Moral Quandry

I don't really approve of vandalism as an act of civil disobedience, not even cyber-vandalism like DNS attacks. I think protests should be constructive rather than destructive. Yet I find I can't muster up any outrage against the attempted shutdown of Americans For Prosperity's website. The undercover activist group released a statement explaining:

It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch--the billionaire owners of Koch Industries--have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we fight back.

...Anonymous cannot ignore the plight of the citizen-workers of Wisconsin, or the opportunity to fight for the people in America's broken political system. For these reasons, we feel that the Koch brothers threaten the United States democratic system and, by extension, all freedom-loving individuals everywhere. As such, we have no choice but to spread the word of the Koch brothers' political manipulation, their single-minded intent and the insidious truth of their actions in Wisconsin, for all to witness.

...Anonymous hears the voice of the downtrodden American people, whose rights and liberties are being systematically removed one by one, even when their own government refuses to listen or worse - is complicit in these attacks. We are actively seeking vulnerabilities, but in the mean time we are calling for all supporters of true Democracy, and Freedom of The People, to boycott all Koch Industries' paper products. We welcome unions across the globe to join us in this boycott to show that you will not allow big business to dictate your freedom.

I suppose it makes me morally flawed or something to be sort of cheering for their success. I'm trying to justify it by the fact that the Koch's front group is a virtual enemy combatant and poses an extreme danger to civil society.

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