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"Dude! Map all the networks"?... lulz?...leet?...nouns pluralized with a z? I have seen the enemy and he is a 14 year old boy who's found his father's (admitte

"Dude! Map all the networks"?... lulz?...leet?...nouns pluralized with a z? I have seen the enemy and he is a 14 year old boy who's found his father's (admittedly very large and scary) gun.

akira2501 13y ago
That kid? No, the enemy is the people who hired him, gave him no oversight, had no auditing or controls on internal information and encouraged him to continually exceed his authority. Include the team of shameless government managers, many who swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution, turning this operation and all these databases over to a third party and these kids.
- claudius 13y ago
  No – the enemy is the American people, collectively and individually responsible for the actions of their government. How you sort that out internally is not really my concern :)
  - pigDisgusting 13y ago
    No, the enemy is institutionalized secrecy. A form of institutionalized secrecy concealed and locked away behind a highly-trained, tightly-regimented, hierarchical, ideological organization of indoctrinated, unquestioning personnel (recruited directly from high school, with the incentive of financing an over-priced education that would otherwise be out of reach, which would serve as a catalyst for a career of employment in jobs that will not hire anyone without practical experience), all bristling with automatic weapons, mechanized artillery, naval artillery, supersonic airplanes, 500 lb laser-guided bombs, self-guiding nuclear weapons and a vast logistics infrastructure to keep it all running. An organization that doesn't obey laws. Indeed, an organization designed with the express purpose of overriding the laws of every other country on earth. But yes, let's act within the boundaries of civilian law to ask for permission to make this complex ask for permission before not asking for permission. Oh wait, this thing without a name is funded by a civilian political system filled with politicians that lie to me and don't listen to me, who are bribed by large, faceless, private, for-profit corporations that don't pay taxes, and make all their money providing logistics and equipment to the personnel that guard the institutionalized secrecy which disinforms me of its own existence, and it's all paid for by my taxes, which I get thrown in jail for refusing to pay. ...BUT I SURRRE ASKED FOR IT!!! I GET WHAT I DESERRRVE! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
chippy 13y ago
"I have seen George Bush and he is a stupid Texan hillbilly." "I have seen Ronald Reagan and he is a demented old man with no brain." ---- These "jokes" appear to belittle the people with real power, in the public's mind. It makes the people feel better. They make them appear harmless. It is a complete mistake to do this. It helps the powerful to spread these jokes, it does not help the people. "oh he won't harm us, he's stupid. He wouldn't be evil, he has no brain. He wouldn't spy on the world, he's just a kid"
- BgSpnnrs 13y ago
  The Boris Johnson effect. :/
- noonespecial 13y ago
  Its not the just stupid. Its the gun. They are anything but harmless. It would almost be better if they were evil.
tripzilch 13y ago
seems the NSA isn't above hiring script-kiddies as long as they get the job done. and apparently they do get the job done all right.

"Dude! Map all the networks"?... lulz?...leet?...nouns pluralized with a z? I have seen the enemy and he is a 14 year old boy who's found his father's (admittedly very large and scary) gun.

akira2501 13y ago

That kid? No, the enemy is the people who hired him, gave him no oversight, had no auditing or controls on internal information and encouraged him to continually exceed his authority. Include the team of shameless government managers, many who swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution, turning this operation and all these databases over to a third party and these kids.

claudius 13y ago
No – the enemy is the American people, collectively and individually responsible for the actions of their government. How you sort that out internally is not really my concern :)
- pigDisgusting 13y ago
  No, the enemy is institutionalized secrecy. A form of institutionalized secrecy concealed and locked away behind a highly-trained, tightly-regimented, hierarchical, ideological organization of indoctrinated, unquestioning personnel (recruited directly from high school, with the incentive of financing an over-priced education that would otherwise be out of reach, which would serve as a catalyst for a career of employment in jobs that will not hire anyone without practical experience), all bristling with automatic weapons, mechanized artillery, naval artillery, supersonic airplanes, 500 lb laser-guided bombs, self-guiding nuclear weapons and a vast logistics infrastructure to keep it all running. An organization that doesn't obey laws. Indeed, an organization designed with the express purpose of overriding the laws of every other country on earth. But yes, let's act within the boundaries of civilian law to ask for permission to make this complex ask for permission before not asking for permission. Oh wait, this thing without a name is funded by a civilian political system filled with politicians that lie to me and don't listen to me, who are bribed by large, faceless, private, for-profit corporations that don't pay taxes, and make all their money providing logistics and equipment to the personnel that guard the institutionalized secrecy which disinforms me of its own existence, and it's all paid for by my taxes, which I get thrown in jail for refusing to pay. ...BUT I SURRRE ASKED FOR IT!!! I GET WHAT I DESERRRVE! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

chippy 13y ago

"I have seen George Bush and he is a stupid Texan hillbilly." "I have seen Ronald Reagan and he is a demented old man with no brain." ---- These "jokes" appear to belittle the people with real power, in the public's mind. It makes the people feel better. They make them appear harmless. It is a complete mistake to do this. It helps the powerful to spread these jokes, it does not help the people. "oh he won't harm us, he's stupid. He wouldn't be evil, he has no brain. He wouldn't spy on the world, he's just a kid"

BgSpnnrs 13y ago
The Boris Johnson effect. :/
noonespecial 13y ago
Its not the just stupid. Its the gun. They are anything but harmless. It would almost be better if they were evil.

tripzilch 13y ago

seems the NSA isn't above hiring script-kiddies as long as they get the job done. and apparently they do get the job done all right.