Anonymous Threatens Robin Hood Attacks Against Banks

gManZboy writes "Just in time for the holidays, hacktivist collective Anonymous has announced that it has teamed up with like-minded group TeaMp0isoN to donate to charity. The catch: they're using stolen credit data from big banks to make donations, in a campaign they're calling Operation Robin Hood. Is the #OpRobinHood campaign for real, or like previous threats against Wall Street and Facebook, just another hoax? Aesthetically, at least, the OpRobinHood video ticks all of the traditional Anonymous aesthetic requirements: a mashed-up 'p0isoaNoN' logo (green on black), a liberal dose of swelling choral music (via that movie trailer staple 'Europa,' by Globus), together with selected clips of Kevin Costner as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves."

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Re:I dont see any issues with them.

[FooAtWFU]

Leftist: want to redistribute wealth. Thugs: Want to implement mob rule. I think it's a fair assessment of the "hahahaha bankers suck let's beat them up and take their lunch money."

It seemed a good description of the attitude of people in this article, and of the guy I was replying to, and it may or may not be an assessment of some of OWS. Certainly when I was walking up Market Street last Saturday and ran into an Occupy SF parade banging drums and chanting "Who's got the pow-er? We've got the pow-er!" over and over again it came across as slightly more "thuggish" than "respectful of democratic norms", at least to me.

Anyway; I'm reasonably certain that there is a leftist-thug element to OWS, and worry what would happen if there were actually some sort of revolution and they gained power (not likely though). To be clear, leftists I can deal with. I think they're wrong, but I'm sure they think the same of me. The thuggish attitude is the objectionable one.