Anon Message to America

[IceStar100]

My god I can't belive I missed this. This scares the crap out of me. What else am I missing.

 

[CarlMin]

And here comes anon. Late as always but eager for attention. Good thing they don't actually have to do anything to get attention, they just have to post a bloody YouTube video.

 

[Alar]

Okay, Anonymous, you're message makes much less of an impact when you do this kind of video bullshit. There was no reason for the special effects, the stupid god damn intro with the annoying epic music in the background. There was no need for two damn false voices. I can barely hear what the fuck you are saying. I can deal with the Mask. It's annoying but I can deal with it.

Next video, wear sunglasses and a ski mask and darken the room. Lower the pitch of your voice if you legitimately are that afraid of the government. Don't try to make a theatrical event that reinforces the stupid stereotype that you're just doing this because you think it's cool.

OT: Now that that's out of the way, how the fuck did this get that far? This is what Occupy is all about, yet the general consensus was to laugh that away. Now they've taken away the one thing that actually put America in a good light.

If this passes, I'm rioting.

Just be sure to riot in the right places. It isn't the shops and houses of normal people who deserve it, its the houses of the Senators, Congressmen, and other government officials behind the creation of this piece of crap.

 

[Agayek]

erm... source?
I looked all over the websites dedicated to stopping SOPA that update hour to hour, as well as the House's website it's self, all of them seem to say that both SOPA and PROTECT IP haven't been voted on yet in the House and Senate respectively.

I'm finding no evidence that either of them have gotten passed.

NDAA is not SOPA. SOPA is internet censorship. NDAA basically allows the government to detain foreigners for as long as they feel like, for whatever reason they feel like, with absolutely no accountability.

Oh and it's worded such that it does not exclude US Citizens from its reach.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

I though Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up parliment to force England back into Catholic rule?

Well, good luck America. We Canadians will be here, watching. With donuts. And beer. Cheers.

 

[Comando96]

I'm pretty sure the original Patriot Act that got passed in late 2001 / early 2002, did the same exact thing. (I did a research paper on it)
It was later amended and its most questionable articles repealed.

So pardon me for not panicking like the ignorant sheep Anonymous assumes I am.

Nasty bills like this get proposed and moved more often than we think. In the last year alone, consider how many bills like SOPA have been brought to Congress, and stamped out.

The National Defense Authorization Act is an annual bill which is passed every single year with normally no or be it few questions asked.

The difference is this year there is the controversial amendment which having had a closer look at the bill (Thank You @Lilani) for myself... it looks fucking dodgy.

In legal terms it is very flexible and would give a lot of interpretation room if ever in a court. This means its the judge which would be the decider... but of course if you pick the judges... hmm...

Unlike the Patriot act which gave extraordinary measures to the Police, FBI, CIA etc this labels the whole USA as a battle ground which risks giving the military power over civilians and instead of counting civilians as criminals, it treats them as POW's.

 

[Astoria]

Don't worry America I don't think the rest of the world will be very far behind you. Hell for all we know they passed similar bills years ago in other countries. Also, come on guys, you're saying that if you weren't in some secret organisation that you wouldn't go a little overboard with the disguises and creepy videos? I know I would.

 

[Cyberjester]

Anon really doesn't like it thats for damn sure.

It appears you're confused, let me help you. This from a person who doesn't frequent /b/ mind because I don't care to see what appears to be six month old girls being.. Well screwdrivers and pens, distasteful to say the least.

Anon isn't a person, Anon is Anonymous (oxymoron, most of them don't hide their IP's and the ones that do don't change their MAC addresses) and is the mindless proles that frequent the internet. Comments like "I wondered when Anonymous would get involved in all this." which are littered through this thread show a complete misunderstanding of Anon.

Anon is you. Anon is everyone, whoever puts a mask on and makes a video, that's Anon. Whoever runs their IP through TOR to do something illegal on the internet, that's Anon. Hell, your politicians would be Anon except their public figures. Their life outside of work however, that's theirs, where they become Anon.

So to assume their an organisation dedicated to "lulz" or to.. Well, just that they're a particular group is wrong. You've been misinformed. It's how they go from public servants to mindless idiots , then on to hero. I am Anon and you are Anon. Well, except for how you could quite easily figure out who I am given how I've linked my Steam account, but if you aren't that motivated, then I'm still Anon.

So, I think the point of this is, saying "Anon doesn't like it" means about as much as saying "We don't like it" or "They don't like it". Doesn't mean that much.

tl;dr

Just talking technicalities here, nothing to see, keep moving.

 

[Cyberjester]

I suggest to any person of voting age that resides in the US, to take note of those 97 senators that voted for the bill and make sure to never vote for them again.

Its kinda scary to see how easily a dictatorship can sneak up on people.

Might not be that easy. Down in wonderful Aus the current PM bought her way into office using taxpayer money she didn't have access to. It's about as hard as someone thinking "You know what, to hell with tape, this is mine". So you know, not really hard at all.

 

[Wintermoot]

I saw this vid on /b/ yesterday needless to say they weren't happy.
I agree with him the future might not be as grim as he says but passing the bill is going to negatively influence the citizens of the US.

 

[JonnyHG]

Didn't feel like reading every single post to see if someone said this already but...

Dividing by zero isn't possible :\

 

[manic_depressive13]

Don't worry America I don't think the rest of the world will be very far behind you. Hell for all we know they passed similar bills years ago in other countries. Also, come on guys, you're saying that if you weren't in some secret organisation that you wouldn't go a little overboard with the disguises and creepy videos? I know I would.

Geez, thank you. So many complaints about the mask and the music. Just because this is srs bsns doesn't mean they can't have a bit of fun.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I love Australia, none of this political oppression. (except Steven Conroy trying to censor the internet which we fought off)

Well, for the most part. We don't have anything like that, but the government tends to play fast and loose with the rights of Aboriginals, for example.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Don't worry America I don't think the rest of the world will be very far behind you. Hell for all we know they passed similar bills years ago in other countries. Also, come on guys, you're saying that if you weren't in some secret organisation that you wouldn't go a little overboard with the disguises and creepy videos? I know I would.

Geez, thank you. So many complaints about the mask and the music. Just because this is srs bsns doesn't mean they can't have a bit of fun.

and for once... the V masks are shockingly appropriate.
plus, i think that the graphics are supposed to show its the 'proper' Anon. the ones who dont want to hack things for the lulz. like in the V for Vendetta movie (and possibly comic books), where V has a news-like setup in his videos...

i really hope Obama vetoes the bill, for everyone's sake. if not, then America might have a pretty big problem on its hands.
and by problem, i mean violent revolution the likes of which havent been seen there in 200 years.

and by might, i mean... well you're a very violent country. and guns are legal. and the one thing you all like is your Bill of Rights, liberals and republicans alike.
so all i'm saying is... dont shoot the 7.

 

[Rastien]

I I really resented them after the LulzSec thing and pretty much lost all faith in seeing them do something worthwhile again.

I could be wrong but last i paid anyintrest in "lulzsec" they are not part of anonemous they left the main group and formed a slightly more extremist version with a small number of members.

Not sure if this has been commented on yet or not, as i said i believe this to be the case as i think at some point anon were shunning them.

 

[Auron225]

If Anon themselves were taking this seriously, why would they liken this "campaign" to V for Vendetta so much? People are much less likely to take this seriously.

 

[Something Amyss]

Huh. I didn't even know that they had passed that bill. Didn't the president say that he would veto it?

Passing it and being signed into law are separate things.

Fuck, Anon takes a serious issue and turns it into a big joke.

Par for the course.

 

[spartan231490]

um. this is bad. very bad. Just OMG

 

[Thaluikhain]

If Anon themselves were taking this seriously, why would they liken this "campaign" to V for Vendetta so much? People are much less likely to take this seriously.

Anon thinks V for Vendetta is super serious. Though, this time, they dropped that and went to the source, talking about Guy Fawkes. I'm sure he'd be really fucking opposed to assassinations.

Fuck, Anon takes a serious issue and turns it into a big joke.

Par for the course.

Ok, yeah, true, but normally I see them pretending to be big and scary over less tangible things.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

...While I applaud Anon for trying to bring this issue more to light...I can't be the only one who though that intro was incredibly pretentious.

REALLY glad now I live in Canada. And this really deters me from ever visiting. N'so this just needs to be signed by the president right? If so I pray (in my own way) that he'll veto it.

Pretty much this. If that bills gets passed, I don't want to go to the US ever again.

And if Canada ever tries to pull this shit *looks sideways at Harper*, I will be protesting it. It's total BS.

Also....Why are the US conservatives/republicans not fighting this bill? I mean, they are always going on about how "big government" is evil and fascist/socialist and will take away freedoms and all that. This bill is EXACTLY what they keep yammering on about. Are they fighting it? NO! So ergo, that makes them hypocrites!