Shane wrote:
That's what's called cyber terrorism. Anonymous is stifling exactly what they are saying they stand up for, freedom of expression. Why should websites that are against what the anonymous organization stands for be blasted off the internet? In that right shouldn't the groups who were taken down by anonymous be able to strike back at anonymous?
And for those who say it isn't terrorism, it becomes terrorism when you target the government, disrupt business (paypal), and prevent honest people from carrying on with their lives.
Shane is right. What Anonymous is doing is completely against what they stand for. They believe in non-democratic practices, yet preach liberation. Obviously democracy has prevailed in SOPA since now president Obama and more than half of congress are against SOPA, meaning it has 0% chance of passing.
Firering401 wrote:
My opinion is: It isn't terrorism, terrorism is an overused word invented by the Bush administration. Terrorists are stinky arabs who **** in caves and bomb people
P.S FBI.gov = down
Excuse me? How did the Bush administration invent terrorism? Clinton was fighting against it before Bush was in office. Do you think the conflict int he middle east with terrorism began with Bush? No, we have been hunting terrorists since Bush Sr.
Terrorists are arabs? Here is just a copy and paste from a list of non-Muslim terrorists.
Anti-Government/Anti-Tax Extremists: There have been 36 plots by right-wing extremists since 9/11. These attacks include Joseph Stack’s suicide attack on a Texas IRS building and Joshua Cartwright, who became enraged after the election of Barack Obama and “believed that the US Government was conspiring against him.”
KKK/NeoNazi/White Supremacist: There have been 27 plots by white supremacists since 9/11. These attacks include a 2004 letter bombing of the Arizona Office of Diversity and Dialogue that injured three employees.
Unknown/Miscellaneous: There were five attacks that federal crime officials did not categorize.
Christian Extremists/Anti-Abortion: There were three attacks by anti-abortion extremists and Christian extremists. The killing of abortion provider George Tiller is the most prominent of these attacks.
Black Supremacist Cults: There were two plots by black supremacist cults.
Jewish Extremists: There were two plots by Jewish extremists. The most prominent of these was a plot by Robert Goldstein to attack a local Islamic center with home made C4 and other explosives.
Extreme Anti-Immigrant: There were two plots by anti-immigrant extremists. One of these was the attack by Shawn Forde, who murdered a Queens deli clerk and was motivated by racist and anti-immigrant feelings.
Anti-Jewish: There was one plot by an anti-Semitic extremist. Norman Leboon made anti-Semitic threats against Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA).
Anarchist: There was a single plot by an anarchist. Joseph D. Konopka “wreaked havoc in 13 counties by setting fires, disrupting radio and television broadcasts, disabling an air traffic control system, selling counterfeit software, and damaging the computer system of an Internet service provider.”
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