Post by functionunknown on Aug 27, 2010 2:52:38 GMT
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...Anonymity is the essence of anarchy. It is the devil on democracy's back. Civilisation's shadow corollary. And whereas it was once confined to graffiti on the walls of Rome or the back of the lavatory door at a pub in Brixton, with the advent of the internet age, anonymity has been collecting and coalescing online - on news groups, in chat rooms, beneath news stories and on community forums until, in the random /b/ channel of 4chan.org, it transcended its own critical mass to become Anonymous - the demon god of the internet.
If the web is dead, then Anon is the sauronic lich lord ruling over the underworld. Anon is capricious; it cannot be predicted, defined or controlled. Anonymous is humanity's roiling id unleashed; its simmering madness unchained; its meandering whimsy unfettered.
Anon is at once cruel and kind; dangerous and genteel; genius and deranged; noble and perverted. Anon is legion.
Anonymous is a warrior. It is engaged in a protracted campaign against Scientology, for example; every now and then a skirmish will flare up, leaving both sides battered and bruised.
Anon is a prankster. If you were anywhere near the internet in 2007, chances are you were rickrolled: someone sent you a link to a video purporting to be something interesting or important, but instead it turned out to be Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. That started on 4chan. Anon...
If the web is dead, then Anon is the sauronic lich lord ruling over the underworld. Anon is capricious; it cannot be predicted, defined or controlled. Anonymous is humanity's roiling id unleashed; its simmering madness unchained; its meandering whimsy unfettered.
Anon is at once cruel and kind; dangerous and genteel; genius and deranged; noble and perverted. Anon is legion.
Anonymous is a warrior. It is engaged in a protracted campaign against Scientology, for example; every now and then a skirmish will flare up, leaving both sides battered and bruised.
Anon is a prankster. If you were anywhere near the internet in 2007, chances are you were rickrolled: someone sent you a link to a video purporting to be something interesting or important, but instead it turned out to be Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. That started on 4chan. Anon...