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Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies
David Hume writes "electronicmaji is reporting on the Daily Kos that the individual known as ProtesterHelp (also to be found on twitter) was attacked in Ohio for providing network security for Twitterers in Iran, setting up private networks to provide secure proxies, calling for media networks to remove the Iranians Twitterers' information from their broadcast, and providing counter-intelligence services (including Basiji and Army Locations) within the Twitter community. ProtesterHelp was allegedly attacked by a group of men while walking to class in Ohio. The men, who appeared to ProtesterHelp to be either Iranian or Lebanese, drove up beside him and threw rocks at him while shouting, 'Mousavi Fraud.' ProtesterHelp further reported that his personal information has been leaked, and is currently being spread both online and inside of Iran amongst the government." Relatedly, Wired is also reporting that Google and Facebook have rushed out support for Persian. This move has allowed many pro-democracy groups to connect and translate their message to a broader audience.
if only they allowed concealed carry on campuses, we'd have a few less rock throwers in this country. . .
. . .provided the fact he has a gun, and knows how to use it of course
US's fault? It's 9/11 all over again. Obama should be making a live announcement shortly about our military response to this unprovoked attack.
No, but it certainly begs the question, why do we let people like this into our country in the first place?
My state (Minnesota, USA) has a terrible reputation for taking in Somali "refugees." In the last 2 years apparently these "refugees" children have begun an exodus to return to Somalia to fight in the war...
These people come to our country and tell us how to act. They come to our country and refuse to assimilate into our society. Then shit like this happens.
I'm not calling for closing of the borders, but much stricter rules and guidelines are clearly required to prevent people like this from ever even visiting here. Now, If you are reading this and you are one of these assholes that came here and insist on forcing your culture on us, I honestly, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, wish you would leave this country before we kill you and start a war with your homeland that you can never win.
"Be prepared, son. That's my motto. Be prepared." --Joe Hallenbeck
Sounds like that girl who claimed that an Obama supporter beat her up just before the last election....
I'm sure someone threw some rocks at this guy (no - I'm really not), but I doubt it was a concerted effort to silence him... or even folks from Iran.
It may even be a prank by some other college kids who were A) drunk or B) don't like this kid anyway(or C) a lie).
In any case, no blood no foul, right? That is why we help Iranians in a potential civil war through our twitter accounts instead of sending them material aid that might actually be able to help them in case things start getting really ugly.
If you really want to help them, start translating the anarchist cookbook into the local language, or smuggle copies of it into the country.
Remember folks:
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but computers can never hurt me.
Tanks and guns can kill me dead,
but twitter will never harm me.
Planes and bombs can level my village,
but a netwar is just crackers having fun.
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All together now: "The religion of peace".
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No, this is why Browncoats are hated, no matter what the discussion they still manage to make it about Firefly.
For the love of crap: a man is attacked for helping Iranian dissidents, and you jump in the thread with the wisdom of River Tam? Really?
Look, it's over. The show got canceled. Get over it. Move on. It was never that good to start with, it just achieved mythological status because (a) Joss Whedon was involved and (b) the show wasn't treated well by Fox. In reality, it was a poor concept that didn't really work and would never have gained an audience had the show had a normal run.
Racists should be sent back to where they came from
I agree, grandparent poster must be one of those liberal anticapitalist losers who can't read a damned contract and cries about how mean old AT&T is screwing them and how they want out of the contract that they freely signed. Guess what, coward: people die in war. That's in the contract, and what you're paid extra for when you go run around in a war zone with guns and bombs.
Liberal pansies like the anonymous coward are exactly why our great leader stopped letting the pantywaist press photograph the return of our men and women from overseas in what should have be a solemn rite, instead of turning it into a media circus.
Daily Kos? You use liberal hate porn as a news source? Wow, sad.
It worked repeatedly for the Clintons.
Again I'm not saying your claim is incorrect. I'm just asking for evidence (documentary or otherwise) in support of that claim, so I can use it if I were to attempt to persuade someone. The claims on the "torproject" page are just to vague and unsubstantiated to use in a debate.
That's not his problem, it's yours. Stop being a whiny ass and do your own research if you're that interested, rather than demand help as if it was someone else' job to do your research for you. If you're not smart enough to find out these things for yourself, then you have no business attempting to provide any type of service to people whose lives may depend on your skills and abilities.
You'd do the Iranian protesters a greater service if you'd simply sit down, shut up, and stay out of the way.