The hacker collective Anonymous is going after the Westboro Baptist Church.
Should you ignore this warning, you will meet with the vicious retaliatory arm of ANONYMOUS: We will target your public Websites, and the propaganda & detestable doctrine that you promote will be eradicated; the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover. It is in your best interest to comply now, while the option to do so is still being offered, because we will not relent until you cease the conduction & promotion of all your bigoted operations & doctrines.
The warning has been given. What happens from here shall be determined by you.
WE ARE ANONYMOUS.
WE ARE LEGION.
WE DO NOT FORGIVE.
WE DO NOT FORGET.
EXPECT US.
Whew.
Godspeed, so to speak, guys.
Thus weekend's been at the business end of parenting. Ryan spent most of it with a 103 degree fever, poor little boo. Such a relief when it finally broke. He was still very good-natured for the most part (except when trying to give him the medicine, and he was still at least not drastically uncooperative), and very affectionate. He has received many cuddles, this boy.
Wallybee's parents will be back in two weeks' time. I know my sweetie is looking forward to it very much. (I hope it doesn't take long for Ryan to warm up to them again, he's developed a very cautious streak around strangers.)
I am also in the airport, Laura! But my flight connecting to the Peru flight has just been delayed an hour. Grr. And eek.
Wow. I have mixed feelings about Anonymous, but in this case I can't think of a better target. Give 'em hell, A.
Have fun in Peru, meara!
I hope Ryan feels better soon.
What smonster said.
We have left PA. Whoooo-hoooo.
Wow. I have mixed feelings about Anonymous, but in this case I can't think of a better target.
Both of these things sooooo much. It's a form of terrorism. And yet, somehow, I just can't seem to care.
I kinda do care. Anonymous are asses. The enemy of my enemy isn't always my friend. There's no high moral reason they're not going after someone I don't dislike.
It's like 4chan going after the girl that threw the puppies. I still think they're a horrible mass of slime.
It gives you the feeling you're using them as a tool to do something useful, but really they're rabid animals that are just biting conveniently at the moment.
WindSparrow, glad you were able to laugh at that. You kind of have to, I think.
Ohhh, yeah. And I'd rather have day that is crappy from one end to another, than one that involves trips to the emergency room for anyone.
meara, I hope your travels don't suffer too much from the delay.
Poor Ryan. And poor Ryan's parents. That's a high fever, and so worrying.
'biting conveniently at the moment' is an amazingly good way to put it.
The enemy of my enemy isn't always my friend. There's no high moral reason they're not going after someone I don't dislike.
I'm with ita. I wish Westboro would suddenly get wise and clean their own house.
Much as I have to confess to a glimmer of 'heh' when I read that piece, at the same time, I began reciting Martin Niemoller's quote...First they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then, they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
I don't want to speak out for those hateful people. At the same time, tyranny is tyranny, no matter how it is dressed up. And the problem with the kind of power Anonymous wields is that it never seems to be satisfied and is never bounded by morality.
