> Anonymous is retarded, and HN is retarded for not coming out strongly against them.

This is the kind of eloquent criticism that I read the HN comments for.

My dad could beat up Anonymous' dad.

Interesting... you realise you are in the latter group you are calling retarded?

Can I ask why you think that? And why you buy into US propaganda and apply it so readily to other groups?

N.B By propaganda I mean applying the label "terrorist" to anything I want right wing support for.

> HN is retarded for not coming out strongly against them.

Just how many are supporting this? I do not condone their SOPA-like tactics one bit. These actions are purely harmful to us.

I can see where you are coming from but on the other hand I can also understand that others take a less rational approach to things like that. In my personal view of morality any form of protest is acceptable as long as it doesn't endanger human life. Certainly this activism is going to lead to a backslash but on the other hand I appreciate that it is today possible for people to retaliate against actions that had no trial and no due process.

Protest I understand. And while you & I know that some silly DoS of a few random sites is pretty harmless, the average person thinks of this as some evil hacker thing.

I absolutely support protesting. I just want people to protest in a more effective way. Remember: ex-RIAA lawyers got top Justice Department spots a few years back. This is just the other shoe dropping. This has probably been in the works for quite a while now. Maybe the timing was hastened or something for political reasons, but I doubt they started this investigation yesterday.

HN is a political organization now?

Protesting a law that threatens one's own existence doesn't mean one has to then express an opinion on every political fact under the sun.

Sounds like a trick to make us _like_ terrorists. ;-)

Many here certainly wants to disrupt society.