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Kendra Wiseman posted:

Hi Everyone,

Today, I go public. Today, I no longer hide behind a pseudonym. As of today, a new website, www.exscientologykids.com, launches.

This website was created as a collaboration between Astra Woodcraft, Jenna Miscavige Hill, and myself, Kendra Wiseman. It contains the stories of numerous children who grew up in Scientology, as well as easy-to-understand critical information for Scientology kids, and for people who are new to the Scientology critics movement.

I want to thank everyone on this forum who has supported me over the last two years while I dealt with disconnection. Your efforts, and the efforts of Anonymous, have made me feel safe speaking up. I want to afford the same luxury to others who may not feel so safe.

To read my story, and the stories of other children who grew up in Scientology, please check out the stories index on our site, which can be found at http://www.exscientologykids.com/storiesindex.html

If you have a story of growing up in Scientology, long or short, with your name or anonymously, we will publish it.

Thanks again. Enjoy.

Mom, Dad, Uncle, Aunt, Cousins, Brother, Nephews and Nieces: I'm sorry, as I know this will upset you all further. I do feel that this truly is the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics. I love you all. Please don't let them convince you that I'm a suppressive person. Remember me.

Much Love,
Kendra

Also happymaking: The thermometer in the backyard went all the way up to 45 this morning! It snowed a few more inches last night over the muck and ice, and now the sunshine is making the world almost too bright to look at. It's really windy, and all the wind chimes in the neighborhood are going at once.

I'll miss winter, but ooooh I can't wait for spring.

Help Fix Rachel's Wonky Mouth!

Keffy linked me to this, and I'm throwing it up here to show some love and solidarity for a fellow webcomicker in a fix.

I know too well what it's like to be a self-employed comic artist with dental care that gets neglected due to financial constraints--but at least my jaw isn't falling apart, and the fillings I probably need won't cost $25,000.

Aaaaannnnd the original Message to Scientology video has been removed again for TOS violations.

Anonymous March 1 Protest: LA

EVENT:
CCHR 39th Annual Awards Dinner -- Anonymous Demonstration
We have already informed the police. No permits are necessary.

LOCATION:
Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel
2025 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

WHEN:
Saturday, March 1st 5:00pm Show-Up Time (Try not to be late, but lateness is understood)
We will stay until the dinner is over. There is some concern that they may prevent attendees from leaving until we depart; we intend to stay the night. BRING WARM CLOTHES (and/or blankets if you stay late) and be prepared for a long one! If you need to depart you are welcome to do so at any time, but we fully expect to stay until they let their attendees out.

IRC Meeting for Questions, etcetra:
irc.partyvan.org #socal
THURSDAY, February 28th, 8:00pm Pacific Time

WHY:
L. Ron Hubbard educated his followers on how to deal with your enemies. He instructed them that if you can't find something in a person's past, make something up. Psychiatrists are Scientology's self declared enemies. It makes you wonder how many people have had their licenses pulled due to fabricated malpractice claims.

Elli Perkins died March 13th, 2003 at the hands of her Schizophrenic son, Jeremy. Elli was stabbed 77 times after years of trying to help her son's mental health condition using Scientology. Scientologists are often opposed to any form of psychiatric care, stating that it 'does not work'. The doctor concluded that "he was suffering from certain digestive problems, that he had certain chemical toxins in his body. And he needed to be purged of it. And he needed to be energized through vitamin therapy." Elli Perkins gave Jeremy the vitamin treatment to no avail. Jeremy was set to leave in the afternoon of March 13th. On this day, following a fight with his mother, he took a shower during which he attempted to slit his own wrists. After exiting the shower he went to the kitchen where Elli was on the phone, took a steak knife, and brutally stabbed her to death.

If he had been granted access to psychiatric treatment, perhaps Elli would still be alive. If Lisa McPherson had been granted psychiatric help, rather than being locked in a room to "ride it out" perhaps she would still be alive.

SIGN SUGGESTIONS:
"CCHR is a Scientology Front Organization"
"Lisa McPherson Was Denied Psychiatric Help"
Any signs specifically targeting the Church of Scientology
CCHR Specific signs; more cases of those who died due to lack of Psychiatric help

Please, no "honk if you hate" signs. No "honk" signs in general; that is a police request.

Our audience will not be the general public. Our audience will be almost entirely CCHR/CoS patrons. Do not expect a friendly reception, or multitudes of supporters honking at us. This one is about impact.

Do plan on wearing your Guy Fawkes mask or other coverings. Bring alternative covering in case the masks become an issue. Once again, many of us will be wearing suits; we're also in a somewhat glitzy area so looking nice won't hurt (just BE WARM. Ladies, short dresses, as much as I love them, you'll freeze to death).

Much as I hate to have to say this: God damn, I wish I were in LA this week.

Bullying Helpless Mennonites, or "How Not To Win An Internet"

I just had the most wonderful chat with one of my readers on AIM, and thought I should share it here as an object lesson for the rest of you. Their SNs are not obscured because I less than care at this point.

Evil the Kid: yo
Luka Pants: heyaq
Evil the Kid: I won an internet today
Luka Pants: oh>
Luka Pants: how so?
Evil the Kid: I scared a menonite shitless
Evil the Kid: The story is as follows:

Bad Habit: well, I was driving my car on a rural road, and I come up behind one.
Bad Habit: I turned off my lights and drifted towards him (he was riding a bike)
Bad Habit: I got fourty five feet behind him, and then turned on my lights and revved the fucking engine
Bad Habit: He fucking bolted, and almost went in a ditch
Bad Habit: As I passed him, I honked my horn many times

Luka Pants: ehhh? Why did you do that?

*** "Evil the Kid" signed off at Tue Feb 26 22:45:10 2008.

*** "Evil the Kid" signed on at Wed Feb 27 16:38:22 2008.

Luka Pants: So you were telling me your story last night.

Evil the Kid: Yes, yes I was
Evil the Kid: keyboard wacked out and wouldn't let me type
Evil the Kid: I believe you asked why I would do such a thing
Evil the Kid: two reasons

Luka Pants: Do tell!
Luka Pants: I've been burning to hear it.

Evil the Kid: 1) He was in the middle of the road, with narry a reflector (pitch black outside)
Evil the Kid: 2) because he was swerving, and I assumed that he was quite drunk

Luka Pants: I don't get it. He was being unsafe, so you endangered his life...?

Evil the Kid: I only scared him

Luka Pants: You said you almost sent him into a ditch. From my experience with bikes, that's a damn good way to kill a guy.

Evil the Kid: If he looked like he got hurt, I would've pulled over and assisted him
Evil the Kid: whether it was my fault or not

Luka Pants: So you pulled some cruel petty shit on a member of one of the most pacifistic religions on the planet and almost caused him to have an accident. How does that win you an internet, and why did you think I would pat you on the back and say "good job!" ?

Evil the Kid: Pacifistic?

Luka Pants: That's been bugging me all night, see. Because far from laughing at the hijinks, I felt literally sick to my stomach reading your posts.

Evil the Kid: I got chased down by those fuckers one time
Evil the Kid: they shot at me

Luka Pants: I was kind of hoping you might explain what the fuck you were thinking.
Luka Pants: Ah, so he got to pay for somebody else's actions? Awesome.

Evil the Kid: do all scientologists brainwash?

Luka Pants: Did it ever cross your mind that one of my biggest missions in life is to stamp out assholes who bully others for their own amusement? If so, how does that jibe with you bragging at me about what you did to the poor bastard?
Luka Pants: I'm very curious.
Luka Pants: I do like to talk about how much it pisses me off seeing somebody fuck with the weak, see. I'm not quiet about it at all.

Evil the Kid: Kay, I did something stupid. I'll admit it

Luka Pants: I hope I don't give off a "please tell me all about the puppy you kicked" vibe.

Evil the Kid: Nope

Luka Pants: No, you did something unbelievably stupid and downright evil. From a simple traffic standpoint, you put the guy's life in danger. But you also thought it was fun times.
Luka Pants: That's just sad, and I really feel bad hearing it.
Luka Pants: I mean, what the fuck?

Evil the Kid: Well, looks like I fucked up then

Luka Pants: And you needed me telling you this to figure that out? Dude, I am so done with you.

*** "Evil the Kid" signed off at Wed Feb 27 18:15:04 2008.


Who knows? I could be the asshole here. Maybe some dude in a funny hat DID try to pop a cap in your edgy little ass during a gallop-by shooting. Maybe this guy deserves to be stalked and terrorized on a public roadway for being a Mennonite and failing to use a bike reflector--I'm not a sadist; I can't make that judgment call.

But please, people. Please, please, PLEASE, if your idea of good clean fun is to go single out and abuse the weak and defenseless, don't fucking come to me and ask for a high-five. It's hard enough facing the chaos of this modern world without imagining your bigoted, bullying ass being part of it.