*Should Anonymous be on the 2012 TIME 100 Poll ? vote

[G_j]

The 2012 TIME 100 Poll
Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes you think are the most influential people in the world. Official voting ends on Friday, April 6, and the poll winner will be included in the TIME 100 issue. The complete
TIME 100 list will be chosen by our editors and revealed on TIME.com on Tuesday, April 17.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2107952_2107953_2109562,00.html

Anonymous
Age: Indeterminate
Occupation: Shadowy, loose-knit cadre of hackers

Anonymous isn't a person. It's not even a group of people in any well-defined sense. But if you tick off the thin-skinned, ad hoc network of hackers who collaborate under the Anonymous moniker, get ready for trouble. Members have reportedly attacked sites ranging from the Vatican's to those of major companies such as PayPal and Sony; they apparently released 75,000 credit-card numbers belonging to customers of research firm Stratfor. Arrests of dozens of suspected participants in multiple countries haven't shut down the leaderless organization.


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[EFerrari]

1. Awesome!

Thanks, G_j.

[G_j]

2. majority in favor,

Definitely 80.04%

No Way 19.96%

[KansDem]

3. 80.04% "Yes" -- 19.96% "No"

Why not? After all, they're an organization and organizations are "people" now...

[Zorra]

4. kick

[CurtEastPoint]

5. LOL at the hate for Mittens and Newt. NO WAY in the 70-80% range!

[arthritisR_US]

6. done! rec

[starroute]

7. They're not "thin-skinned" -- they're fanatics for justice

Thin-skinned is when somebody makes a joke and you take it personally. But Anonymous doesn't take anything personally. None of their actions are undertaken in defense of their own reputation. Everything they do is directed at bloated corporate power, fossilized institutions, abusive cops, overly-intrusive security firms, and people who harm pussycats.

That's not thin-skinned.

[G_j]

8. yes, that is quite ridiculous

then again, it is Time magazine...