A Letter from Anonymous

(note: Since this is open source free speech, I've become the editor of this specific incarnation of this document. I did not change the concept, only tweaked the structure and grammar.

My commentary: Supporting good ideas and seeing them through are often two different things.)

AnonOps History

Our Message, Intentions, and Potential Targets

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
– Benjamin Franklin

Hello World. We are Anonymous.

What you do or do not know about us is irrelevant. We have decided to write to you, the media and all citizens of the free world to inform you of our message, our intentions, potential targets and our ongoing peaceful campaign for freedom.

True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.
Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! — But taking sorcery from the master-hand To paralyse the Cæsars, and to strike The loud earth breathless! —
Take away the sword — States can be saved without it!
- The CardinalRichelieu; Or the Conspiracy by: Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The message is simple: Freedom of Speech.

Anonymous is peacefully campaigning for Freedom of Speech everywhere in all forms. Freedom of Speech for: The Internet, for journalism and journalists and for citizens of the world at large. Regardless of what you think or have to say; Anonymous is campaigning for you.

The recent news of our campaigns has been, at best, misinformed. Anonymous is not always the same group of people. In much the same way that the Constitution of the United States is said to be a living document, because it can be edited, amended; changed at the will of the people to suit the peoples' needs; Anonymous is a living idea.

Anonymous is an idea that can be edited, updated, remanded, changed on a whim. We are living consciousness. We are not a terrorist organization as governments, demagogues and the media would have you believe. At this time Anonymous is a consciousness focused on campaigning peacefully for Freedom of Speech. We ask the world to support us, not for our sake, but for your own.

When governments control freedom they control you. The Internet is the last bastion of freedom in this evolving technical world. The Internet is capable of connecting us all. When we are connected we are strong. When we are strong we have power. When we have power we are able to do the impossible. This is why governments, like China and the US are moving on Wikileaks. This is what they fear. They fear our power when we unite. Do not forget this.

...Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men.
- Monsignor, Boondock Saints

Anonymous' intentions are very clear. We are not vigilantes, regardless of the sentiment of quoting Boondock Saints, we are people on a campaign for freedom.

Anonymous' intentions are to change the current way the governments of the world and the people view true Freedom of Speech and The Internet. Anonymous is willing, ready, and able to campaign for the freedom for all. We are campaigning right now as you read the news, watch the television, fight with your significant other, love your children, hate your neighbor, criticize the man or woman next to you. We are campaigning.

The goal is simple: Win the right to keep the Internet free of any control from any entity, corporation, or government. We will do this until our, proverbial, dying breath. We do this not only for our selves, but for the world and its people at large.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul

Pay attention citizens, governments, and the world. Anonymous' peaceful campaign will focus on any organization, corporation, government, or entity until the Internet is truly free.

Anonymous is doing what many successful campaigns have done in the past; a sit-in. It may be hard to comprehend, but a digital sit-in is our most effective method to show that all of us deserve Freedom of Speech and a free Internet. Our methods may appear, on the outside, to be cruel to those the entities that we are campaigning against. But remember, by supporting censorship they are denying everyone a basic human right.

Any person, corporation, government, or miscellaneous entity that stops supporting censorship and starts promoting Freedom of Speech and a free Internet will become our allies. Anonymous, at this time, wants to persuade our counterparts rather than hurt them.

We are campaigning for freedom for everyone, even the opposing side. Do not fear us. Anonymous' campaign does not intend to harm the individual citizen, any organizations, any websites, or government, that supports true freedom of speech.

Anonymous' past is not our present. We are here for all of you; to campaign for all of you. Where others have made this promise and failed; we make this promise and aim to keep it for everyone.

Anything attributed, credited, or tagged to Anonymous is not always what we do. We are not always the same consciousness on a yearly, monthly, or even hourly basis. Do not believe everything you hear or read on the news. Anonymous is often credited with actions that are not campaigned for by Anonymous. The true core of Anonymous is here to help the free world for now. Anonymous wishes to represent the truth and ask that you as a citizen, media organization, or government do the same.