Not everyone is going to agree with this. Before you start shouting, let me just say ahead of time that I'm not interested in a loud debate. I'll hear constructive opinions, but I'm not taking attitudes.
Here's the thing. Anon keeps poking its head above water to do its latest thing and where you stand is where you stand, but I think...that after all that's gone on...we have a problem. We have this problem of who Anonymous is, right? The whole thing about how anyone saying they're Anonymous may as well BE that and so on? We've seen how that sort of issue kinda' makes it hard to trust the source and believe anything they say at face-value. (Nigh-impossible when you don't HAVE a face.)
The debate about them being right and wrong will go on forever, and the problem of whether anything they do IS their intention or a pretender or a rebel or an idiot still remains to screw up the coveted point of their BEING an Anonymous. So, the solution I thought up is easy...
Anonymous no more.
The proper existence of any established group depends on at least two things: Information and perception. We don't have proper information on Anonymous, because anyone can put on a Guy Fawkes mask these days and go "Boogie boogie blah!". The other important aspect - perception - is in our court. If they don't function as an organization that can keep track of itself, keep its name out of the mud, etc...then we can just deny them their right to BE an organization.
Essentially, no shield and no excuse for any of those who try to hide under the name. They don't have the RIGHT to be a group, because they can't handle the responsibility that goes with it. If they DID, then they probably would've blasted the Lulsec morons out of the water for their own good. Anonymous becomes just a euphemism for doing what you like without thinking.
"This is not anarchy, Eve. This is Chaos." [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gH_BmKOWGBo/TLbAH8or1CI/AAAAAAAAATo/WLiBWA9PWJU/s1600/anarchy.jpg]
Here's the thing. Anon keeps poking its head above water to do its latest thing and where you stand is where you stand, but I think...that after all that's gone on...we have a problem. We have this problem of who Anonymous is, right? The whole thing about how anyone saying they're Anonymous may as well BE that and so on? We've seen how that sort of issue kinda' makes it hard to trust the source and believe anything they say at face-value. (Nigh-impossible when you don't HAVE a face.)
The debate about them being right and wrong will go on forever, and the problem of whether anything they do IS their intention or a pretender or a rebel or an idiot still remains to screw up the coveted point of their BEING an Anonymous. So, the solution I thought up is easy...
Anonymous no more.
The proper existence of any established group depends on at least two things: Information and perception. We don't have proper information on Anonymous, because anyone can put on a Guy Fawkes mask these days and go "Boogie boogie blah!". The other important aspect - perception - is in our court. If they don't function as an organization that can keep track of itself, keep its name out of the mud, etc...then we can just deny them their right to BE an organization.
Essentially, no shield and no excuse for any of those who try to hide under the name. They don't have the RIGHT to be a group, because they can't handle the responsibility that goes with it. If they DID, then they probably would've blasted the Lulsec morons out of the water for their own good. Anonymous becomes just a euphemism for doing what you like without thinking.
"This is not anarchy, Eve. This is Chaos." [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gH_BmKOWGBo/TLbAH8or1CI/AAAAAAAAATo/WLiBWA9PWJU/s1600/anarchy.jpg]