Anonymous v. Scientology

So I had no idea that there were worldwide protests against Scientology this Sunday (10 Feb.) but Edinburgh was one city hosting such an event. Apparently a Scientology building is along the main street of Southside, at that point South Bridge St.

However, walking down South Bridge on Sunday afternoon I had no idea of this. I tried to find links to news articles focusing on just the Edinburgh protest but couldn't find any. What I could find were youtube videos.

Edinburgh Scientology Protest - 10/02/08 3:30. Long but the best-made video I found, it scans through the whole day and I think gives a feel for the streets near to Old Town/Royal Mile, if you can mentally remove the weirdly-masked people.

Anonymous protests Cult of $cientology in Edinburgh 0:11. Quick scan of the protesters, if you don't have the inclination to watch the first clip.

Anon 10th Feb 08, Edinburgh 0:46. This was pretty much what I experienced walking by the protesters, only I came up the opposite direction. Silent video.


There were about 30-40 protesters lining the sidewalks outside a bargain store, in strange masks ranging from Guy Fawkes masks to Stormtroopers to bandanas, picketting and handing out flyers and apparently passing a little banter with the Scientology building across the street. There were two police watching over them, as you can see in the videos (the police are wearing bright yellow), but the protesters were pretty well behaved.