My friend fears Anonymous...

[JEBWrench]

But as pointed out before, they have driven vulnerable people to suicide and can cause real-world damage to your life through incriminating you, destroying your credit rating and getting you fired. They are also known to disable websites for periods. Those are all still attacks. It's still a form of terrorism.

Anyone who killed themselves over prank phone calls (which is in actuality the worst that Anonymous have ever done) had some issues to begin with.

Ah yes - they were vulnerable to begin with, so driving them over the edge doesn't really count! In fact, it should be almost compulsory to find depressed people and rub in just how shit their life really is. After all, they already had issues, it's not like you're doing anything of consequence. *roll eyes*

Driving them over the edge.

With prank phone calls.

PRANK. CALLS.

You know, rather than doing something a little bit more rational, they decided to kill themselves.

 

[Wicky_42]

But as pointed out before, they have driven vulnerable people to suicide and can cause real-world damage to your life through incriminating you, destroying your credit rating and getting you fired. They are also known to disable websites for periods. Those are all still attacks. It's still a form of terrorism.

Anyone who killed themselves over prank phone calls (which is in actuality the worst that Anonymous have ever done) had some issues to begin with.

Ah yes - they were vulnerable to begin with, so driving them over the edge doesn't really count! In fact, it should be almost compulsory to find depressed people and rub in just how shit their life really is. After all, they already had issues, it's not like you're doing anything of consequence. *roll eyes*

Driving them over the edge.

With prank phone calls.

PRANK. CALLS.

You know, rather than doing something a little bit more rational, they decided to kill themselves.

Dude, we just established that they were already vulnerable. Sure, a rational, emotionally stable and secure individual might laugh them off for the first day or so, then get pissed as the harassment goes on, report it to the police, who are unable to help etc etc, then find squad cars rolling up being called out on a 'prank' domestic disturbance, maybe get frustrated and angry at having to deal with spam email being sent from his account to his business contacts etc etc, and yet still not kill themselves over it.

Then take an emotionally damaged person, possibly verging on some clinical psychosis and do the same. You're arguing that there's no difference, and that if the person can't cope then they're still fair game and that their subsequent death isn't DIRECTLY correlated to the verbal abuse? Fine - kick footballs at babies, it'll be their own problem if they get hurt, obviously if you can deal with it then so should they!

An extreme strawman, to be sure, but I'm just trying to get you to see the difference between vulnerable and not. Verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse - you just can't see the wounds. To say otherwise is ignorant and belittling to those that have suffered from it.

 

[JEBWrench]

An extreme strawman, to be sure, but I'm just trying to get you to see the difference between vulnerable and not. Verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse - you just can't see the wounds. To say otherwise is ignorant and belittling to those that have suffered from it.

I'm not doubting that for an instant regarding verbal abuse. But this is verbal abuse for people who consciously decided to accept it. Though I do see where you're coming from, the act of screening their calls would've helped.

 

[thedonofzagreb]

hmm let me check my mail... if i can remember the password...

 

[thedonofzagreb]

hmm let me check my mail... if i can remember the password...

 

[Nouw]

No you shouldn't fear them.
You should insult them even harder.

You should dare them to attack you - And then you should kill them.

I hate them with a burning passion.

"We know where you live" At the door

"SHOTGUN! BLAMO!" One day...

Don't mess with Anonymous. Unless you're like me

*hides knife behind back

A knife?
I'll put my faith on my own abilities and my sword.

Spoiler: Now thats a knife

 

[Novania]

I wish I had a Guy Fawkes mask.....*sniffle*....*sob*....