Racist Website

blackprince491 wrote:no matter how we personally feel about racists (I DESPISE THEM!) there is no way we could ethically or legally condone hacking them for real.

You may not ethically or legally condone it but if someone happened to do it would you really be all heartbroken?

You know there is a thing called "ethical hacking" to which I'd conclude simply from the name is used for good but, is it good to limit others ability to express their freedom? I do suppose that hacking, basically is used for your own ends but, practicing self restraint and a small hint of morality (optional) is necessary when conceiving or executing hacks on others property. Really hacking is illegal (not that anyone cares) so by committing to an illegal act I suppose the rules would be up to you... I personally don't believe it would be o.k. for you to hack a site just for racism. Some of the realistic missions do depict hacking a racist site but usually when some one else has been hacked, probably being the only real way you can hack ethically. But really I do not condone such a thing but, I do believe its up to you whether or not to do so. :mrgreen:

Why give a crap about some ignorant, <cough cough> pregnat dog posting his worthless opinion on the internet at all? I don't think racism is rite. But and if somebody disagrees, I don't care enough to hack their website.

I agree with you, racism is wrong. No ifs ands or buts about it. I say to hell with racists site. Hell, if you find any, let me know, Ill aid you in their destruction.

How about you put some racist websites and i'll kick them off the internet :twisted:

Regardless of what people say, everyones racist, whether it be negative or positive.

Also verbal racism is not a hate crime.

Stopping people speaking there views, whether or not what they say is something you agree with IS taking away someone freedom of speech.

Calling everyone who is racist "ignorant", only suggests you, yourself are ignorant, you can not judge everyones opinions equally without knowing the reasons they think it in the first place.

lmfao a racist website, lol, ooh "im a member of the kkk and and want to kill all damn blacks, so ill learn java and html"
i don't picture redneck racists being a big threat on the internet, lol to me it sounds so stupid

Take it down, and kick the fascist scum out.
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by **Ntvu** on Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:04 pm ([msg=4632]see Re: Racist Website[/msg])

^agreed

Racism shouldn't be part of the freedom of speech, and I don't think that it is either. And I want it to remain that way, because discriminating people is a bad thing.

Hmm. This is a hard one. This is all a matter of opinion on what an equal punishment for any given crime is. When I say equal, I mean such a punishment that the amount of good done is the same as the amount of bad/evil done. This is probably one of the hardest things to measure.
The whole 'an eye for an eye' thing would be the greatest, most fair way of deciding a punishment, only if by taking the person's who did the wrong eye, you could give it back (fully functional) to the person who had the damage inflicted on them to begin with.

So, in your case, I believe that it would be ethically correct to hack the racist website, as it would return the "right to be who you are" back to the targeted race.

Now, make sure that you are understanding the web site's FULL meaning. Maybe it looks like they are targeting a specific race, when really, they are targeting a specific group of people that happens to be in that race. For example, maybe the site is only targeting 'gangsters', who are predominately black. Or perhaps they are targeting the KKK, predominately white. Then, I believe that the punishment they are administering is fair.
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I usually don't read every post in a thread before I reply to it (maybe not the greatest idea.)... anyway, I did catch a glimpse of 'freedom of speech'. I thought to myself "if by acting upon your freedom of speech, it oppresses someone else's freedom, especially someone Innocent's freedom, should freedom of speech be a valid defense?" And my answer was no, it is simply ludicrous to destroy a person's, or group's of people freedom, and then say that you have the freedom to do that. Hypocrite.

Enjoy.