Protest outside of Goodge Street Station

Walking up the street to Goodge Street Station I heard chanting, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. When I rounded the corner I saw this:

About a hundred people were gathered.

Turns out they were protesting scientology. There is a scientology center right next to Goodge Street Station. They are always handing us flyers for "free stress tests" and asking us if we want peace for the world and in our hearts. One of them was rude to me once. When I said I had to go because I was late for class he called me a liar.

I was curious because these people were really against scientology. I mean they had some seriously emotional chanting going on. They were also wearing V for Vendetta- Guy Fawkes masks. I had to ask what this was all about.(When I got home and told people that I took pictures and gasp! actually talked to the protestors people were shocked. Some girls in the house actually walked four blocks out of their way because they were afraid of going near the protest. I'm not really sure what they were so afraid of.)

Turns out the protestors thought scientology was a cult that kills people and steals money from them, etc. They were wearing the masks because they thought that the scientologist were taking pictures of the group and would follow them home and hmm... I'm not exactly sure what they thought they would do to them but it wasn't good.

I asked these guys what they were all about:

They were quite a nice lot.

Now I don't personally have anything against scientology, but it was great to see a protest in another country. First off the cops were there but they weren't freaking out or trying to break it up(and the protestors were loud), in fact they had a barricade set up for them. Interesting. Like the old quote that says I don't agree with you but dude you definitely have the right to say whatevuh you want(or something like that).