I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm not actually a huge fan of WikiLeaks or of Anon, but...

Try to keep things in perspective. We're facing a substantial progression towards a hybridization of the scenarios outlined in 1984 and Brave New World, and you're worried about the disruption of commerce?

Are your priorities really that warped?

There's always collateral damage, whether it's merchants or your civil rights.

I should've guessed that there would be hand-wringing about commerce on here, but I never knew it would be so ridiculous considering what's being hashed out here.

I'm sorry, but do you honestly think this is anymore than a bunch of angry teenagers who will be bored in a week? Look back on every other instance of "Anon" "protesting" and work out what has changed. Please do show what they've actually done beyond cause minor temporary disruption, it just so happens that this time the minor disruption has real world repercussions and is hurting businesses. The people who are responsible for this are those in US government, I think it's pathetic companies like Visa, Paypal and Mastercard are being attacked when they've done nothing wrong, it's the US government at fault but they're "untouchable" to these angsty teenagers so they do the thing they always do and attack the weakest targets.

Give it a week and nobody will remember any of this, besides the businesses that lost money.

I wouldn't be so sure that they're just going to lose interest in a week. Look at scientology, that's still going on.

Which if it's enough businesses loose money might be a lot of people.

I'm completely opposed to these actions, but I've got to say that causing financial losses is a fairly effective protest.

>Give it a week and nobody will remember any of this

That's the tragedy not

>besides the businesses that lost money.

Nobody cares about citizenship or rights anymore. Just money.

I oppose ALF and ELF both.