Anonymous threatens Justice Department over hacktivist death
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In addition, while a few of the things they're against are actually bad things, not all of the causes they fight are just. And their illegal methods serve mainly to hurt the good fights (such as the fight against Scientology) rather than help.
So much irony. You didn't watch the video did you?
If anarchy rules, any person group can do those things without fear of reprisal. That's basically what Anonymous does, and that's why they have to be stopped.
anarchy |ˈanərkē|
noun
* a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority: he must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy.
* absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.
[New Oxford American Dictionary, Dictionary.app, OS X 10.7]
If you want to convince me that this definition is wrong, show me why it's not a valid concept to hold, given the facts of reality.
Anarchism the political ideology believe that order doesn't not have to come from a centralized state via force. Rather it can happen organically... since the vast majority of humans desire order. We all value security, eatting, etc.
The difference is that order is maintained not via coercion by a central authority but by individuals, communities or markets (depending on the various branches of anarchy).
This book explores the concept very well and is heavily cited in philosophy circles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy,_State,_and_Utopia
One of his arguments is that a sort of minimal state will eventually begin to appear in an anarchist society (minarchy).
>>> The word "Anarchy" comes from the ancient Greek ἀναρχία, anarchia, from ἀν an, "not, without" + ἀρχός arkhos, "ruler", meaning "absence of a leader", "without rulers").
But, OK, not a problem. You live in a democracy, right?
Oh. That is broken too, isn't it? Are lots of representatives bashing Obama to sort this out? I live in the UK, so perhaps I missed that?
Assuming that not happening either, now what are you left with?
OK, Protest. Hit the streets with banners and loud hailers.
But, when was the last time that worked? All I know about that sort of thing was that in the UK, 1 million people out of a population of 60 million marched against the Iraq war. Its achieved nothing what so ever. Has the US had 1 million people protesting in DC? If so, what was the out come?
What's left now?
Well, I don't know. The cards left to play, once the courts and democracy are out, range from disruption to, and I hate to say it, violence. Well, dear old anon are disruption. Not great, but the right side of the worst scenario.
Although, I suspect people will move on and forget, while the corporate government grip tightens around the American people's throat. In the end, the poor bloke will have died for nothing.
Don't vote me down, prove me wrong with action. Get those laws sorted out. Redefine your relationship with government. Government should belong to you, you are not possessions of your government.
You could say the same about the Justice department.
UPDATE: Google Cached it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sV8dPXf...
The "warhead" names appeared as links, most leading to 404 error messages of pages not found, but some leading to pages of raw programming code.
Clearly, the better way to get them to reform is to release the incriminating material and have a scandal about it. If it's really bad enough to be worth this headline, it'll do a lot more good when it's not a threat. Of course, that means it's probably irrelevant and/or useless.