To Anonymous: A risky message

First of all, I feel really silly posting this right now, but it's happening:

I would like to address a group called Anonymous. Bravo.

I don't know who you are, nor do I wish to. This message is only a result of my bored curiosity of Scientology jokes. Any YouTube search, the name Anonymous pops up.

Here's an example to give people an idea of what I'm talking about. Not only the impact of Anonymous, but Anonymous's gripes against Scientology.






Now, I'm sure that there are a lot of kids out there doing a lot of stupid shit like pirating kids credit cards and putting up Nazi shit on websites (at least so they've been accused of a la wikipedia, so I can't claim if any of this shit is true).

Even if it is true there is an important lesson that the war against Scientology is an important statement of why people want control of the internet for the rest of our significant future. The internet is such a power tool that we, nor they, have really grasped it's power. Our generation and the one behind ours, is just a little a head of the curb to understanding what it can do. Anonymous, while doesn't harbor the tool, is it's greatest protector.

At it's current state the internet is still an amoeba. Unfiltered speech. Free videos. Instant companionship. Information (real and fake). Created by us humans as a way for us to know ourselves at all times. The internet still needs to time to grow. One of the reasons war was declared by Anonymous was the Scientology's attempt to censor or put out false information.




What I love about Anonymous is the idea of Anonymous, its that there is no Anonymous. When you have a group that doesn't exist, any one can join, but only if the whole approves. They make it easy for anyone to fake, but everyone to participate. They've harnessed the energy and the power of the internet by remaining functionless. No real way to communicate. No real way to notice. But more power than any silly cult can stop or understand. There's no point in trying to stop them or try to join them. Because there is no them. It's a true democratic movement that makes any teabagger movement seen pathetic.

A lack of command.

At least it can. The fact that people showed up at these Scientology protests is important. That means there is indeed an Anonymous. Who they are isn't important. It's simply THAT they are. It keeps the internet in it's current form but asks it to evolve beyond it's digital restraints. Making the internet a far more powerful force than simply information recollection, but now we can see that it can have a conscious and not even be aware of it.


So if Anonymous is really watching the internet and I have message for Anonymous:

Watch yourselves. Keep going. People can't have the internet yet. It doesn't have to be owned or controlled, but move by natural courses of time. I don't know how much you power you have or if you have the power that you claim you have, but whatever power you have remember responsibility. Keep fighting I guess. You might end up a paradoy of yourself, or a shell of the former self of whatever the hell the "collective" is. But whats important that you remain an idea. An idea is the only thing that they can't touch. Whatever target you chose, the idea is your saving grace. Blameless, relentless, and anonymous. Remember there are common enemies that everyone has, just make sure you get the right target. Your motives are pure, but power corrupts.

Have fun. Someone will always be watching I guess. Myself included. I just hope knowledge of your existence isn't the cause of your destruction or misuse.


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