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Curiosity
16th March 2008, 01:55 PM
It started at 11, but I didn't get there until almost noon, so I can't relay anything about the start of it. When I arrived, about an hour into it, they were walking from the church to Broadway, which is a major thoroughfare a block away. The tone was real upbeat with lots of chatter and laughter. We protested on Broadway for about an hour, read the speech (by which point we were scattered across three corners of he intersection, and my corner couldn't hear very well, despite the use of a megaphone), and returned to the church for another hour's worth of protest and a bit of singing (rickroll, happy birthday).

The Scientologists chuckled at the rick roll and also laughed at the Ecto Cruiser, a Subaru Outback decked out to resemble the squad car from Ghostbusters. They seemed almost in a good mood themselves, but we refrained form interaction with them, and they did not bullbait us. They filmed us constantly and from every angle they could, but that was it. The Ecto Cruiser got pulled over by the otherwise bored-to-tears police presence when it turned its stereo up too loud playing "Party hard," but only a verbal warning was issued. That too, was good for some lulz.

The protest was well-received by the public, and the protesters all had fun and delicious cake. :thumbsup:
Here are some photos: http://flickr.com/groups/denver_anon/
and here is a video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNoTVXj2FTY I'll add more of both as I get them. :)

Curiosity
17th March 2008, 11:00 PM
Here's a link to a brief news article about it.
http://denver.yourhub.com/Englewood/Stories/News/Activism/Story~442871.aspx

Curiosity
18th March 2008, 10:09 AM
Here's a bigger photo album of the protest: http://flickr.com/photos/xenuforhire/

Curiosity
19th March 2008, 06:17 PM
Here are some really cool interactive photos: http://www.photosurveyor.com/galleryjournalism.htm

Dulloldfart
19th March 2008, 08:48 PM
Here are some really cool interactive photos: http://www.photosurveyor.com/galleryjournalism.htm

Wow! That is seriously cool. Never seen anything like it. I want one! (Looks too expensive, though. :))

Paul

Curiosity
20th March 2008, 08:04 PM
I've never seen anything like that either, but I look forward to seeing more! According to the article about the Denver protest on Encyclopedia Dramatica, the photographer who took and posted those did not want to be associated with Anonymous. :confused2:
Hey, here's a picture of the cool Ecto Cruiser that attended (and got pulled over :p ): http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/c/cb/719Anon_Ecto1.jpg

Curiosity
21st March 2008, 12:19 AM
Finally, I found the speech. You can tell why I couldn't hear from across the street. Two guys take turns with the speech, and one is real loud, the other one...:no:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQnfPQWt4g