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Permalink Reply by Michael Andrews on March 2, 2011 at 4:03pm

I've heard of Anonymous and support them.  

I think that we are going to have to live with the court's decision to allow this group.

It's just that it seems "WRONG" to me that this is allowable. Inhuman.

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Permalink Reply by Daria Black on March 2, 2011 at 4:32pm

Although it makes my heart smile when I heard about that, I'm leery of the group Anonymous. Only because they are operating anonymously. That just begs people to commit abuses. But all in all only time will tell whether they are help or hinder progress.

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Permalink Reply by BadHandshakers on March 3, 2011 at 5:59am

Anonymous is a self-given title by the hacktivist group (activist hackers). Online hacking into other servers and computers is genuinely illegal(except when it's done by the gov't, maybe) so all hackers must remain anonymous in that sense.

 

This particular group did an astounding job backing Wikileaks from networks that tried to put their server down, so I'm absolutely in favour of their work.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bergstrom on March 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

Easy. 1) Dig up some dirt on these douche-bags 2) Picket them wherever they are 3) Let nature take its course...

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey on March 2, 2011 at 4:50pm

The best way the counter WBC, in my opinion, is to ignore them completely.  Just stop reporting on everything they do, because that is what they want. They're nothing but a group of raving-mad publicity whores who feed off of attention like leeches, so just ignore them and let them fade into obscurity. But they'll probably never shut up, and we shouldn't be trying to shut them up either, because the minute we censor someone else's words, however disgusting and appalling they are, we make it that much easier for other words and opinions to be censored as well.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Andrews on March 2, 2011 at 5:04pm

Thanks, Lindsey.  I'm sure you are right.  Ignoring them doesn't feel good but it beats giving them any more power.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey on March 2, 2011 at 5:10pm

Its kind of like walking away from a person trying to antagonize you into a fight. Westboro operates the way it does because they want to solicit a reaction, not because they wan't to convert people. Fred Phelps is very knowledgable of the legal system, so WBC always just barely manages to remain within the confines of the law so they can sue when people attempt to thwart them. I think most of their money comes from winning lawsuits. Its very, very irritating.

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Permalink Reply by John Grimes on March 2, 2011 at 5:27pm

Fred Phelps knows the legal system because he used to be a lawyer.  I agree the best response is to ignore him and his clan.

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Permalink Reply by Violet Chartreuse on March 2, 2011 at 5:21pm

I agree that ignoring them is the best way to make them go away. And while my sincerest sympathies go to all who are assaulted by their hate speech, I don't know (from an anti-religion standpoint) that my only desire is for them to go away.  I think that they are one of the most useful opportunities we, as atheists, have to expose religion for all its disgusting and delusional ties.  They are willing to very publically spell out the Bible's every literal text and intention.  The more that they expose the 'literal word of God' and we can tie that to all Christianity, the more they prove our point for us. 

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey on March 2, 2011 at 5:36pm

You do have a point. Nothing creates atheists better than religious fundamentalists. You know, except for that one school in a remote location where we take small children to be brainwashed by Richard Dawkins while their parents think they're at summer camp...

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Permalink Reply by Violet Chartreuse on March 2, 2011 at 5:41pm

Bwahaha... Sign me up!

 

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Permalink Reply by Violet Chartreuse on March 2, 2011 at 5:58pm

CHRISTIANS want them to go away not just because they are offensive, but because they expose the whole delusion.

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