Anonymous
Hate Crimes (also known as bias motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group, usually defined by race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation. Hate crimes differ from conventional crime because they are not directed simply at an individual, but are meant to cause fear and intimidation in an entire group or class of people. Hate crime can take many forms. Incidents may involve physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters.
In 2006 the internet saw the creation of a phantom calling itself “Anonymous”. With recruits from porn and manga boards the new built group went to town stealing passwords, hacking and crashing MySpace pages and generally being obnoxious to other netizens. Some of Anonymous didn’t want to stop there and extended their work into real life. Online and real life harassment of those perceived as “enemies” followed.
In January 2008 this group got hijacked by another breed of online criminals and gotten to form an truly international form of cyber-terrorism. “Anonymous” now focused on members and buildings of the Church of Scientology. Bomb and death threats on YouTube and other public places were followed by the firing of guns against Church buildings. One might think the situation got out of hand. Nothing further from the truth, Anonymous is now being steered by people who know exactly what they want, how to “push buttons” with with the original manga and porn freaks to set them lose to destroy a religious minority. One could say that Anonymous fails to clean its ranks from psychos and criminals but - without morals to protect it and cowardice as “party line” - is actually actively supporting terrorist activities. Freedom of Expression however ends if is expressed with firing a bullet into someone’s head. It stops to be a civil right the moment someone gets terrorized and harmed by acts of Anonymous. The joke is over since a long time and you didn’t notice. The joke morphed into something you can be jailed for. Is that so hard to understand?
That’s my take. What’s yours?
- Louanne
Update 12 March 2008:
There is a video documentary called “Anonymous - Hate Crimes & Terrorism Directed at Scientology” which got posted on YouTube yesterday, giving all sorts of details about what Anonymous did. I checked, and this is actually a DVD which the Church is mailing out since a couple of days. You might consider this as well:
Update 22 April 2008:
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Wake up and come up to present time.
Your church is a fraud. You KNOW this.
Wake up and come up to present time.
COB is NOT KSW. You KNOW this.
Wake up and come up to present time.
BLOW. The is help out here.
Wake up and come up to present time.
I am incensed that this website continues to spread this libelous material. There is clear evidence that the Church of Scientology likely created the “bomb threat from Anonymous.” Why don’t you address that pressing matter?
It’s funny because most of that was completely made up by the “church”
@Comment by anon on April 24, 2008 2:35 am
“Wake up and come up to present time?”
What now?
- L
@Comment by Blue on April 24, 2008 3:04 am
“I am incensed that this website continues to spread this libelous material. There is clear evidence that the Church of Scientology likely created the “bomb threat from Anonymous.” Why don’t you address that pressing matter?”
I do. Welcome to the world of logic:
“clear evidence” vs “likely” equals = you don’t know.
You see, wishful thinking won’t help you. Look and find out.
- L
@Comment by Blue on April 24, 2008 3:04 am
>I am incensed that this website continues to spread this libelous material. There is clear evidence that the Church of Scientology likely created the “bomb threat from Anonymous.” Why don’t you address that pressing matter?
Hmm.. Clear evidence. Got it. Who (not what), but WHO did we libel?
Let’s be specific.
Pat
Nope
Just more rhetoric.
Specifically who have we false reported on? And what was the false report on this person(s)?
Pat
Specifically who have we false reported on? And what was the false report on this person(s)?
ME. Louanne libels ME by saying that I am a member of a TERRORIST! movement. Unless she has evidence that the alleged bomb threats were produced by current or former participants in Project Chanology, her claims are nothing but a defamation of MY character as a citizen of the Internet.
Comment by Okay I’m Anonymous Now on May 11, 2008 6:55 am
Who are you? Can you prove that you’re not part of the group that are terrorists?
And since the statement is about “Anonymous”, what does Project Chanology have to do with anything? Is Anonymous changing it’s name?
Pat
Who are you? Can you prove that you’re not part of the group that are terrorists?
Ah, Pat, this isn’t Russia. Is this Russia? This isn’t Russia, is it? No. You see, here in America, the burden of proof lies on the accuser. If you want to establish guilt by association, you first have to establish guilt. Unless you have evidence that the alleged bomb threats were produced by current or former participants in Project Chanology, your use of the word TERRORIST! is nothing but a defamation of my character as a citizen of the Internet.
And since the statement is about “Anonymous”, what does Project Chanology have to do with anything? Is Anonymous changing it’s name?
Have you done any research on Anonymous, or do you limit your data to “Church”-approved propaganda? Project Chanology is the accepted name of Anonymous’ campaign to dismantle the “Church” of Scientology(TM), and it has been so since the beginning. Anonymous is who we are; Chanology is what we do.
@Comment by Okay I’m Anonymous Now on May 12, 2008 6:52 am
“Some of Anonymous didn’t want to stop there and extended their work into real life. Online and real life harassment of those perceived as “enemies” followed.”
Need new reading glasses?
- L
Comment by Okay I’m Anonymous Now on May 12, 2008 6:52 am
>And since the statement is about “Anonymous”, what does Project Chanology have to do with anything? Is Anonymous changing it’s name?
Have you done any research on Anonymous, or do you limit your data to “Church”-approved propaganda? Project Chanology is the accepted name of Anonymous’ campaign to dismantle the “Church” of Scientology(TM), and it has been so since the beginning. Anonymous is who we are; Chanology is what we do.
Well, then. It’s in your own words, now. Terrorism.
Pat