maddawg IAJI said:
Mcoffey said:
maddawg IAJI said:
chif-ii said:
maddawg IAJI said:
Gaderael said:
See, while it was 'Anonymous' that sent the threats, it does not mean that it was all of 'Anonymous'. They're not a structured group, they're just a collective that gets together when something sparks their interest, or ire.
They're not all bad, just look at how they've torn a new one in Scientology's side over the years.
You could say the same thing about their recent DOS attacks. Its not the majority of Anon that is doing the attacks, but they're all willing to take credit when the time comes. While the majority did not send death threats, they did harass her endlessly. I'd say that alone is pretty evil.
When it comes down to it, Anon is a group of trolls. Main deal with them is they are annoying as hell, and with them, there's a lot of them to contend with. The internet is a world where poor, pathetic losers like you and me can come to take out our frustrations in a place without real consequences. It's kinda like bullying, in that acknowledging them only encourages them.
This is why people shouldn't let their ten-years-old daughters own a webcam.
Ya, but we also shouldn't let people who want 10 year old girls to strip own a computer either. What I found funny is that 4Chan actually twisted the story to make themselves look mature, but in reality, this is probably one of the most vile things that I have ever seen them do. And we've seen them close down sites just because a person wishes to be paid for doing his job and not having what he created stolen by a community of pirates.
How did they twist the story? This is a pretty straightforward story of an arrogant camwhore getting more than she bargained for. It happens all the time. This one is only different because it got media attention. Yeah some of the Anon are dicks, but that doesn't mean it's not her fault.
They twisted it leaving out the fact that they actually encouraged her. Making them seem like the smart and mature people who hold up the law, when in reality, they were the ones encouraging her behavior in the first place.
I don't remember where they ever claimed to respect the law (Unless it can screw people they don't like), but there's still the fact that one or two or twenty members of anonymous only represent themselves, and not the whole group. That's what is so ridiculous about people saying "Anonymous did X". There has never been a case where "Anonymous" stood united on anything. Some of them may have encouraged her, but there was bound to be atleast one white knight who was telling them to leave her alone and GTFO.
And besides, even if they were encouraging her, she didn't need to comply, and she
certainly didn't need to call them out. She was pretty much daring them to try something. She just didn't actually think they would. Still her fault.