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Another thread of broken-record HN comments!

• youngerdryas 14y ago
  Well who is stupid enough to upvote these stories. Apparently there are a lot of confused people on this site.
  • hack_edu 14y ago
    I upvote them, because I find the entire Anonymous drama to be incredibly fascinating and highly topical to the HN demographic. What I do tire of is the 'damn buncha hoodlums' comment cacophony that offers no contribution to the discussion.
    • youngerdryas 14y ago
      Well the drama maybe fascinating but it is not productive or helpful to any cause other than giving hackers a bad name, a fact I think many miss.
      • hack_edu 14y ago
        I don't know about that. These acts highlight that the inarguably-real criminals can humiliate the government and not be stopped while public information activists get thrown away. One can say that they're Bad and/or criminals, and might be right, but to assume that the actions of Anonymous are in a vacuum apart from Aaron or Manning is short-sighted. Are their actions and reckless? Probably. So? The means-ends relationship is complicated, but Anonymous acts within their virtues and their intents are from the right place. And come on, this shit's hilarious! And, this whole 'giving hackers a bad name' thing. Give me a break. Yes, 'hacker' is a dirty word to some. Most likely those that don't understand, nor matter to the greater interests of either types of who self-identify with the word. It will continue to be, regardless of however many Facebook/Google/Instragram/whatevers there are.
• csense 14y ago
  What's a "record"?