Originally posted by OwenGP185
They did not do a very good job at sounding civilised, since when do you suggest peace then say, "come at me bro"? Its either real and some of the people in the group have a very big ego or its just a random person creating a message to spread. Perhaps both.

Owen, I like the way you think.
You're bright and intelligent.
I think you will become a very
valuable asset to ATS.
Keep up the good work bro.
I agree with ur assessment

boon

The funny thing is, there is likely a lot of Anonymous within NATO. Despite all the "honor, courage, commitment" those in military preach, sometimes the various commands stray far from those ideals. Without honesty, there isn't much in the way of honor. So somebody has to hold them to that. Even if it takes leaking stuff out in the way of Manning and skipping chain of command and doing things from the bottom up. It looks bad, but often there is # that shouldn't have been done in the first place. CYA secrets shouldn't be kept, particularly when claiming to do something in the name of the people when knowing full well that's not what the people would want. (Anonymous has much in common with ATS with "Denying Ignorance", but their role is usually more pro-active in uncovering the secrets out there. Which means whether or not the ignorance remains is then up to the public.)

Anonymous may be best known as a hacking group, but that's not entirely what they're about. There's a certain idea that they hold to (primarily freedom of thought and expression), and anybody can be a part of that whether or not they have any computer skills at all. The guy serving burgers at the drive through and occasionally getting online at a library is no more or less a part than some guy doing IT at a telecommunications company, it's not names, jobs, or status that carry weight, but rather the ideas and memes themselves as they are presented. (When held to the standard, they're presented anonymously. It's hard to get much more equality than that.) Abilities or capabilities only seem to play a part when goals are decided upon, and in that regard it's completely voluntary.

Do I speak for Anonymous? Nope. Anyone can easily figure out who I am. So that's not a role I consider playing at this point. Could I be a part? Anyone could be. To be honest, at this point I'm simply getting out the popcorn and watching the show.

Perhaps it is a government front group put out so that the government will have an excuse to bring down the web.

Originally posted by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
What the naysayers don't realize... is that they are a part of Anonymous too.

We are all Anonymous simply by signing onto the internet and assuming our own freedom as individuals on here.

We all have our own individual opinions, and in cyberspace, we are free. I choose to retain my freedom of expression, of communication, of thought.

I don't need some international alliance of hypocricy and warmongers to dictate what I do in cyberspace. I don't need any spook bastards curbing my freedom.

The question is, what would you people do to preserve the freedom that you currently have to come on here and discredit Anonymous?

Technically you do not have freedom of speech on this website.

*Stands up*

No Im Anonymous!!!!!!

I am Anonymous .... well not quite as you can see I use the tag Plumbduff
I am Legion .... again not quite as there's only me really
I do not forgive .... I do if there's a nice coffee and cake involved
I do not forget .... sorry, but I do tend to forget quite a lot these days. It's my age
Expect me!!!!!!! .... eventually. Not as fast as i used to be

Originally posted by TheyWontBelieveU

Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
Oh no!!! What will Anon do... a DoS attack so that NATO employees can't access You Tube (yawn) give me a break.

I used to kind of like Anon... until they made me miss out on a months worth of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

edit on 7-6-2011 by OptimusSubprime because: (no reason given)

I just threw up in my mouth a little ....

I saw that movie too... try being original for once.

Originally posted by BrokenCircles

Originally posted by monkofmimir
Fighting against anon is like taking a machine gun to a swarm of killer bees, you might get a few but ultimaly you'll just look a bit silly and have a big bill for ammo.

I view this from a slightly different angle. I see it as being more similar to jabbing a butter knife into a composition of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Helium. You can continue stabbing it for hours and never see any results, aside from the loss of your own energy caused from the repetitive poking into nothing. It is only air. There is really nothing there.

the killer bee description was better

keep it simple

I still think that either steve jobs , or bill gates was behind the sony attack , just testing the waters against their biggest competitors !

Anon should be taking control of the worlds nukes fi they were smart enough !

Originally posted by lpowell0627
They had me right up until they used the term 'bro'. Lost a lot of credibility IMO.

I think they only did that in reference to a common saying in online video games. "Come at me Bro" is now being used frequently by online gamers. I lease space on my server to a couple gamers and I've noticed this popping up latley in the chat logs. Just another internet meme to point out how dedicated they are, lets hope!

Originally posted by OwenGP185
They did not do a very good job at sounding civilised, since when do you suggest peace then say, "come at me bro"? Its either real and some of the people in the group have a very big ego or its just a random person creating a message to spread. Perhaps both.

Actually, they pretty much said "don't make the mistake of coming at me, bro", which is essentially what NATO's doing by labeling Anonymous a 'threat'. They're message was pretty clear: Don't be corrupt or your corruption won't get exposed.

I see nothing wrong with what they're doing and I hope they're movement gains more momentum...