DDOS is about the same level as fire bombing a business.
People like Richard Stallman who disagree (Richard Stallman is stuck in the past) really haven't got a clue that's going on.
Re:A Difficult Situation
by dinkumthinkum on Thursday March 21, 2013 @10:57PM
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No, I can't make that leap. Firebombing? I don't condone DDOS, but that's just crazy. The moment people can die (without citing some kind of really strange examples) from DDOS, I will reconsider but come on.
I agree. This is frightening. Any concept of a DDOS being a "digital sit-in" are dumb. PlayHaven may also have been trying to avoid the mob, too.
Second because hundreds and hundreds of men here and elsewhere seem quite happy to align themselves with an overtly sexist, violently threatening campaign against an individual whose views they disagree with.
What do you mean by "align themselves"? Those are extremely vague words.
Do you mean "approve of"? Or do you mean "takes the same side as"?
Anyone who approves of the DDOS is a moron. Anyone who approves of death threats is a sociopath. The people who issued threats should be subject to criminal prosecution.
However, people can find themselves legitimately on the same side of an issue as a bunch of assholes. No one should be forced out of a position by the fact that disgusting people also have that opinion.[1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy