Westboro Baptist Church targeted by Anonymous

[fr0d0]

Good points VOID. I really liked the attack on Scientology. It seemed no one was winning against them, and it is gratifying if not effectual ultimately to see these idiots suffer. That's what justice is... payback. Ultimate justice is like you say. So kudos for that. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Shell B]

That's what Anonymous is doing, are you in favour of their taking the sites down?

I understand what you are saying, Void and I am surprised you are the first to say it here. However, I am for taking their sites down (we know it would be temporary), but for very different reasons than "removing their rights to free speech." You see, sometimes beating up a bully is fun. That would be the sole enjoyment I would derive from it. I don't hate the Westboro Baptists for taking away anyone's free speech. I dislike them because they are pains in the asses about it and it would not hurt for someone to be a thorn in their side for once.

[Zen Badger]

Anyhow, what about the mechanic who refused to serve him after his tyres were slashed? That's something that would have inconvenienced and pissed him off too, would you also get a shiver of pleasure from that?

We are talking about a man who takes great delight in making life miserable for everyone around him, his own family included. A man who will seek to destroy anyone who has crossed him or even just criticised him, so yes, yes I would.

[KichigaiNeko]

Anyhow, what about the mechanic who refused to serve him after his tyres were slashed? That's something that would have inconvenienced and pissed him off too, would you also get a shiver of pleasure from that?

We are talking about a man who takes great delight in making life miserable for everyone around him, his own family included. A man who will seek to destroy anyone who has crossed him or even just criticised him, so yes, yes I would.

Honestly V0ID...YOU question?? Is it not in the Kiwi nature to support those around them in times of grief?? And how would you feel should a person condemned the Christchurch quake as an act of god against the New Zealand people??? And Laughed mockingly at your misfortune because your family had all been killed?? THEN had the audacity to come to you and ask for his "slashed tyres" to be repaired?? And you said no....I will not render you any assistance. And your neighbour came to you and said that they got a shiver of pleasure that you 'stood up to that bully' and denied him your assistance?? I bet you would feel rather proud of yourself and would not think two thoughts about your meighbour's "shiver of pleasure" that a bully was inconvenienced...human nature mate

[Zen Badger]

Just tried getting on to conservapedia and got this

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Interesting........

[theVOID]

Honestly V0ID...YOU question?? Is it not in the Kiwi nature to support those around them in times of grief?? And how would you feel should a person condemned the Christchurch quake as an act of god against the New Zealand people??? And Laughed mockingly at your misfortune because your family had all been killed?? THEN had the audacity to come to you and ask for his "slashed tyres" to be repaired?? And you said no....I will not render you any assistance. And your neighbour came to you and said that they got a shiver of pleasure that you 'stood up to that bully' and denied him your assistance?? I bet you would feel rather proud of yourself and would not think two thoughts about your meighbour's "shiver of pleasure" that a bully was inconvenienced...human nature mate

Someone already has such a website, they're a complete buffoon.

Beyond thinking he was an ass no, my opinion of someone shouldn't be reason to discriminate, no matter how vile I find their opinion. I wouldn't take them offline and I wouldn't refuse them service.

[KichigaiNeko]

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Honestly V0ID...YOU question?? Is it not in the Kiwi nature to support those around them in times of grief?? And how would you feel should a person condemned the Christchurch quake as an act of god against the New Zealand people??? And Laughed mockingly at your misfortune because your family had all been killed?? THEN had the audacity to come to you and ask for his "slashed tyres" to be repaired?? And you said no....I will not render you any assistance. And your neighbour came to you and said that they got a shiver of pleasure that you 'stood up to that bully' and denied him your assistance?? I bet you would feel rather proud of yourself and would not think two thoughts about your meighbour's "shiver of pleasure" that a bully was inconvenienced...human nature mate

Someone already has such a website, they're a complete buffoon.

Beyond thinking he was an ass no, my opinion of someone shouldn't be reason to discriminate, no matter how vile I find their opinion. I wouldn't take them offline and I wouldn't refuse them service.

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[Jaysyn]

So their sites being off-line after the Anoynomous threat are a coincidence?

Let's see.

1.) WBC fakes letter from Anon to try to get them to DDoS them to collect IPs to sue.

2.) Anon doesn't take the bait. (as a whole? who can tell?)

3.) The letter hits the media who in it's usual fashion doesn't do much fact checking.

4a.) The resulting wave of interest gathers enough people trying to view WBC's website to knock it offline for a bit (this is called the slashdot effect & the WBC website was down shortly after this letter was posted to Slashdot). Anon refutes the original letter

OR

4b.) WBC takes their own website down to garner sympathy from people with a hate-on for Anon. Anon refutes the original letter.

Maybe your knee jerked & you fell for it?

Frankly, I'd trust your average Anon much, much farther than I'd trust the scum of the Earth that is Fred Phelps.

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I wouldn't refuse them service.

After they cheered on the death of your loved ones? You can't possibly be serious.

[8BitAtheist]

Hey,

while the first letter from Anonymous was indeed a stunt my WestBoro Steamof Shit..

they really have hacked them now! During an interview no less

http://www.scmagazineus.com/anonymous-de...le/196978/

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Story updated on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 3:11 p.m. EST

Anonymous apparently did "bring it" after all.

The loosely affiliated hacker collective has defaced the website of the hate-spewing Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, known for its anti-gay rhetoric and purely attention-seeking protests, amid an ongoing feud between the two entities.

"Your continued biting of the Anonymous hand, however, has earned you a swift and emotionless [slap], in the form of this very message," read a message from Anonymous posted on the compromised site. "Despite having had the capability to hack your sites previously, we chose not to and instead responded maturely to your threats, but you have not respected this."

The group posted the letter during a live radio interview Thursday on the "The David Pakman Show" between Westboro spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper and an Anonymous member. Video of the interview is live.

Anonymous infiltrated the website thanks to an unnamed zero-day vulnerability, according to a tweet.

The battle between Anonymous and Westboro began last week, when an open letter was posted to AnonNews.org, which called for the controversial church to end its protests and shut down its websites. A Westboro representative responded in a tweet, asking Anonymous to "Bring it."

But on Monday, Anonymous said it wasn't behind the letter and urged members to not launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against the church's website.

Apparently, however, Anonymous was not pleased with Westboro's continued assault on the hacker organization, including a spokeswoman's reported remarks that the group exists because its members' parents didn't spank them as children.

As of Thursday at about noon EST, Westboro's website was unreachable and downloads.westborobaptistchurch.com was defaced to include the message from Anonymous.

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[Jaysyn]

Hey,

while the first letter from Anonymous was indeed a stunt my WestBoro Steamof Shit..

they really have hacked them now! During an interview no less

http://www.scmagazineus.com/anonymous-de...le/196978/

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Story updated on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 3:11 p.m. EST

Anonymous apparently did "bring it" after all.

The loosely affiliated hacker collective has defaced the website of the hate-spewing Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, known for its anti-gay rhetoric and purely attention-seeking protests, amid an ongoing feud between the two entities.

"Your continued biting of the Anonymous hand, however, has earned you a swift and emotionless [slap], in the form of this very message," read a message from Anonymous posted on the compromised site. "Despite having had the capability to hack your sites previously, we chose not to and instead responded maturely to your threats, but you have not respected this."

The group posted the letter during a live radio interview Thursday on the "The David Pakman Show" between Westboro spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper and an Anonymous member. Video of the interview is live.

Anonymous infiltrated the website thanks to an unnamed zero-day vulnerability, according to a tweet.

The battle between Anonymous and Westboro began last week, when an open letter was posted to AnonNews.org, which called for the controversial church to end its protests and shut down its websites. A Westboro representative responded in a tweet, asking Anonymous to "Bring it."

But on Monday, Anonymous said it wasn't behind the letter and urged members to not launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against the church's website.

Apparently, however, Anonymous was not pleased with Westboro's continued assault on the hacker organization, including a spokeswoman's reported remarks that the group exists because its members' parents didn't spank them as children.

As of Thursday at about noon EST, Westboro's website was unreachable and downloads.westborobaptistchurch.com was defaced to include the message from Anonymous.

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Well, so much for the moral high ground.