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But why protest student blogs and class websites? Why not target the prosecutor's office? Blockading a key port that is shipping war supplies or preforming a D
by gee_totes 14y ago
But why protest student blogs and class websites? Why not target the prosecutor's office?
Blockading a key port that is shipping war supplies or preforming a DDOS attack against government websites can be legitimate form of protest, but those actions are very hard to plan and pull off.
This attack (if it is an attack) just seems like someone is going after the low-hanging fruit of MIT's network.
- analog 14y agoThis is a common argument against activism and it's a classic logical fallacy. You're doing X, but Y would be more effective, therefore X is pointless. In reality what happens is that someone does X and someone else does Y, and it's not uncommon for the same group to do both. Fwiw, I don't have any view on whether this attack (if it is one) is justified. I haven't read enough on what MIT have/haven't done so I can't comment.
- vor_ 14y agoThe post you're replying to doesn't say anything about being pointless, but besides that, surely it's not a logical fallacy to point out that one action is more effective than another.
- BrokenPipe 14y agomeh, he didn't say pointless but seems like he meant it by saying " low hanging fruit"
- snowwrestler 14y agoThe converse fallacy would be that "anything X that is easy for me to do is therefore an effective form of activism."
- BrokenPipe 14y agoPerhaps easier targets. Perhaps because the people behind the ddos want actual students and teachers of the MIT to revolt against those that decided to continue the case against Aaron. Who said nobody is attacking the persecutor's office and why is it either and not both ?