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Hackers: Uncle Sam Wants You!

Posted by michael on from the knowing-is-half-the-battle dept.

scraemondaemon writes: "A new TV public service announcement targets U.S. computer hacktivists with a blunt message: Uncle Sam wants you to help fight the war on terrorism. They demonize you and criminalize you and then ask for your help. What's a hacker to do?"

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  1. Hell, Why Not? by Foxxz · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    We probably cant be any more tarnighed than we are now. It cant hurt, so lets try and help out and get a good rap for once.

    -Foxxz

  2. Re:Some people just don't get it...(Mod Parent Up! by Malic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Everything cca93014 says is true. To some degree, America may have brought this mess on itself. :(

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    I swear by MacOS X. Although I use to swear *at* MacOS 9...
  3. Re:Some people just don't get it... by Fnkmaster · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    1) The US is the largest producer and exporter of sophisticated manufactured goods on the planet, not just guns.


    2) When was the last time we used them on a civilian target? It's only happened once, and the vast majority of us would say we never want it to happen again. Terrorists on the other hand don't feel that way towards our civilians.


    3) See point 1. This is a silly straw man.


    4) See point 1 again.


    The fact that companies in the US manufacture and export lots of stuff does not in any way legitimize terrorist attacks against our civilians. Colombian organizations produce and manufacture lots of cocaine that has resulted in lots of deaths around the world. I don't use that to legitimize killing civilians in that country either.


    Eurotrolling has become absurdly common on Slashdot and its entirely uninteresting. Whiny leftist eurotrash drivel spewed all over the place does not make it any more correct. Come up with some real arguments next time.