Don't break Rules 1 & 2 in this fucking thread.
Please feel free to post upcoming news, events, or anything I may have missed.
I probably won't be updating OP, I would have to sit here all day and I don't do that (on weekends).
Don't break Rules 1 & 2 in this fucking thread.
This is not a call to action, merely an informative thread about a moment in history that may become a story for the ages. Maybe one day you're children will be reading about this in their history books and you can tell them your first hand account, or maybe this whole thing will flop and everyone will forget in a week.
Today I'm here to bring you news of Anonymous, again.
This Sunday, February 10th of 2008, a worldwide protest will take place against the organization known as the Church of Scientology.
Initially, protests were looked down upon, however, due to recent developments and a large surge in support, it looks like the protests are supported, or at least tolerated by Anonymous.
Let me tell you how this all began. Circulation about interest in bringing down Scientology had been brought up before but was looked down upon simply because it was too foolish to attempt. However, after the release and subsequent removal of this:
Tom Cruise video
Normally, Anonymous would overlook this, and simply move on, but for whatever reason Anonymous decided that Scientology must be taken down. Pulling the video was essentially the last straw.
Anonymous then released this video, a declaration of war of sorts.
Shortly after, the news story made it on digg.com and many people displayed their support for Anonymous, but more importantly disapproval of the CoS. After it gained the attention of most of the internet, blogs, social networking sites, and even some news sites began reporting on Anonymous' quest.
Sadly, many of these sites completely misunderstood what Anonymous' purpose was and so he issued this response.
Here are a few of Anonymous' many appearances in the media.
newsweek.com article
news.com article
huffingtonpost.com editorial
Here is the "Official" explaination:
On January 16, a Scientology recruitment video with Tom Cruise was leaked on the Internet. When the Church of Scientology (CoS) tried to take it down, they woke up the sleeping bear that was Anonymous. At first we were in it just for fun. Anonymous attacked CoS websites, prank called their phones and faxes. However, when we started reading about the CoS, we were horrified that such a dangerous and cruel organization can be allowed to continue their illegal practices. Soon, we started releasing information about the CoS on the Internet and we leaked their secret documents that describe the central parts of Scientology that most members are not allowed to see. This includes the story of Xenu, the alien overlord that blew up aliens in volcanoes, causing all our problems today. At this time Anonymous got reinforced by other people on the Internet who had also had enough of Scientology smearing critics and ex-members, and trying to suppress free speech. As our numbers grew, we decided to organize street protests outside all Scientology centers around the world. The date chosen for the main protests is February 10, 2008.
However, before you get the wrong impression, Anonymous is not a group of hackers or activists. The following may be the most accurate description of Anonymous you will ever see.
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OH god , Fox. I Have to sit here from my home, having been appraised of the sensationalist bull crap that you've just posted about the 'hackers on steroids'. I pass up going to the beach just to spend the time opening your minds.
Let me illuminate you a little bit to who/what you deal with.
I am one of what we refer to as the leg/i/on. I'm just an average guy. I work. I pay my bills. I give to charity. Put my pants on one leg at a time and enjoy music ranging from classical to trance techno. I read Sam Harris, Plato, Kafka, C.S Lewis, and quite a bit of history books. I enjoy video games and dabble in string theory for my own personal education. I am a major in biochemistry. I play trumpet. I make payments on 25k worth of student loans. I'm a 30+ y/o male who simply does his daily grind of work, bills, home, shower, shave, etc etc.
However, once you take away the thin cover of 'normal' society away from the persona, and place the average 'anon' within the realm of cyber-space, we are an entirely different creature together.
Anon, /i/nsurgents, and our ilk really represent a broader spectrum of what humanity is really like. We range from compassionate to manipulative to backstabbing. We are ultra racists, we are ultra anti racists, we are bleeding hearts, we are hardcore haters.
In essence, we represent the dichotomy of humanity that is anonymous and all the good and evil it can embody.
In essence, we are what you are when you are at home in the confines of your own domicile and you express all the good and evil of your opinions without anyone there. We are unconditional love and the embodiment of mankind's disgust of one another. We are the juxtaposition of restraint and unbridled contempt for our fellow human beings.
Another comparison would be to say we are basically the Einsteinian ADAH tourette's syndrome hive mentality persona of the internet with the occasional fringe wing of the intellectual elite which have, over years of just slumming on the internet, have gained the ability to manipulate and shape the environment in which we exist. From that aspect, our existence was simply a matter of time and intellectual evolution given the technology which we all have.
It is important to understand this because , really, we are legion, folks. We are everywhere, whether you know it or not. Friends of your kids. Co-workers. Managers. College students, high school teachers, nurses, so on and so forth.
Now , normally , we really don't care much about the average daily ongoings of most everyone else's life. Honest. We're all fine and happy to let the rest of the world go on its merry little way. We done care about you unless you do something to try to anger the 'hive'. Something that singles you out as a grade-A moron. Like your 'poor threatened family'. And the 'boy' you featured.
You see, we have this thing about 'NYPA' or 'not your personal army'. This is a primary, cardinal, rule that we normally live by. So your poor 'boy', Alex Wuori, tried to manipulate anon in order to basically get a piece of action from some underage girl on myspace. Anon doesn't like single targets that have no reason for it, and because he made a complete fool of himself by trying to be individualistic and force some girl to like him over the internet, he basically got a swift kick in the can.
Please do learn to report the whole truth instead of half-truths in this case. Your poor crying boy isn't all that innocent.
Now let me pause a moment here and point out that, in all seriousness, getting passwords and the like for a site like myspace is really a walk in the park. Plenty of ignorant users out there have no concept of internet security and use blanket passwords for just about anything. Something simple to remember. You've heard the news time and time again to always make your passwords different? Well this is why.
And also, let me make a side comment concerning personal information and the internet. The ability to find personal names, addresses, telephone numbers, and things of that nature is really no more difficult than opening a local phone book, using google, and a few other 'tools' out there. Really, theres no 'hacking' involved in that aspect. A moron can do this. Hell, lots of morons do this daily. We call them telemarketers. Learn how to cover your own backside for crying out loud and take some personal responsability for the readiness of your own 'personal data'.
Anyhow, back to poor Alex. Ultimatly, Anon will simply forget about Alex. Remember what i said about ADHD? Its very true. Few things hold our attention for long because , really, it doesnt matter to us in the longrun. Alex tried to use anon for his own personal gain. We dont like that. We took action.
Your attempt to create outrage and incite the public with your sensational journalisim is just that, an attempt.
We are not all that bad, honestly. We've done some good things. We've done some bad things. Cast the first stone and all that jazz, Fox.
Habbo Hotel? racist admin who hated blacks, so we stormed their 'universe' with black charachters. Hal Turner, ultra racist white supremicist who calls for the death of congressmen and federal judges because they dont like his views? We shut his sorry excuse for a radio program down for 4-5 months because he was a pompous, self righteous, fool. Hell, we even took our rage out against VNN and other white supremicist websites that associated with him, flooding them infiltrating their infrastructure and spreading counter-information against users, turning them inside out and watching their hate-mongering websites rip themselves apart from the inside out.
The superbowl hoax, yes, was in bad taste, I'll agree there. But seriously folks, when you look at where the thing began, why in gods name would you believe ANYTHING on the internet from those sites?
All in all, Fox, you're probably now being flooded on your message boards and such by anon's who have heard about your little piece of 'news' you decided to publish. Grin, bear it, and ride it out. We'll get tired of you soon enough.
Peace out, Fox. I hope you learn something.
Back to the story...
Soon after Anonymous gained mainstream attention, he himself began to be the subject of attacks and deliberation began on whether "Project Chanology" had lost it's way. Indeed, many have broken Rules 1 & 2 - the cardinal fucking rules. However, by the time Anonymous was able to regroup, it seemed that "Project Chanology" had taken on a life and meaning of it's own. Anonymous did not anticipate such widespread support for it. So now, it seems at the very least, "Project Chanology" will be tolerated by Anonymous for the sake of these people who see deeper meaning in it's cause.
And now that it is "officially" endorsed. Here's the low-down.
January - Orlando Protest.
January 23 - New York Protest.
February 2 - Florida Protest.
Some reasons why this is going on:
http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/
http://whyaretheydead.net/
Operation Freakout
Operation Snow White
February 10th
If you do plan on participating follow these rules of conduct and Xenuspeed.
On February 10:th, 2008, there will be worldwide protests against the Church of Scientology. We will hold peaceful protests outside Church of Scientology buildings, informing the public and CoS members about the secrets and deeply immoral practices of the Church.
Due to our decentralized nature, nobody knows in exactly how many places protests will be held. We have confirmations from the following cities:
USA: Albuquerque, Buffalo, Anchorage, Phoenix, Tucson, Huntington Beach, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Boulder, Denver, New Haven, Clearwater, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, Honolulu, Boise, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas, Louisville, Boston, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, St.Louis, Nashville, Las Vegas, New York, New York, Long Island, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Memphis, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., Denver
Canada: Kitchener, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton
Europe: London, Brighton, Leeds, York, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Hamburg, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Paris, Oslo, Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Amsterdam, Vienna, Basel, Zuerich, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Brussels, Rome
Oceania: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelade, Perth, Auckland
South America: Buenos Aires, Santiago, Sao Paulo
Due to our decentralized nature, nobody knows in exactly how many places protests will be held. We have confirmations from the following cities:
USA: Albuquerque, Buffalo, Anchorage, Phoenix, Tucson, Huntington Beach, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Boulder, Denver, New Haven, Clearwater, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, Honolulu, Boise, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas, Louisville, Boston, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, St.Louis, Nashville, Las Vegas, New York, New York, Long Island, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Memphis, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., Denver
Canada: Kitchener, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton
Europe: London, Brighton, Leeds, York, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Hamburg, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Paris, Oslo, Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Amsterdam, Vienna, Basel, Zuerich, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Brussels, Rome
Oceania: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelade, Perth, Auckland
South America: Buenos Aires, Santiago, Sao Paulo
Map of Protest Locations. Check out 'IMPORTANT LINKS' for more.
P.S. If you go take pics LoL.
P.P.S Last thread was closed due to thetans, this thread is thetan free.