Forum Post: OWS recruits Anonymous to threaten Govt if Toronto site is evicted. The movement has jumped the shark....
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 13, 2011, 3:18 p.m. EST by LarryBudMelman
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An international hacking group has threatened the City of Toronto with a cyber attack if it interferes with the Occupy Toronto protest downtown.
A YouTube video from the group called Anonymous says it will launch an already planned “operation” if it sees any interference in the Toronto protest.
Mayor Rob Ford has said he wants the protesters to “move on” from their campsite at St. James Park, where nearby businesses have complained about the disruption.
His words seem to have provoked Anonymous, which originally promised to stay away from Occupy Canada protests as long as authorities didn’t try to stop them. Occupiers praised as brave
“The brave citizens of Toronto are peaceful and well mannered occupiers, and we will not let the city, or the mayor that uses vulgar language in public, get involved,” a voice on the Anonymous video says.
Anonymous, with its free-speech activist hackers, became known through its efforts in support of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Anonymous's hackers claim to have disrupted a variety of websites, including sites for credit cards, law enforcement and San Francisco area rapid transit. OCCUPY CANADA The latest developments from each location across Canada
The Anonymous video aimed at Toronto turned up just as some local protesters made a failed attempt to shift their tents to Queen’s Park. They set up tents outside the Ontario legislature on Saturday but later took them down, reportedly after being told they were breaking the law.
That smaller group of protesters said they moved to Queen's Park to bring their cause closer to provincial politicians. Protester John Erg said Occupy Toronto had become so popular, it had outgrown its space at St. James Park.
But the new campsite was short-lived after the protesters were told the land was provincial property and they couldn't camp on it, police said. Queen’s Park was quiet on Sunday.
The majority of protesters had stayed at St. James Park but said they planned to discuss whether they should relocate.
hmm, nothing in the article about OWS "recruiting" Anonymous or anyone else. Looks to me like Anonymous is just doing what Anonymous does. So that makes this a non-story. And it makes you, Larry, look like an uneducated child eager to smear a movement you fear and cannot comprehend with any possible tool hand. Grow up. Either join us, or get the fuck out of our way while we end your slavery.
You just can't read. Sorry for your handicap.
PS: Still waiting for OWS to distance themselves from Anonymous.
If somebody threatens to "attack" the city if they don't get what they want, then doesn't the "terrorist" label apply?
Has all the makings of an "end game" ....
Awesome. Because those folks are some upstanding people that you really want on your side. I mean come on, industry and government shut down, brought to a screeching halt.
Then there will be violence in the streets. The regular Joe work your ass off side vs the campers. It will not be pretty but most likely won't last to long.
The "regular Joe work your ass off" people may not be protesting, but they know who's screwing them. And it ain't the protesters...