"Last March, early April I had driven to the port to pick up Ian. The Concourse was loaded with Hare Kirshna freaks, saffron robes and shaved heads and jumping up and down demanding money. A load of Scientologists was coming out of the gates, heading for some do of theirs, a North American convention I think it was. Just as the two groups merged, here came the Angels of the Lord, homemade signs and tambourines and clubs. "Marj, it was the gaudiest brawl I have ever seen. No trouble telling the three sides apart. The Hare Krishners looked like clowns, unmistakable. The Angels and the Hubbardites did not wear robes but there was no trouble telling them apart. The Elronners were clean and neat and short-haired; the Angels looked like unmade beds. They carried the 'stink of piety,' too; I got downwind of them once, then moved quickly. "Thee Scientologists, of course, have had to fight for their rights many times; they fought with discipline, defending themselves, and disengaged rapidly -- got out, taking their wounded with them. The Hairy Krishners fought like squawking chickens and left their wounded behind. But the Angels of the Lord fought as if they were crazy -- and _I_ think they are. They moved straight in, swinging clubs and fists, and didn't stop until they were down and unable to get up. It took as many Mounties to subdue them as there were Angels... when the usual ratio is one Mounty, one riot. "It appears that the Angels knew that the Hubbardites were arriving at that time and had come there to jump them; the Hare Krishna crowd showed up by accident -- they were at the port simply because it is a good place to shake down cubes for money. But, having found the Hairies and being unable to pin down the Scientologists, the Anglels settled for beating up the Krishna freaks." -- Robert A. Heinlein, Friday, 1982. ---
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