Westboro Baptists Stage Fake Anonymous Threat
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They actually are an organization, though. People claiming to be part of Anonymous can be shut down because they aren't Anonymous, they're just anonymous.Dastardly said:
I support Anon, seeing as they take everybody down a few pegs (Gene Simmons needed to be, and the US government is now, too. It's great). They hack a Congressman's twitter account, destroy HBGary's website and private archives, put thousand of emails up for free pickings, and what do they say once they're in? They spout a bunch of 4chan memes and laugh.
While they are dangerous, their heart is in the right place.
I don't think it's the actual hacking attempt he is talking about. If you make a mask of unaccountability. Everyone is invisible and can't be held to anything, no one knows what YOU'VE done or what other people are making up, it's hard to try and play "whodunnit?"Cpu46 said:
A bunch of fully masked people can send a letter to someone and then say "Didn't do it" and who could possibly know better? Someone else could fake an anonymous letter and who would know the difference? We don't know who they are to begin with, so an anonymous letter can easily be passed off as written by Anonymous.
Doesn't mean I agree with the poster's idea though... I'll have to read a tad more into it
Funny thing is that the WBC guys get (rightfully so I might add) DDoS'd and trolled on a fairly regular basis, although I don't believe that has ever been part of any real Anon operation. But lying about a threat from Anon is downright pitiful. What's the matter, Fred? Isn't anybody paying attention to your little degenerate congregation anymore, so you resorted to crying wolf? Aw, how about a round of pity for Phelps and his retard followers...
Thank fucking god. I figured not even Anon would be bad enough to go back on their own beliefs on freedom of speech.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.Chezzz said:
* Ch. 7 : Helvetius : The Contradiction, p. 199; because of quote marks around the original publication of these words, they are often attributed to Voltaire, though Hall was not actually quoting him but summarizing his attitude with the expression. The statement was widely popularized when misattributed to Voltaire as a "Quotable Quote" in Reader's Digest (June 1934), but in response to the misattribution, Hall had been quoted in Saturday Review (11 May 1935), p. 13, as stating: I did not mean to imply that Voltaire used these words verbatim and should be surprised if they are found in any of his works. They are rather a paraphrase of Voltaire's words in the Essay on Tolerance ? "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall
*sighs* darn. That was my Christmas, Easter, and Birthday combined into one. Ah well, maybe they will still do it one day.
Anyways, I wish I could say I didnt care, but I had a rather... person, run in with one of the WBC this weekend.
Though... if they were going to sue IP addresses, why dont other corporations do this when attacked by Anon?
Anyways, I wish I could say I didnt care, but I had a rather... person, run in with one of the WBC this weekend.
Though... if they were going to sue IP addresses, why dont other corporations do this when attacked by Anon?
Waaait... they're seriously a church? I thought this is comedy site like Landover Baptists... /facepalm
Actually it's not, just giving false testimony (as in court testimony) against your neighbor is. Common misunderstanding, but the 10 commandments aren't quite as clear as you might think.DTWolfwood said:
Just when you thought that the WBC couldn't be more sad, pathetic, and detestable, they do something like this. This is just low. Even by their standards. Well... maybe not as low as protesting soldiers and childrens funerals... Still pretty low, though.
I'm curious as to who would admit to being a member of the WBC. They're just trolls. And this proves it even further.
I'm curious as to who would admit to being a member of the WBC. They're just trolls. And this proves it even further.
The Hive is in constant communication with itself. If any units splinter off and form a project group without communicating it to the collective, they effectively stand alone.squid5580 said:
I assume a rough consensus was reached through mass discussion and this press release was issued spontaneously as a result of that. If you don't see another, contradictory press release then it means enough consensus was reached that nobody feels quite strongly enough to speak out.
Thing about Anon is, even though it lacks a formal leader or proper center of mass, it's frighteningly good at reaching consensus and coordinating itself.
I'm a Christian, and I hate these guys. They've turned Christianity into a farce and make us all look bad.
Whether you consider lying a sin or not, it doesn't tend to make people happy. Ironically, if Westboro thinks of Superman as an idol, they probably consider lying a sin (which in and of itself isn't a radical belief). They should probably stop doing that, then.thethingthatlurks said:
... you've never heard of WBC before? I congratulate you my friend, you've managed to skip over one of the most morally questionable groups of people in the history of attention seeking morons. I wish I didn't know about them.Thedarkness77 said:
OT: As much as I consider WBC a morally bankrupt sect of hatemongers, I'll very begrudgingly admit Anon has a point about free speech. I still wish more people would counter picket them, like at comic con, that shit was hilarious.
No no that isn't what I mean. What I mean is the article is implying it a prank or a hoax or a publicity stunt by the WBC. When it is just as likely that someone acted outside the Hive to push the agenda they thought would be Hive approved. You know because at first glance it doesn't sound outside of the realm of possibilities for Anonymous to do something like that.Grimrider6 said: