Protest Material

From OttawaLulz

Smokey the bear says: be prepared. Or something like that. You can prepare yourself for the next Anonymous protest by putting together your very own protest signs, and printing out mounds of anti-Scientology flyers for handing out or posting up along walls and billboards.

You can help improve this page! Add some of your own suggestions, and add links to PDFs of flyers, posters, and whatnot.

1 Catchy chants and Slogans
2 Signs
3 Flyers
4 Posters
5 How-to

[edit] Catchy chants and Slogans

PROTIP: any chant that starts "HEY HEY, HO HO" is made of stupid and lame and fail.

NEEDS MOAR SLOGANS :P
We Can Help You Hélène, Be Strong
Religion is Free, Scientology's Not
Ron is Gone But The Con Goes On
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday L Ron Hubbard, Here's some money for you!

[edit] Signs

Jumbo Sharpie is your friend.

There are good signs and bad signs. Here are a few tips on making good ones (distilled from http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pktsigns.htm):

Keep it simple, perhaps six words maximum. Don't do what this guy did. (Link unbroken)
Make your sign with large, thick letters, with enough space around them to keep the whole sign from looking too squashed. Example: [1] [2]
Trace your sign in pencil first, then go over with permanent marker. A jumbo-tip permanent marker is most effective. Don't use a regular writing pen (ball-point, roller-ball, regular felt tip, etc).
Use both sides of your sign: single-sided signs make half the impact of double-sided signs.

[edit] Slogans for signs

Scientology can blow me (ie in relation to body thetans)
Here to help!
Happy Birthday L.Ron!
L. Ron. Hubbard was a criminal.
Want to leave Scientology? Talk to us, we can help!
Harassed by those in charge? We can help you leave Scientology
Please Call Home. We Miss You. - Love, Mom
Are you Really happy?
Can someone lend me $22,000? I'm stuck on OT7.
$cientology forces abortions. whyaretheydead.net ( or something like that )
GOOGLE "Shawn Lonsdale"
GOOGLE "Fair Game Policy"
When was the last time you saw your mother? reconnect.org
www.whyweprotest.net
www.youfoundthecard.com
Scientology has Leveled up. Scientology is now a Lvl 2. Cult.

Here are some short to the point sign ideas that are useful for CoS staff to consider but uses strong language pedestrians can understand and look in to.

Stop "RPF" Torture
Stop "Fair Game" Terror
Stop "R2-45" Murder
Stop "Introspection RD" Abuse
Stop "Disconnection" Cruelty

Collected from various Feb 10th protests:

If OTs existed, this sign wouldn't be here
We Are David Miscavige's Entheta / Anonymous Is David Miscavige's Entheta
- "Entheta" basically means evil karma that you created for yourself; a problem you deserve. This one will plant crazy doubt in scibots' heads. [3]
Google "Lisa McPherson"/"Operation Freakout"/"Operation Snow White"
Knowledge should be free
L. Ron Hubbard: Prophet or profiteer?
You're only as clear as your cheque
Religion is free / $cientology is not
If you want to make a million dollars, start a religion (or variation upon)
Ask me why I'm wearing a mask
SMILE! You are now entering a Scientology surveillance zone
Honk if you think Scientology is a cult

[edit] Sign Materials

Bristol Boards
Tomato (Hothouse) + Apple boxes found in the back rooms of grocery stores. (The tomato boxes work the best as they are hard and sturdy cardboard)

[edit] Sign Handles

--Don't want to hold a large sign by the sides? Use these....

Hockey Sticks
Bartlett Pear Boxes ( Ya random, you find these when you work at a grocery store :p )

--- The tops and bottoms of these boxes are perfectly sized, sturdy and thin wooden sticks)

String when having a sign on your chest and back
Small Wooden Planks

(Any of these items found in grocery stores can usually be obtained by asking a clerk located in the produce section)

[edit] Flyers

Toronto's official flyer from Feb 10th. An example of an excellent flyer. Full version PDF available here

Flyers are a very effective means of transmitting information to the public. Because flyers are meant to be handed out to passers-by, they can contain a lot more information than signs—but that information must be well structured and presented so that the reader's interest doesn't get lost.

The ideal flyer strikes a balance between being informative and catchy. Toronto's collaboratively-designed official flyer from Feb 10th is a particularly good one; print out your own copies (50 minimum) to hand out on March 15th.

Photobucket - Plenty of flyers, images, and ideas.

Or... we could improve on Toronto's flyer by making our own. Leave feedback on the image's talkpage.

[edit] Posters

Sure, posters can get ripped down, but there's nothing that catches your attention like a row full of well-designed posters, all alike—just look at what happens to every plywood wall that goes up downtown when there's construction afoot. If you see a wall that already has posters on it, plaster your own posters over them. If you attend Carleton or Ottawa University or Algonquin college, get a poster approved by your Student Association; you can get around a hundred posters stamped and allowed on many different bulletin boards around campus. Save extra, un-stamped posters to post elsewhere on campus.

You can achieve extra win by creating a poster with tear-off tabs (example); save about 5cm of space at the bottom of your poster for a row of vertical tabs printed with website addresses that people can tear off.

Pile 'o posters from Boston wiki.

A selection of awesome posters

LRH "this is illegal" quote	After your check clears	Operation Snow White	"How Many More Must Die?"
"Arm Yourself"	Free religion	Disconnection General Information Poster	May 10th Event Advertisement Poster
An excellent flyer explaining why we wear the masks