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Lizard squad unmasked by another hacker group.
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RichiRamjag
Member
This whole thing is just silly at this point.
reSpec Gaming
Member
This is absolute bullshit, as is pretty much everything else you're saying.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
This was your original statement:
So, whether you intended to do so or not, you have implied that "kids will be kids" mistakes and misdemeanors are somehow comparable to deliberate acts of malice, like blackmailing women for nude pictures under the potential threat of death and calling in false terrorism threats to an airport. The "Let ye who hast not sinned cast the first stone" argument is simply not applicable here, and it would take an insane display of mental gymnastics to say otherwise. The acts committed by these individuals were intentionally harmful and real people were harmed as a result, in no way can this be compared to any "kids will be kids" type of victimless crime.
Either that, or they elect them President, and have them run drone bombing assassinations on innocent people in other countries, whom their financial sector view as potential problems in their continuing bid for global hegemony.
Got a bumper sticker?
Best support the troops, eh?
It's like the ending of Mission Impossible... so much unmasking going on.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
what happened exactly?
Except without all of the good looking heroes underneath.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Well....
GreatestHits
Member
Yeah finestsquad got swatted. lol
blankempathy
Member
"its easier to do these things" is just an excuse. The problem is anonymity that exists because of the internet. Its easier for people to think they can get away with these things is more of an accurate statement. The internet tends to bring out the worst in people but thats not an excuse. 20 years ago you could easily call in bomb threats/swat people or perform other heinous crimes the internet merely makes people easier targets thanks to information of the intended victims being easier to obtain. And you know what the kids that did stupid crap beyond normal kid stuff still did it anyways 20 years ago. You have only a handful of kids here doing this stuff. A majority of teenagers still only go as far as talking trash online. So could it possibly be that these handful of teenagers have just taken it to a level beyond "its just childish pranks"? Clearly they are the minority so that reasoning that "kids will be kids" or "its different in this day and age" seems to be off.
not_so_special
Banned
the point is you argument is pure BS you are telling me everyone as a kid swatted people? blackmaile woman to get their nudes? landed planes with bomb threads? fucked millions of people leaving them without a paid service?
come on man..
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Well, the effect they have had Sony could alter the lives of many.
Krappadizzle
Member
Are some of the 12 year old people know just bricks or something? I haven't talked to a single person who didn't know they were doing something wrong when they were 12 and understand the consequences of their actions.
They would if they were real hackers. They aren't. Anyone could do what they did.
Handy Fake
Member
I'm not sure it's illegal, but if you leave it unattended in either an airport or a train-station, there's a good chance that the last you'll see of it is a large retort of smoke from behind a police barrier.
InsaneLuchador
Member
Good. It's one thing to stand for something but "Lizard Squad" is just a pack of pricks.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Ok mate. Thanks for your contribution.
Yes, and that response you quoted was to another response, where by they said they had never committed a felon, they did not say they had never broken a law, hence, arbitrary. I have not just implied, but outright stated, that what these people have done is bad, and that they should be punished. I have also said that a child cannot be held to the same standard of responsibility as an adult. I have not compared misdemeanors to anything. I've said people make mistakes, and children, makes a shit load more. They should not have an entire life taken from them for it. If you are actually interested in that part of the debate, take a look at some famous cases of children doing horrific shit, far worse than what these people did, and not spending the rest of their lives in prison, because that's wrong. You are taking points I never made and arguing against them. Don't expect me to then defend said positions. Victimless crime? Really. No one said that.
No, because I never excused them. I have said consistently that what they did is shitty. I've said it's easier to do, which you concede above yourself. The difference here, and the reason my post existed, is because people are saying that the nature of the crime means they think like adults, which is fundamentally incorrect. This is not normal pranking by any standards, but it is not the same as if we had done this as children, because the steps involved are far, far greater without the internet, such as finding out where people live.
You seem to have missed the point of my posts, so not sure what to say to you. I never said the things you suggest I have. I've simply defended a childs right to make mistakes, and a childs right not to be judged as an adult, because they are not.
I didn't realize downloading and using LOIC was a skill to put on a resume.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
I couldn't listen to that... Man, the LizardSquad guy's voice sounds exactly like you'd think it would.
That was fucking painful
BlackBuzzard
Banned
NERD FIGHT!
The host expressions were great. So they want to cyber attack the government because we have to pay taxes and prostitution is illegal.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
We need to attack the government, okay that escalated quickly.
nephilimdj
Member
That anti-government rant haha 
lol, that video is hilarious. "Oh, here we go with the mom jokes." I assume the third guy who comes in is with Lizard Squad? Or is he from a third squad?
OMG, this video just keep giving. All that nerd trash talk, shouting at each other to do this or do that, or to answer this. "If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound?" "Fagatory, retardance and stupidity."
Oh, here we go with the "terrorist attacks against the government." "I'm not saying I work for Al-Qaeda, but let's just say I got my connects." "We all have a common enemy, and it starts with an F and ends with an I." "The motherfucker makes us pay taxes." "Root me."
Ah, that was a good laugh.
OMG, this video just keep giving. All that nerd trash talk, shouting at each other to do this or do that, or to answer this. "If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound?" "Fagatory, retardance and stupidity."
Oh, here we go with the "terrorist attacks against the government." "I'm not saying I work for Al-Qaeda, but let's just say I got my connects." "We all have a common enemy, and it starts with an F and ends with an I." "The motherfucker makes us pay taxes." "Root me."
Ah, that was a good laugh.
BoboBrazil
Member
I thought these guys were already outted and arrested. Is this not true?
abstract alien
Member
Why would the main point you bring up about taking down the government be on prostitution of all things?
Lol that dude is the funniest public speaker I have ever heard. His pauses when he speaks are classic, and i aint saying he al qaeda lolz.
Paying taxes and prostitution, he clearly thought out all this shit.
LMAO, the host's facial expressions are priceless.
pretty incredible
outsida
Member
I actually thought he was a text to speech program when he first started talking. And then he commenced to cut a wrestling promo for the ages.
Phat Michael
Banned
these guys have no social skills. There is a reason why they dont go outside or speak in public.
You might be sick in the head if you think the FBI/CIA/NSA or even the private sector want these kids. They arn't hackers. They're simply using precompiled executables to handle everything for them. They're script kiddies, nothing else.
6figure jobs? Please. Kids in the early 90s were far more impressive wrecking havoc on AOL.
I don't believe it for a second. If nothing actually happened they would've started attacks again as proof they were big and tough and still out there. None of this "just you wait until Christmas" nonsense.
Plus servers everywhere will be overloaded anyways due to Christmas so it'll be extremely easy to take credit for downtime.