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[Pnx]

Eh... No offence but the way they're saying this stuff is kind of childish, melodramatic, and smug. I think whoever did this stuff really needs to work on their interpersonal skills.

As for whether they were trying to hack stuff, I wouldn't be that surprised if they were, but I haven't really seen solid evidence that that's what was attempted. Also I have to ask, if they do have some kind of evidence backing this up, why haven't they just come forward with it? Seems a bit silly to pull your punches like that.

[Nadaka]

Childish melodramatic and smug sounds like anonymous. They are a bunch of malcontents and ner do wells who occasionally think they can get more lulz by trolling the bad and the guilty rather than random people.

[Reelya]

http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/11/16/1837217/website-calls-out-authors-of-racist-anti-obama-posts

Discuss:

"A tumblr blog entitled 'HelloThereRacists' is publicly identifying other online posters who make racist/assassination comments about President Obama. Beyond merely identifying online usernames, the blog's author is uncovering and publishing the real names and locations of offending posters. It's an interesting mess of legal issues. The outed posters are at risk of a Secret Service visit, but the trouble may not end there. The HelloThereRacists blogger himself may have some problems publicly identifying posters, who are frequently underage teenagers."

[kaijyuu]

I don't particularly see a problem provided this information is freely available (on facebook or whatever). Now, there's some risks involved if the internet comes down on these people like a ton of bricks, but then it'd be the fault of the harassers, not the HelloThereRacists blogger.

[Reelya]

In other news, Indian science text-book goes all denialist - on meat eaters. Woohoo for vegetarian propaganda.

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/11/16/2246210/indian-school-textbook-says-meat-eaters-lie-and-commit-sex-crimes

"Meat-eaters 'easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes,' according to a controversial school textbook available in India. New Healthway, a book on hygiene and health aimed at 11 and 12 year-olds, is printed by one of India's leading publishers. '
...
'The strongest argument that meat is not essential food is the fact that the Creator of this Universe did not include meat in the original diet for Adam and Eve. He gave them fruits, nuts and vegetables,' reads a chapter entitled Do We Need Flesh Food? The chapter details the 'benefits' of a vegetarian diet and goes on to list 'some of the characteristics' found among non-vegetarians. 'They easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes,' it says."

[Darvi]

Hey, I never did a sex crime! Or forget a promise for that matter. Technically.

[kaijyuu]

Well, vegetarians do all that stuff too

[Nadaka]

Hey, I never did a sex crime! Or forget a promise for that matter. Technically.

Does speeding while getting road head count?

[Darvi]

Unless you promised not to...

[Fenrir]

The strongest argument that meat is not essential food is the fact that the Creator of this Universe did not include meat in the original diet for Adam and Eve.

People really will use that Guy to justify anything.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't get it. The stigma against meat eaters is from Hinduism, but the justification is from Christianity?

[Darvi]

If meat wasn't meant to be eaten, explain bacon.

[Nadaka]

If meat wasn't meant to be eaten, explain bacon.

It is pure distilled temptation for sin. It was put on earth by god to test the faith of men.

[Leafsnail]

http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/11/16/1837217/website-calls-out-authors-of-racist-anti-obama-posts

He should really stop outing underage teenagers.  It's both illegal and pretty wrong (kids generally don't really have fully formed political opinions anyway, and may have inherited them from parents).

[Euld]

And of course they don't mention the part where Jesus said it's ok to eat just about anything and when it's reaffirmed later in the New Testament.