Blog #6

Anonymous started out being this group of people who were able to share laughs and be who they wanted to be on this website called '4chan.org'. It was an uncensored free for all pretty much. It was pretty much a website that was built off the idea, that if you don't like what is being said or being posted then you don't belong on that website. It's a website filled with these people that call themselves 'Anonymous' that pretty much do whatever pleases them. This group of people known as 'Anonymous' is known for their rallies and and petitioning the ideas and beliefs of the ' Church of Scientology'. They used different ways to approach it though. They were the first to use internet as an attempt to rebel against this group. They were in a sense a virtual activist group. When they go on this rallies out front of building and in the public they where Guy Fawkes masks because it symbolizes rebellion and going against what is believed similar to what Guy Fawkes did when he tried to blow up parliament. But they also where these masks because it's their way of hiding their identities so when videos or pictures go out on the internet or on television the government or whoever is attempting to bring 'anonymous' down can't pinpoint one person and sort of attack them in a sense. The members of this group are just simply standing up for what they believe in. Similar to what V was doing. He was standing up for what he believed was the right thing to do.
Hacktivism is pretty much rebeling or going against something but instead of holding a rally or standing outside with signs, they are doing it on the internet. They are breaking into these websites and what not due to their beliefs. V kills as his belief, and Hacktivists Hack as their belief. I feel as though 'Anonymous' is sort of setting the building blocks for this fight that is yet to reach it's full potential. By hacking are these big companies and showing them how easy it is for us to steal their documents or how easy it is for us to see what they are doing that eventually they'll back off. But it hasn't reach that point yet because the government still believes that they are in control and that they have nothing to worry about. Yet in reality if theirs ever been a time to worry, it's now because this is beginning to become a problem all around the world. People are just starting to notice the different ways the government is trying to listen in on our conversations and it's not something they are too happy about. They aren't creating anarchy. I feel as though their plan isn't to overthrow the government in the attempt to start anarchy but their plan is to tell the government that they need to change their ways. So in a sense they are causing chaos. Chaos in the idea that chaos is good, because chaos will eventually cause change. Three things that fascinate me the most about 'Anonymous' have to be how even though they've never seen each other face to face, they were still able to gather enough people to protest outside the buildings of Church of Scientology all over the world. Another thing is how they can put an entire company or organization into complete disarray after simply shutting down a site or changing something on the site making the organizations message less effective. The final thing that fascinated me about this 'Anonymous' is how well they work together and the things they can. These are people that live in their parents homes who are virgins as well as people who are rich and have families. It's just crazy to see how many people of different background can come together for one cause and using unique tactics can bring down a whole organization. When I sit here and try to figure out what it is that I find disturbing about 'Anonymous', I have trouble even coming up with one thing. Their may be some disturbing things with what they're doing to me I don't see that as disturbing I see that as their way of what's fun or their way of getting their point across. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I find some of their stuff disturbing because I find it ethical. Yeah they put disturbing things on their message boards, but that's just how that group of people have fun or like I said earlier, get their message across. I see 'Anonymous' as the good guys. They may use tactics that put innocent civilians at jeopardy but they do it to prove something to send their message. In the eyes of the higher they are seen as bad guys, but to us down here on the same level as them we see them as heroes.
If I had to choose a scene from the book that best matches 'Anonymous' I would have to go with the scene when V causes a huge uproar from the government when he hacks into the building and shows his video. Similar to what these companies do after 'anonymous' breaks into their websites and emails and expose them for who they really are.