[pp.int.general] PPi ask Anonymous to stop Payback

[Andrew Norton]

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On 11/20/2010 10:47 AM, Choms wrote:
> I think our friends missed send it to the list, so I'll send it ^^
> 
> http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-parties-use-influence-to-halt-operation-payback-101120/

Was nothing to do with PPI (isn't their main job to just run half as
many conventions a year, as before it was 'formed' anyway?). It was a
USPP-led initiative. I asked many other party leaders for their
involvement, some were afraid to go against anon, others actively
supported O:P and others felt that the little kids involved would just
go "HA MoralFags".

Meanwhile, it's temper-tantrum actions like O:P, taking down websites
temporarally (which is considered a felony in the US, and the FBI is
investigating) which helped the internet-censoring COICA out of
committee the other day. Ultimately, O:P has achieved NOTHING (except
for a very lucky break with ACS:law early on, and which only sped up
it's downfall, rather than anything more). "Oh no, our site's down for 6
hours, oh dear - look they've stopped it's back up now"

It's just giving people an excuse to pass more laws. It feeds the
knee-jerk reaction of the ignorant, while giving no long-term results.
Plus, we as parties are supposed to be ABOVE it. We're not stupid little
script kiddies, and nor should we let the ignorant little fscks destroy
any work we can do with their stupidity.

Thanks why we wrote the letter.

Andrew Norton
USPP, Legal Office.

> 
> Greetings.
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