Hello Anonymous,
All right, thank you. Sounds great.
I'm not that good in chatting, but I'll try tomorrow to connect.
However, it would be easier for me if someone of your organisation
calls me (between 10 am and 17pm) to answer some direct questions.
If all this doesn't work out, maybe there's someone willing to send
me an e-mail...
I'm a journalist, I work with the protection of sources, so you don't
have to be afraid to be recognisable. I'll take care of your
anonymity. So if you speak dutch, I suggest to continue in that
language. If not, English or French are also fine over the phone.
My questions are, to begin with, quite simple.
- Without being to specific... What kind of organisation are you (how
many people, nationalities, professions, (fe)male, age, ... an
average maybe)?
- Are you all Belgians?
- Do you have contact with other anti-Scientology organisations?
- How did you find each other?
- Where does your motivation come from?
- Scientology probably knows you exist, did you already have bad
experiences with them?
- Did you ever meet their battery of lawyers?
- Scientology continuesly pretends to do charity-jobs, like their
famous anti-drug-program at schools. Do you think they lie at that
point?
Do they have a 'hidden agenda' to find as much members as possible?
- The protest of Sunday seems to be the first big manifestation
against the mouvement, how many people do you expect and why in
Brussels?
- I always understood Belgium was nog a good 'base' for Scientology,
the number of members here stays low. Is that correct or is the
threat bigger than everybody thinks?
- I suppose you are aware of the juridical investigation of the
Public Ministery of Brussels (officer of inquiry: Jean-Claude Van
Espen) against Scientology. Justice is making a case out of it. Why
do you still stay anonymous, how do you see your role in this story?
- You stay anymous for absolutely understandable reasons, but do you
think this is the way to fight them? Because they always send a
spokesman out if there's a conflict and pretend to be open and
transparant.
- Last question so far: why the red tie (cfr. dress code) Sunday?
Ok, thank you already. I'm at the office at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,
I hope we can continue our conversation. Spoken or written.
These questions also serve to be able to situate your organisation.
Concerning your question of reaching more flemish media: I would make
a press-anouncement and send it to Belga, the national press agency.
Then all media get it at once!
Hope to hear from you tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Marjan
Marjan Justaert
Redactie De Morgen
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