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She knew what she did was unacceptable, notice in the video that she makes sure no one is watching her before she tosses the cat in the bin. If she thought it was acceptable she wouldn’t have worried about witnesses. She knew it was wrong, but she did it anyway.

Keep in mind that when police departments, or even governments are looking for people they have a team of what, 5 people? 10 people? 100 maybe? And those are people working at a job, so they are taking breaks to go to the bathroom, smoke a cigarette, get lunch, etc. On the other hand, 4chan is hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people who are bored and won’t stop until they find what they are looking for… or until someone posts a funny .gif

I’m glad she’s afraid for her life. Let that be a lesson to her. She got what she deserved. How do you think the cat felt? The cat could have suffocated.

When I first read the post I thought “she is now under police protection” was referring to the cat.

You can’t link to things on 4chan, the site is realtime with no archives, so if you don’t see it when it’s happening you can’t go back and see it later.

Mm hmm. Tell me again, Boing Boing bloggers, why you’re not in favor of ubiquitous surveillance? Or is it only right to have access to personal information when you have the freedom to use it irresponsibly?

I have seen Little Brother, and it is 4chan.

QFT

Some people can’t empathize with toddlers or babies. Does this justify them in tossing them in bins?

Seriously, personal feelings aren’t a good source for a legal system.

It would be nice if she were given treatment until she was nice to animals, but making her realize it’s wrong to torture them should be enough.

1. You assume the Boing Boing writers are opposing every single instance of surveillance and that they do not distinguish from government-controlled surveillance networks, single establishment-based surveillance, and private surveillance.

2. You also assume that it is a black and white-only issue where you either is with the terrorists/pro-surveillance/something or with us (the good guys).

What’s a vigilante?

You’re arguing for rule of law from one side of your mouth and ignoring rule of the law with the other side. And all with your “eyes wide open.”

You are a vigilante.

>> And yet, the law is the law. It may not appeal to you personally, it may not serve the interests of a community, but it is established, it is “put to paper,” unlike vigilantism.

That is the saddest, most defeatist, and pathetic defense of society I have ever beheld.

>> To assume moral authority and take revenge makes you no better than an animal.

You’re like a one-man cliche machine. “The law is the law.” “Revenge makes you no better than an animal.” You’re Jack Webb.

I think you’ve heard all of those platitudes your entire life, but have never taken time to examine them. “The law is the law.” What is that?

And then you follow up by saying you have no “hang-ups” (Christ, another cliche), therefore you are an animal.

I’m saying there is no record, no quotes, and no links because it is myth, deception, or hysterical rhetoric. I’d love to be proven wrong.

But the hyperbole and innuendo is flying hot and heavy over this (just like the Assange dust-up). I’d just like to see basic sourcing given a hearing in this entire clusterfuck. Not unreasonable, I assert.

No.

4chan for all of its universe-spanning power has yet to devise a way to remotely disable the simple screen capture button.

Ah, but you forget: “/b/ is not your personal army.” Especially if it does not care for your particular problem. So, unless it involves a cat being harmed intentionally by a person, don’t count on any help on request.

Most of the targets /b/ goes after are identified after having a lead due to some kind of online presence on the part of the targeted person. This case appears to be different.

This is a group of people who use a combination of technical skill and crowd sourcing to accomplish all kinds of goals. Given the near total anarchy of 4chan, this is quite amazing.

According to Moot, 4Chan has over half a million unique hits in a 30 day period. It is quite likely that given the slightest bit of information about a person, they could track that person down if :
-That person lives in a westernized moderately populated area
-There is sufficient motivation for 4chan to care.

Justice vs Revenge?

Just because a punishment is meted out by a sanctioned authority does not make it justice.
Just because a punishment is meted out otherwise does not make it revenge.

Is it justice for this woman to not be charged for (what i assume is) a criminal act?
Is it revenge for this woman to be outed in her community for the cruel and inhumane actions she has taken?

Proportional punishment is justice, regardless of the source. It is necessary as a warning for others who would consider anti-social behavior.

I made that up.

It’s MINE, bitches!

Recognize.

But a measured and proportional punishment is appropriate, whatever the source.

However, so many studies have shown that sociopathic behavior often starts as animal cruelty before escalating to violence against humans, it is generally accepted as a fact (well, as close as anything in the realm of psychology can be a fact)

Outing this vile old hag for what she is could prevent future violence. Hell, its a lot more likely than the idea that invading foreign countries will prevent people from hating the US enough to try to blow up buildings.

It is the governments fault that it has come to this.