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.

Already remembering why I don't like closed shoes. Boo. Toes wanna be free.

Penny loafers, no socks! The toesies look around sayin', "Hey, its DARK... but we can still moooooveeee... hmmm."

It's my favorite way to fly. Just kick 'em off, slip 'em on.

AND YEA VERILY I SHALL WEAR PENNY LOAFERS AGAIN!

re: ANONYMOUS

People are being stupid in the letters. (Shocking, I know) Freedom of speech isn't in a question of just anyone impinging expression, its a question of the government doing so. Duh.

From what I can see, I don't think I have a problem with ANONYMOUS and their past campaigns. So far it looks like straight-up civil disobedience to me. Unlike 4chan where there was the potential for the puppy girl to get hurt because of their actions (iirc, they released the information publicall, right? as opposed to just taking it to the authorities) this seems like it might actually be, you know, civil, in its disruption.

I'm just popping in to say hello from the NCL Jewel. I've got another week out at sea with this ship and then I get to go home to Los Angeles for a week.

Then they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

You know, I get this. I do. I believe and try to live it. But I just can't make myself care that those assholes are going to get their site hacked. I'm just going to savor my dish of schadenfreude with a side of mild guilt, and move on.

On a related note, I noted with some bitterness how much more widespread disapproval of the WBC became when they started picketing military funerals. First they came for the fags... (obviously not y'all. talking about the general public here.)

eta Hi ND! Smooth sailing to you!