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In reply to the discussion: Stratfor Hacked, 200GB Of Emails, Credit Cards Stolen, Client List Released, Includes MF Global [View all]Quasimodem
(441 posts)From what I understand, you would be better off thinking of Anonymous as an eddy.
Water courses along smoothly until some measure of it strikes an obstruction. If enough water is caught up, it swirls about until that smooth flow changes and its new conformation has an effect upon the action of the water -- something in the depths is thrown up, or something on the surface is drawn down.
Eventually, the energy in the currents set awry by the obstruction dissipates and the water flows smoothly again, until the next obstruction triggers another eddy. Whether one particular droplet participates in all eddies, some eddies, or no eddies is unknown, even to the other droplets in the stream.
Naturally, this is all quite poetical, but feels rather elusive to a pragmatist looking for an enemy to swat. The most this can do is inform him that another name for Anonymous is Eddy.