September 9, 2000 - Gregg Hagglund

Picket Report:
Toronto Ontario
September 9, 2000

Picketers: Ron Sharp, Nan Maclean, Gregg Hagglund
Flyer Count:
Film Festival: 100
Picket: 150

Picket Duration:
10:45 am to 12:30 pm
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Highlights: DirtyDan Frustrated.
Revenge Picketers Embarrassed.

Same Ol', Same Ol' : Paulette sleazes.

Toronto, September 9, 2000.

Pre picket:

Its the Toronto Film Festival this week so I arrived early downtown so as to distribute flyers to moviegoers standing in line to get into the first show at a theatre two blocks north of the bOrg. I did 100 flyers in about 10 minutes. I kept saying "Get your cult protest flyers". I was carrying my "Scientology Dangerous UFO Cult" picket sign. Very interesting and completely positive reactions.

Picket:

The 'end of summer picket' went off without much of a hitch. Most of our regulars had other commitments so Ron Sharp and I did the whole day together on an abbreviated schedule. Nan Maclean, Kaeli and Zeratul Cat joined us for lunch at the Artful Dodger. K and Z had errands to run, but Nan picketed with us until 3:30 pm. The Co$ were most unhappy to see Nan! <grin>

The Police Officer the Co$ are *forced* to hire for the day was soft spoken, polite and very firm. He did not want any shenanigans and was pleased to read a copy of our Picketers Advisory. He also had been briefed on our peaceful reputation and the Co$ disreputable one. As usual now, I gave the Officer a written list of established OSA GoonSquad counter picketing nastiness tech. He then apparently took the time to let the OSA GoonSquad know flyer snatching, shoving etc would not be tolerated.

DirtyDan spent the entire morning fruitlessly trying to engage me in conversation on topics of his choosing. I basically ignored him except to take the time to make him look like an idiot. ( I know that is easy but I was trying for extra points on creativity.] DirtyDan kept standing beside me and in the centre of the sidewalk trying to keep between me and the passersby, so as to make distributing my RX Special Flyers more difficult. When I would switch sides of the sidewalk, DirtyDan would again move to the centre and block me, talking all the time. Suddenly I started to slowly walk around DirtyDan. He stayed in the centre of the sidewalk and turned to face me. Except I kept moving around him, so he kept turning. I slowly increased by pace and about the fourth time I had walked a circle around him, with him pivoting ever faster to face me and yammering away, he complained I was spinning. Heh. I guess he was getting a little dizzy. DirtyDan even tried screaming in my ear to get my attention (of course only once the Cop had stepped across the street to grab a soda).

I have a nice tape of DirtyDan and his antics. Even shows the Cop in the background crossing to the coffee shop and then Dansai666 yells my name as loud as he can right close to my ear. How rude. The same tape shows me giving away 50 flyers to the slow morning pedestrian traffic despite Dansai666 rude anti-free speech antics.

DirtyDan was very frustrated. He kept wanting to know why I was there. He claimed the Co$ Goons were 'leaving me alone'. What a maroon! He should ask OSA Thug Peter Ramsay to keep him better informed on the details of the PROGRAM. Poor Dan seems to be left out of the loop.

OSA Goonette Paulette, who came for part of the afternoon, was her usual physically and verbally sleazy self. She didn't try to steal anything this time so maybe Scientology has helped her with her kleptomania. Al tho' her neo fascist OSA Bull baiting techniques are interesting to observe in action, they do make her sound repulsive to the general public. Chanting "WifeBeaterChildMolestor"over and over while holding her fist an inch from my mouth for a good 5 minutes certainly made her appear to one observer as "a certifiable whacko". One of these days I think she is going to lose it and hit me. You really can see the indoctrinated and cultivated hatred burning in her eyes.

DirtyDan also tried a little physical stuff with me. Again when the cop had stepped away for a soda, DirtyDan and AndyShill double teamed me which resulted in DirtyDan chest butting me when I tried to escape them. High school Bully stuff really.

Some OSA Goons claimed we were good for their business stats, while other Goons tried there best to 'manufacture enough threat' to convince me to leave. The Goon squad should at lest try to get their objectives coordinated.

The Repugnant Mr Ramsay was not seen at this picket. Doubtless he was off doing something challenging like intimidating anyone he perceives as vulnerable or not willing or able to strike back. A real OSA Hero eh?

In short the picket went well.

We Came.
They Saw.
We Conquered.
There Were NO OTs There

Revenge Picket:

My son called me in the early afternoon to tell me two bedraggled OSA Goonettes and a sickly beagle were Revenge Picketing at our suburban Oakville house. [The OSA only pickets our house when I am not there. Just my wife and children. Now why is that?] The Goonettes assigned the job today had to contend with a 10 foot by 3 foot banner I had hung 8 feet off the ground at the end of my driveway. The banner read:

MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY
ARE BEING MALICIOUSLY HARASSED
FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
THE CRIMINALLY CONVICTED CULT
CALLED 'SCIENTOLOGY'

The Goonettes stayed for about 15 minutes until the local children apparently started to heckle them.

That evening as I took the banner down many of my neighbors took the time to ask a few questions and express their support. Oakville is a nice little town.

We'll be back at the bOrg on Sept 30.

Maybe by then DirtyDansai666 might have a clue.

Gregg Hagglund SP7