Hackers( AKA anonymous ) warn Westboro Church: Stop now or else
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A group of hacktivists acting under the banner, "Anonymous," has warned a church with a controversial history that unspoken retribution will follow it continues its practice of inflammatory protests.
In an open letter to the Westboro Baptist Church, Anonymous has put the anti-gay, fundamentalist church on notice that "the damage incurred will be irreversible," and that "neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover."
The Westboro Baptist Church is led by Rev. Fred Phelps. It has drawn particular attention for carrying out anti-gay protests at funerals of military servicemen with signs celebrating the deaths of the soldiers with signs like "God Hates the USA" or "Thank God for 9/11." The group operates a website with the URL godhatesfags.com.
[b]In its letter, Anonymous wrote the following:
We, the collective super-consciousness known as ANONYMOUS - the Voice of Free Speech & the Advocate of the People - have long heard you issue your venomous statements of hatred, and we have witnessed your flagrant and absurd displays of inimitable bigotry and intolerant fanaticism. We have always regarded you and your ilk as an assembly of graceless sociopaths and maniacal chauvinists & religious zealots, however benign, who act out for the sake of attention & in the name of religion.
Being such aggressive proponents for the Freedom of Speech & Freedom of Information as we are, we have hitherto allowed you to continue preaching your benighted gospel of hatred and your theatrical exhibitions of, not only your fascist views, but your utter lack of Christ-like attributes. You have condemned the men and women who serve, fight, and perish in the armed forces of your nation; you have prayed for and celebrated the deaths of young children, who are without fault; you have stood outside the United States National Holocaust Museum, condemning the men, women, and children who, despite their innocence, were annihilated by a tyrannical embodiment of fascism and unsubstantiated repugnance. Rather than allowing the deceased some degree of peace and respect, you instead choose to torment, harass, and assault those who grieve.
Your demonstrations and your unrelenting cascade of disparaging slurs, unfounded judgments, and prejudicial innuendos, which apparently apply to every individual numbered amongst the race of Man - except for yourselves - has frequently crossed the line which separates Freedom of Speech from deliberately utilizing the same tactics and methods of intimidation and mental & emotional abuse that have been previously exploited and employed by tyrants and dictators, fascists and terrorist organizations throughout history.
ANONYMOUS cannot abide this behavior any longer. The time for us to be idle spectators in your inhumane treatment of fellow Man has reached its apex, and we shall now be moved to action. Thus, we give you a warning: Cease & desist your protest campaign in the year 2011, return to your homes in Kansas, & close your public Web sites. Should you ignore this warning, you will meet with the vicious retaliatory arm of ANONYMOUS: We will target your public Websites, and the propaganda & detestable doctrine that you promote will be eradicated; the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover. It is in your best interest to comply now, while the option to do so is still being offered, because we will not relent until you cease the conduction & promotion of all your bigoted operations & doctrines. The warning has been given. What happens from here shall be determined by you.[/b]
Anonymous recently made headlines when it got into the computer system of a security firm and posted thousands of documents describing plans to attack WikiLeaks, the Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
I have a feeling this is just a single person who will never carry out any threats.
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"the damage incurred will be irreversible," and that "neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover."
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"lol we gun ddos ur website that nobody visits anyway. take that!!1!1"
Also, a group that supports free speech is trying to shut up another group. The irony.
What big words they use.
Makes them sound like they can do anything aside from ddos their website.
[QUOTE=Edgar Allan Poe;28160570]I have a feeling this is just a single person who will never carry out any threats.[/QUOTE]
If it were this, the individual must be very uneducated to say the least.
Pretending to be anonymous is a dumb idea.
I doubt the WBC will react to this with more than a shrug.
[QUOTE=Edgar Allan Poe;28160570]I have a feeling this is just a single person who will never carry out any threats.[/QUOTE]
Then I hope he's a sociopath who will firebomb their church and homes.
I for one support them * on this
The anonymous group are some of the most double standards types you'll meet. The main reason for this is because they're angsty teenagers. A friend of mine joined them a while ago to go protest against Scientology, it involved a bunch of kids standing outside the building and taunting people who went in.
Majority of them are ignorant dickheads, there are only a few in that group who know what they're doing and its baffling to why they stay with this 'anonymous' group.
[QUOTE=yuki;28160637]Then I hope he's a sociopath who will firebomb their church and homes.[/QUOTE]
Lol violence against a nonviolent group sure is cool.
Stay classy.
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[QUOTE=ineedateam1;28160649]I for one support them * on this[/QUOTE]
Well, who is actually for anything the WBC does?
Aw shit, this is gonna be good.
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This is most certainly going to be entertaining. :munch:
oh man i'm sure the church is scared now! they've only been threatened in REAL LIFE by fucking biker gangs but now ANONYMOUS IS AFTER THEM
I like how they try to use complex language to make their threat sound more serious. Temporarily DDOSING a website does not cause “irreversible” harm.
All I see in this is that anon got trolled hard
so anonymous' new thing is terrorism
mm okay
Didn't Westboro state in an article/interview that the only reason they do this is for the money?
the best part will be when westboro successfully sues anyone that DOES cause any damage to them
oh no not a ddos!!!!!
someone stop those crazed teenagers!
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I can't say I disagree with this.
anonymous knows how to use a thesaurus
but they still can't use proper grammar
"Troll" Activists v. "Activist" Trolls:
[i]FIGHT![/i]
[QUOTE=Trinholdt;28160775]Didn't Westboro state in an article/interview that the only reason they do this is for the money?[/QUOTE]
No, that was something TH89 posted, it was just speculation from some forum user.
I don't get why people hate WBC [i]that[/i] much. I mean yeah it's harsh, but my god people don't even help them when they need help.
"Defenders of free speech"
"put an end to your bigotry"
:irony:
WBC is a group filled with douchebags, but still.
I'm sure if we all just ignored the WBC and gave them no attention at all they'd fade away into nothing.
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This can only end up good.
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