False Anonymous "Hate Crimes" DVD from Scientology

This DVD was given out today, the ides of March, at Scientology centers across the globe. A rip of it was uploaded to youtube, but within an hour of its posting, it was removed due to pressure from the "Church" of Scientology.

Fortunately, this is the internet. Once something is online, it can never disappear.

You can download a torrent of it here, and can get a wmv rip of the video via rapidshare.

They take the message of Anonymous clearly out of context by editing out all relevant words, pulling words from other videos to make them appear sinister, quoting a debunked video that they themselves made, and even flatly making things up.

The original youtube video they reference in the DVD is this:

It is clear that the leaders of Scientology are afraid of the Anonymous movement. They will no doubt continue in their struggle to keep their head above water, while they drown their members for their own gain.

Farewell "Church" of Scientology, you will not be mourned.

Update:
Members of Scientology followed my friend back to the Caltrain station, boarded it with him, then tried to follow him back to his car once he got off. This was most likely an attempt to get his license plate. Fortunately he saw he was being followed and evaded them, then had another friend go back and pick up the car later on.

Update 3/17/08:
I've found out that he had to call the police in order to get the members to leave him alone. When the harassers spoke with the police, they said that they wanted to talk to my friend's parents in order to tell them the blatant lies in the DVD above.

Terror. Terror! TERROR!

Please report any unattended bags, parcels, or packages to the operator.

All the time I ride the VTA Lightrail, and a few times every trip I hear this. Just a few short years ago I never even would have imagined I'd be hearing it, but here it is.
Now, sure it seems like a good idea. That package could be a bomb! That old bag of McDonalds could be filled with hazardous waste! (Though to be fair, if any food was left in the bag, it is hazardous waste.)

It got me thinking, though. Just why have this repeating message; this message that implies that you might be in danger all the time? Perhaps to keep us on our toes? To keep us in fear?

This relates directly to the US terror alert level. Oh the wonderful, color-coded, easy to understand rainbow of terror. Only... it never goes down. Any time I've ever looked at it it's been yellow or above. Yet we've had no attacks, only more and more spouting from our government about how we're not safe.

I'm pretty sure that, by now, noone really pays attention to it, and if they do, they more than likely watch Faux "News" as an actual news show, rather than comedy.