Anonymous' next target? Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church

mookiemookie · 02-19-11, 07:59 AM

I love these guys:

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Anonymous, a notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists, has put the Westboro Baptist Church on notice. Tuesday, the group Anonymous released an open letter to Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church (WBC). The letter is nothing short of an ultimatum: a cease and desist order against the Westboro Baptist Church.

http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-...baptist-church

Jimbuna · 02-19-11, 08:20 AM

Poetic justice

Schroeder · 02-19-11, 09:55 AM

While I usually don't think that blackmailing is a legit or moral way of achieving things I somehow can't get myself to condemn Anonymous for this.

krashkart · 02-19-11, 10:47 AM

So my bet is that the WBC ignores the Anonymous letter. Actually, I hope they ignore it. But something tells me that simply taking their web presence down won't stop them from raiding funerals.

Oh well. I'll just kick back and enjoy the show.

Growler · 02-19-11, 11:21 AM

I wondered when this was going to happen.

This news warms the cockles of my dark little heart with pure joy; this will be so much better than the take on Scientology... it might even surpass yak-shaving day for the happy happy joy joy factor.

krashkart · 02-19-11, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Growler

I wondered when this was going to happen.

This news warms the cockles of my dark little heart with pure joy; this will be so much better than the take on Scientology... it might even surpass yak-shaving day for the happy happy joy joy factor.

ROFL

You're pure evil, man.

02-19-11, 11:36 AM

I wonder how Phelps aims to make money out of this.

Onkel Neal · 02-19-11, 11:39 AM

Payback is a .....

Growler · 02-19-11, 11:40 AM

The Letter

Onkel Neal · 02-19-11, 11:44 AM

As typical with every religion, so many contradictions. God may have been quoted as abhorring homosexuals, but he didn't tell us to. Jesus said love your neighbor as you do yourself. Why can people follow the better way?

Schroeder · 02-19-11, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Why can people follow the better way?

Because we always need someone to blame for our inability to achieve what we want. And following someone else is always easier than using ones own brain.

krashkart · 02-19-11, 11:58 AM

^^ Sad but oh so true.

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

As typical with every religion, so many contradictions. God may have been quoted as abhorring homosexuals, but he didn't tell us to. Jesus said love your neighbor as you do yourself. Why can people follow the better way?

Exactly. The WBC has it backwards, as do a number of other folks in the world. A person can preach all day and all night about the evils of homosexuality, but they won't be able to break through the things that I learned from religion -- which is to love thy neighbor and that God is forgiving. The two most basic things that I've carried with me my whole life.

CCIP · 02-19-11, 12:39 PM

Well, don't expect this to be just limited to web presence, anon has a lot of ability to physically assemble people. They had some success with that at the height of the scientology protests, and I would say their ability to assemble has improved since. And of course anonymous protests are always hilarious, because no blow is too low for those desensitized by the trashpile of the internets where anonymous lives and feeds most weekday evenings. Expect no quarter given

I've had some reservations about some previous Anonymous gatherings, but if the Westboro church was actually active here in Canada, I'd seriously come out and join 'em for a stakeout.

02-19-11, 01:00 PM

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Exactly. The WBC has it backwards, as do a number of other folks in the world.

krashkart the WBC has nothing to do with religious beliefs, its just a cash cow.

gimpy117 · 02-19-11, 01:10 PM

The thing about 4chan is that it's not really like everyone on the board is behind this. So I suppose two things could happen:

A. Lots of people can be behind it, wanting to do it for the lulz or because they're "moralfags" and the church might feel the heat.

or

B. it's like 3 people who sent an email to this church and the rest of /b/ said MYPA (not your personal army).

I'll wait and see on this one you can never really tell. I mean heck we can't even knock down a card stand in time square when we want to.

02-19-11, 08:20 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Poetic justice __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-19-11, 09:55 AM	#3
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	While I usually don't think that blackmailing is a legit or moral way of achieving things I somehow can't get myself to condemn Anonymous for this. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

02-19-11, 10:47 AM	#4
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	So my bet is that the WBC ignores the Anonymous letter. Actually, I hope they ignore it. But something tells me that simply taking their web presence down won't stop them from raiding funerals. Oh well. I'll just kick back and enjoy the show. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

02-19-11, 11:21 AM	#5
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I wondered when this was going to happen. This news warms the cockles of my dark little heart with pure joy; this will be so much better than the take on Scientology... it might even surpass yak-shaving day for the happy happy joy joy factor. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

02-19-11, 11:39 AM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Payback is a ..... __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-19-11, 11:36 AM	#7
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I wonder how Phelps aims to make money out of this.

02-19-11, 11:40 AM	#9
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	The Letter __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

02-19-11, 11:44 AM	#10
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	As typical with every religion, so many contradictions. God may have been quoted as abhorring homosexuals, but he didn't tell us to. Jesus said love your neighbor as you do yourself. Why can people follow the better way? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-19-11, 12:39 PM	#13
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, don't expect this to be just limited to web presence, anon has a lot of ability to physically assemble people. They had some success with that at the height of the scientology protests, and I would say their ability to assemble has improved since. And of course anonymous protests are always hilarious, because no blow is too low for those desensitized by the trashpile of the internets where anonymous lives and feeds most weekday evenings. Expect no quarter given I've had some reservations about some previous Anonymous gatherings, but if the Westboro church was actually active here in Canada, I'd seriously come out and join 'em for a stakeout. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-19-11, 01:10 PM	#15
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	The thing about 4chan is that it's not really like everyone on the board is behind this. So I suppose two things could happen: A. Lots of people can be behind it, wanting to do it for the lulz or because they're "moralfags" and the church might feel the heat. or B. it's like 3 people who sent an email to this church and the rest of /b/ said MYPA (not your personal army). I'll wait and see on this one you can never really tell. I mean heck we can't even knock down a card stand in time square when we want to. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army