Steve wrote: ``Anonymous has *nothing* to offer *anyone* as an organization IMO. What it offers, as a concept, is an inspiration and an awareness that a large, almost completely decoupled group of people can have a big effect.''
An individual that knows they are passing a critical threshold of danger doesn't need inspiration. ``I don't fully appreciate your Adrian Lamo reference... are you saying that the Mannings (and Snowdens?) of the world need to think about the Lamos of the world when they act?'' Besides the possibility of spies within the group, there's the possibility that the group itself is an illusion. People have different values and cope with fear in different ways. There's less confusion in the case of governments or criminal organizations: They will be ruthless in circling the wagons on people that act unpredictably and threaten the group purpose. Anonymous can't do that. Marcus -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
