I guess I'm stating the obvious here, but showing the world that you "don't tolerate censorship" by taking down a public website is a just a wee bit silly.

By that logic, locking someone in jail for kidnapping is a bit silly as well.

They both involve not allowing someone to leave confinment, but one is punishment and the other is a crime against personal freedoms.

It's not a very good analogy, but yes, if you locked up a kidnapper because you "don't tolerate forced confinement" then I think that would be silly.

At least in your example the real kidnapper was locked up.

Or the death penalty for murderers. This is hypocritical (and unconstitutional).

Silly and hypocritical...

The Italian government should worry about throwing Berlusconi in prison before they worry about Anonymous.

Yeah, but apparently they are busy and will get around to it in a few years

Berlusconi in jail? Not going to happen.

Since when is a business refusing to provide service (Nimbuzz) "censorship"?

I think it depends on the reasons. When Nimbuzz refused business to the people of Egypt and Syria on request of their governments, I'd say it was.

Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean they shouldn't have the right to do so.

I'm assuming that they are making a distinction between refusing to provide telecommunications service and refusing to serve someone at a restaurant.

That is senseless though. Is telecommunications service a basic need? Do they have a monopoly on it?

Good. Just keep poking those heads up out of the foxhole. That will start working any time now.

This specific group of Anons were really asking for it. I don't like all powerful governments like the next guy but these Anons (like many of the past) act and behave like a group of young rebellious men with nothing to do, who desire to feel powerful by causing trouble and saying it's in the name of justice.

The companies whose servers they broke into now have more of a reason to fear them than the oppressive governments anon was against in the first place. I can talk shit about Obama and Bush all day without worry, they won't hack my site. Speak out against anon...

I can't believe I didn't see this coming. It's so obvious in retrospect.