was arrested. A dead woman. another magazine article about Scientology. An officer and a man in a suit. An article with the leader of Scientology. TIME magazine with a coverpage about Scientology. Scientology church in London. An image that is unavailable due to a copyright claim by the Church of Scientology. An ad to join the Sea Org. A flyer with a womans face. Pictures of people who died due to Scientology. Scientology training. A blue machine that someone is holding. A graph. Another magazine cover about Scientology. Protesters. A plane in space. More scientology buildings. Two people with motor cycles. A man with a desk. A kid and a bottle of pills. Scientologists saying that phsychiatry kills. A man and an article. A book called the scandal of Scientology. A CNN report. South Park. Wikipedia. Tom Cruise on Oprah. Scooby, Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Shaggy. A bunch of Cease and Desists. A cat with a strange look. Another man. A man and a woman. A man with glasses. Scientology's Secret Service. Navy people. A guy on a podium. A bunch of people. Sea Organization contract. A man holding up a paper. A soldier with an eyepatch. "The Art of War". A book titled "On War." A lot of people walking around. A man getting choked. A map showing some countries. Tom Cruise on a Scientology podium. A middle Eastern man with a gun. A room with blood on the ground. Men holding up a sheet that says "Free Speech." Bill of Rights. An angry looking baby. A woman. An asian man. George W. bush in an air force outfit. A roasted chicken. More cats. China with the word CENSORED over it. A picture of a bunch of people and a man toasting. The U.S. Departement of State seal. Statue of Liberty. Enland flag. U.S. flag. Another flag. A bunch of flags. Overlord Xenu. Pictures of people and the words "Scientology kills." Tome Cruise.

2. This message is being sent by the internet group known as Anonymous.

3. Celebrities, sexy, macho.

4. Some might not care, others might want to protest Scientology.

5. People protesting, trying to change the world and make it a better place, and Scientology censoring a lot of info about it due to copyright claims.

6. Anonymous is sending this message to show the crimes of Scientology, and its overuse of censoring (preventing free speech) so that people will protest it.

7. The message is that Scientology is bad, and you should do something to help stop it.

Monday, February 4, 2008

OT: Magazine Cover

1. I see a huge Ghost Buster's logo in the middle, and a black back round. I also see the Gameinformer logo, the cost of the magazine, the issue #, the date the magazine came out, and shipping info.

2. Gameinformer

3. They use cartoons, celebrities, and humor. This is effective because Ghost Buster's is so famous, it will instantly draw people's attention, along making it look fun and funny.

4. Some might want to watch Ghostbuster's again, others might want to buy the game.

5. Destroying ghosts and playing video games.

6. To get inform people about the Ghostbuster's video game

7. The message is to inform you about the new Ghostbuster's game thats coming out.