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Anonymous hacks Westboro Baptist Church during talk show

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News- During an episode of an on-line talk show "The David Pakman Show" Anonymous was addressing the accusations of having previously threatened to attack the church's sites. During this show there was a debate between Shirley Phelps-Roper of the WBC and a representative of Anonymous. The Anonymous rep continually denied the accusations and that Anonymous didn't have anything to do with the attack. The rep also noted that they have already addressed these accusations, but were responded with an aggressive response from the WBC. During the final moments of the interview Anonymous hacked the WBC site in retaliation to the WBC response during the interview.


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Adam Goldstein: Wasn't there a recent court ruling that protects WBC's freedom of speech? There was a lawsuit from a grieving father after his son, a soldier who died in Iraq, against WBC for the right to mourn peacefully and suing for emotional damages. Because WBC followed all the rules of a peaceful and legal protest, the judge ruled in favor of WBC. This has touched off a firestorm of debate on what the limits of free speech are or should be. What do you all think?