it's a cult. you never leave. they find out all your secrets and blackmail you with them. they probably got Tom confessing he's gay on tape.
I wish there was some way to destroy them. Mark bunker made it clear what they are actually capable of, showed us how to protest and avoid having our pics taken...
But thats not really doing anything. Damn you scientology.
If you're going to protest, don't get your Guy Fawkes mask online. I heard Scientology bought thousands of them. My guess is they're re-selling them online in an effort to collect contact information from buyers. Then, they've got your ass before you even show up to your first protest. If it were me, I'd get one in a bricks-and-mortar costume shop and pay cash for it, leaving no contact info.
I watched some of the Angry Gay Pope's videos (before he got thrown off YouTube, that is). In one, there's this lady who just walks around among the protesters pointing a camcorder at everyone. I could have sworn I saw a dark filter over the lens. Probably just a neutral-density filter but it could have also been an infrared. Make sure your mask is impervious to infrared, or your face just might shine right through it in infrared. (Most camcorders are sensitive to infrared as well as visible.)