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6. Theft is theft, even if you steal from the bad guys

Sun Dec 25, 2011, 03:50 PM

Dec 2011

This is where groups like Weatherman got into trouble back in the 60s. They turned to armed robbery in the name of "justice." It just never works.

And yes, anarchists tend to turn into despots with alarming efficiency.

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Stratfor Hacked, 200GB Of Emails, Credit Cards Stolen, Client List Released, Includes MF Global [View all] douglas9 Dec 2011 OP

LOL. bemildred Dec 2011 #1

They didn't see it coming!1 Bwah-HAH!1 It's a fave with wingnuts. n/t UTUSN Dec 2011 #37

No doubt part of LulzXmas festivities, 2012 Poll_Blind Dec 2011 #2

I haven't decided if I have a dog in the CyberWars. Bucky Dec 2011 #3

Theft is theft, even if you steal from the bad guys frazzled Dec 2011 #6

How morally absolute of you. The Doctor. Dec 2011 #22

Yes, I guess morality is my bottom line frazzled Dec 2011 #25

Morality is a movable line. Just ask anybody who has been forced to lie, steal or cheat TalkingDog Dec 2011 #26

This. Quantess Dec 2011 #29

No, it really itsn't. aranthus Dec 2011 #44

No, that's 'ethical', not 'moral'. The Doctor. Dec 2011 #46

The Marquis and the French Resistance of WW2 were then guilty by your standards. LanternWaste Dec 2011 #53

In war, all rules are suspended frazzled Dec 2011 #54

"Anonymous just one person or one cell of people;" greiner3 Dec 2011 #7

The 20 universities surprised me also... radhika Dec 2011 #16

The universities like the money, which is quite good. bemildred Dec 2011 #17

Cyberwar is horseshit. bemildred Dec 2011 #8

Little lenins can be brought down by other lenins. boppers Dec 2011 #11

One ought not confuse anarchists with commies either. bemildred Dec 2011 #12

I don't think you meant to say what your post seems to say starroute Dec 2011 #20

I don't think we disagree at all. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #27

No we don't -- I just wanted to clarify starroute Dec 2011 #41

Copacetic. bemildred Dec 2011 #45

Eddy Anonymous Quasimodem Dec 2011 #13

+1. bemildred Dec 2011 #14

Merry Xmas AnonSanta! SecularMotion Dec 2011 #4

Merry Christmas. Let the sunshine in! n/t GliderGuider Dec 2011 #5

looking forward to some good reading this week wordpix Dec 2011 #9

Awesome! nt Vanje Dec 2011 #10

Stratfor, as an intelligence outfit, falls to an expert counterintelligence operation. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #15

K&R qb Dec 2011 #18

Great poster! eyewall Dec 2011 #19

+1 ...Hit 'em where it hurts. [nt] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #48

Credit cards already being used. dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #21

Looks like Anonymous has upped the ante... GliderGuider Dec 2011 #23

Conservatives accuse me of having a relativistic moral system tavalon Dec 2011 #32

Anonymous. every helpful in making sure the little guys are protected PatrynXX Dec 2011 #24

99/100 times I would say how horrible and criminal this is. I don't even like Anonymous or hackers. chrisa Dec 2011 #28

Because they are a very loose band with no real leader tavalon Dec 2011 #31

Hmmm, that's embarrassing tavalon Dec 2011 #30

Remember Fight Club? 7wo7rees Dec 2011 #33

and it will be low level security dorks for the most part that will pay for it with their jobs..... IamK Dec 2011 #36

What do you want to bet the low-levels have been warning their bosses for months... Ian David Dec 2011 #39

what's the point of this action? reorg Dec 2011 #34

My question too--why Stratfor? drgoodword Dec 2011 #43

A lot of Stratfor's stuff smacks of neo-con propaganda. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #50

So what if it does reorg Dec 2011 #52

no better than common criminals anymore.... IamK Dec 2011 #35

NPR was talking to about this, and neglected to mention WHO they were stealing from. n/t Ian David Dec 2011 #38

A big K&R for this post and Anonymous santamargarita Dec 2011 #40

"Includes MF Global..." KansDem Dec 2011 #42

"Stole his banking information and made four donations to charities." lulz. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #47

Stratfor's "analyses" are worthless neo-con crap, anyways. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #49

The Stratfor Hack Gets Murkier drgoodword Dec 2011 #51