That very day there was an article from a 'Guardian' writer, Oliver Burkemann, who normally applauds anything "unconventional" ('The more I explore self-help, the more tolerant I become of those who believe in angels and spirit guides'), which included 'It's not that I have anything against people who believe humanity's troubles began when an intergalactic ruler landed on earth 75 million years ago, imprisoning dead souls in a volcano, causing woes that can only be relieved with the expensive assistance of the Church.' .... "'Scientology's "auditing" process apparently detaches the memories from the distress, whereupon the traumatised person becomes "clear". One person in the video provides the scientific explanation for the process: "Woo-hoo! it really works!"'... 'So I squeezed the cans hard. The needle shot across the dial. "There!" the man said. "What were you thinking of? You see. It works!"'
We positioned the boom-box across the street from the 'org', positioned
leafletters on both sides of the road and proceeded to enlighten the area.
For the first five minutes I thought my throat was not going to make it, but
after an un-amplified cough or two, I was fine. The Scientologists took
turns demonstrating the E-meter to one another on tables outside the 'org'.
The normal OSA scowler scuttled around trying to write down the words on
a placard, tried a "Tone 40" command to get the holder to stand still and
ended up being ordered about by our "Tone 40' commands. Perhaps she
was flustered by being watched by a more senior OSA character. We were
handing out a selection of leaflets, they just had tiny invitations to watch
their dreadful video.
After a couple of hours we retreated to a warm hostelry.