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Entry tags:	4chan, anonymous, scientology

Anonymous declares War on Scientology
Yep, that's right. It seems that Tom Cruise's googly moogly brainwashing video and it's subsequent removal from the net bunched up anonymous' panties. So it's war! They have named their movement "Project Chanology" and you can read all the sordid details on Encyclopedia Dramatica and The Insurgent Wiki and read what anonymous is up to on the discuss boards ED and IW.

So far, the plan of attack is a massive barrage of Denial of Service attacks that have been unleashed upon various scientology sites. It seems that one website, Religiousfreedomwatch.org (currently down), has offered a reward for various participants.

The Project Chanologists want the word out. They've created a video of intent that has been dugg nearly 5,000 times . News of the hacking of some top secret Scientology documents has been dug over 3,000 times. They've even put out a Press Release. Project Chanology wants you to spread the word of anonymous.

So far, few sites have picked up on it. A few that have taken notice are The Budapest Times, Wikinews, Gawker, and USAtoday.com.

Even the cute little denizens of Gaia are going at it but oh noes! dissenters!

Overall, it's pretty amusing. I'm sure I'm not the only one that wonders if this “hacktivism” can really bring down the “Church” of Scientology. After all, let's face it, Anonymous has way more free time on its hands than Scientology has money, lawyers, and movie stars put together.

Edit: ~~Insugent Wiki links are currently being redirected to ebausmworld. =/~~ All better.

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	drakyndra 2008-01-23 07:19 am UTC (link)
	I can't be bothered to watch the whole thing through, what's so controversial about said video? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ilpalazzo 2008-01-23 07:22 am UTC (link)
	More like 'wtflol' than controversial. Did you know that if you get in a car accident, you'd better hope a Scientologist is first on the scene? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(icon not directed at you) ianthefira 2008-01-23 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, because they're the only ones who are compassionate! Or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) ilpalazzo 2008-01-23 07:35 am UTC (link)
	THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN REALLY HELP I mean, like, you could die with a thetan on your butt or something. That'd be bad. Phwoo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) ilpalazzo 2008-01-23 07:40 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, cause. You know. Butt thetans. Phwoo. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) ilpalazzo 2008-01-23 07:41 am UTC (link)
	No, seriously. I mean, you have to, you know. Watch out for that, because... Because that's how life IS, that's just how it is, and... HAHAHAHAHAHA (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) ilpalazzo 2008-01-23 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. Phwoo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) ianthefira 2008-01-23 07:46 am UTC (link)
	XDDD Phwoo~ (this is funny because it's almost 2 am) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) brennalarose 2008-01-23 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	To hell with 2 AM. It's almost 10 AM here and this is still funny. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (icon not directed at you) tree 2008-01-25 03:24 am UTC (link)
	I'm dying here trying not to burst out laughing. Thanks, guys! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vengeance_bean 2008-01-23 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Everyone loves the "phwoo!" and random crazy laughing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smashingstars 2008-01-23 09:02 am UTC (link)
	The second best part is that music looped in the background. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	julian_black 2008-01-23 10:28 am UTC (link)
	I'm not musically-inclined in any way, shape, or form, but as I watched that video I thought, "Someone ought to sample the living shit out of this, for great justice (and the lulz)." It's the perfect material for some insane audio collage. I particularly loved the very end, when it shifted into the "Mission: Impossible" riff. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mindset 2008-01-23 10:57 am UTC (link)
	Uh... it was the Mission: Impossible riff, the whole time. U2's rendition, that they did for Tom Cruise's first MI movie. Possibly the techno remix, but definitely theirs. Why Scientology wants to suggest that Tom's on an impossible mission, I don't know... :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smashingstars 2008-01-23 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	That was U2? Now I'm sad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2008-01-23 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	I thought it was the Chemical Brothers? (Yeah, I got nothing else coherent. Phwoo!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thebratqueen 2008-01-23 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	It was the two members of U2 who aren't Bono or The Edge. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ojamajo_limepie 2008-01-24 03:50 am UTC (link)
	Not much, at least in the part that caused the initial kerfluffle. The really offensive stuff comes from differnet parts of the tape, which were uploaded later ('really offensive stuff' being Tom saying he wants to gun down psychologists.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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