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Amazon Warns Employees About 'Million Mask March' On Seattle HQ Today (geekwire.com)
reifman writes: Amazon is warning employees not to wear clothing with company logos, and telling them to keep their badges out of sight as hundreds of people loyal to the hacktivist group Anonymous plan to march on the tech giant's Seattle headquarters this afternoon. A Facebook message from the Seattle-based group reads, "On November 5th, we will be rallying at Westlake Park in Seattle at 2pm, and then marching to the Federal Courthouse at 3pm, and from there, we shall march to Amazon for some serious lulz!. Teach-ins and rallies will continue throughout the remainder of the day."
I just walked from Westlake to the Weston, and I saw no protesters.
No real reasoning or anything meaningful.
Plus since when has Anon worked in meatspace? Seems like an easy way to get caught or otherwise expose yourself (fellow Anons, let's self-dox!)
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What ever happened to them? The last time I remember them making headlines they declared war on ISIS.
PS: I don't reply to ACs.
amazon, really?
is the Seattle group just blatantly anti-commerce, or is there something Amazon did to lump them in with all the government injustices they're protesting against?
Probably bought their masks on Amazon. That makes me chuckle to myself.
Just because I can hook a shark from a boat, I do no offer to wrestle it in the water.
"Friday night on Ninsei.
He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised
coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an
arcade. He stepped out of the way to let a dark-suited sarariman
by, spotting the Mitsubishi-Genentech logo tattooed across the
back of the man's right hand.
Was it authentic? lf that's for real, he thought, he's in for
trouble. If it wasn't, served him right. M-G employees above
a certain level were implanted with advanced microprocessors
that monitored mutagen levels in the bloodstream. Gear like
that would get you rolled in Night City, rolled straight into a
black clinic."
On the bright side, that's 600 kids who are committing to be outside and walking today!
Anonymous has no case. It is a catch-all for people who wish to act under that name. There can't be be a case if *everyone* is allowed to assume the moniker and there is no qualification based on philosophy.
Anonymous is an expression of what people can do, if they are able to hide their identities and act as a spontaneously self-coordinating group.
However, what is done will become increasingly random as more and more people wish to use the name and the methods.
Someone comes up with an idea, and whoever likes it can join in through coordinating via social media or IRC or whatever. Consequently, it could be a huge success, or a total bust, or anything between.
I worked IT help desk at eBay for a while. Since eBay doesn't have a phone number on the website, some users would call the operator to get the corporate phone number and start dialing extensions to find someone to pick up. I got few angry phone calls and couldn't help them, redirecting them back to the website. My coworkers and I used to joke around about angry villagers storming the cubicles with pitchforks and torches.
There can't be be a case if *everyone* is allowed to assume the moniker and there is no qualification based on philosophy.
Nonsense, they define their agenda very clearly right here:
Why are we protesting, you ask?
Here is a list of many of the things we are protesting against...
* The White House's continued attacks on 'whistleblowers'.
* The NSA's illegal and unconstitutional spying on ALL American citizens.
* The corrupt courts and unconstitutional rulings against us.
* Our City, County, State, and Federal politicians creating unjust and unconstitutional taxes, laws, and fees against the people without any representation or regard for our rights and freedoms.
* The continued arrests of the people for exercising our constitutional rights.
* The detainment of political prisoners who risked everything to keep the American people informed, safe, and free.
* The continued physical, verbal, and emotional abuse being brought upon the people by law enforcement personnel.
* The use and expansion of the FBI, DHS, NSA, and other government agencies for the sole purpose of silencing free speech, and treating us like terrorists.
* The use of the media to mislead us and divide the people into warring factions, or to keep the masses uninformed and blissfully ignorant of the truth about what is happening in the world around us.
* The continuing wars that have no purpose except to keep the elite wealthy and powerful, while the rest of the world suffers from death, poverty, disease, famine, etc.
* The corporate control of all aspects of our daily lives.
* The constant poisoning of our food, water, and air.
* The allowance of rapists, molesters, and pedophiles to harm our children, while innocents are treated like criminals.
* The use of propaganda to spread fear, lies, and distrust among the people.
* The continued mistreatment of indigenous people around the world and illegal occupations of tribal lands for the sake of global expansion and development.
* The recent government shutdown without any regard for the well-being of the people.
* The mistreatment of war veterans.
* The allowance of rape culture and lack of any real justice in our courtrooms.
* Lack of transparency within our government, and the illegal use of secret courts to detain and prosecute innocent civilians.
This is, by far, not a complete list of the grievances we hold against our own government bodies, or the governments of other nations, but it shows a great and severe illness within our society; a global systemic failure that cannot continue.
You don't support the constant poisoning of our food, water, and air, do you? What about distrust among the people, are you one of those pro-distrust non-persons? I bet you are...
I would support Anonymous, but it doesn't look like they're protesting against that orca that was caught on video punting that seal. I can't really get behind a cause that is pro-seal-punting.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
I'd be surprised if they manage to muster more than 2-300. And if they do anything remotely illegal it'll be the cops who get the lulz.
Imagine if, the smart slashdot readers applied their intelligence to things outside their technical careers.
Imagine if, instead of buying into reflexive ideology, that slashdot readers weighed all sides of an argument, to get to the truth.
Imagine if, the slashdot readers were not so intellectually cowardly, that they could read from multiple sources and perspectives.
Imagine if, the slashdot readers would have taken a three, to go to Foxnews, and see that there is not an article about millions people hordes protesting amazon and pillaging. In fact, there is no article at all.
Imagine if, slashdot readers could turn the same critical eye reserved only for foxiness, toward other sources such as the New York times and MSNBC. Imagine if, slashdot readers did not treat politics as a team sport, where one side is always good and the other is always bad. Instead, tried to see the the actors of life as they really are, not your teammate.
Or, Imagine if, slashdot once again because a forum of ideas, not ideology.
Imagine that.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
Same as the occutards?
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
http://www.seattletimes.com/se...
And yes, at least some of the masks were purchased off Amazon.com - using one guy's mom's credit card.
#DeleteChrome
As the subject says, Amazon sold them their Guy Fawkes masks for a profit, so they are being protested....
We were all warned a long time ago that MS products sucked, remember the Magic 8 Ball said, "Outlook not so good"
I am curious about the bit where it says "allowance of rape culture."
I must have missed some headlines or something. What events are prompting that concern?
How about this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
"The hacking group Anonymous has threatened to make public the identities of four boys accused of gang-raping a Canadian teenager who later killed herself after images of the attack went viral."
Or this? http://www.rollingstone.com/cu...
A summary of all the things above states essentially that Anonymous will defend the weak and preyed upon by exposing their tormentors.
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Well, this will certainly raise awareness for their cause...uh...whatever, that might be.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
ISIS might actually fight back, so they decided to prop up the dying KKK by claiming Anon is fighting them, thus giving the KKK free publicity to attract new members.... I give it a 50% chance the core of Anon are secretly in favor of the KKK.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Yeah, when I was in AF ROTC at Mich St Univ in 1969-1973 we were told to carry our ROTC uniforms to class in paper bags so we would not be jumped. The protesters did firebomb the Army ROTC building (1970). I went on to a career in the military bombing babies and holding cities hostage. Eventually I single handedly raped an entire civilization (retroactively, without my consent or knowledge) and established a male patriarchy.
"There is no god but allah" - well, they got it half right.
oh fuck off
The new right fascists are bilingual. They speak English and Bullshit.
A few rapes does not men we are living in a 'rape culture'. The fact you get modded informative is just another indication of how much /. has gone to shit. if any countries are living the horror of what should be called 'rape cultures' they are the Scandinavian countries, Bet anonymouse doesn't jack up about any real fucking problems. Fucking wankers.
The new right fascists are bilingual. They speak English and Bullshit.