Comments on: INSURGENCY FTW!!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:13:25 +0000

You know Don, you might want to check out the testimony -- your Troll Force idea is pretty much included. They actually use the word troll, and suggest enlisting American citizens to disrupt these online forums. They didn't think to televise it, though.

I don't think that example does answer my question though, Tim -- obviously that rocket would probably be fired without the contest. Weighing the technical difficulty of such a setup against the benefit that a new stylesheet provides to the cause of global jihad, it's still not obvious to me that the online operation is providing anything meaningful other than propaganda value.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:13:25 +0000

You know Don, you might want to check out the testimony — your Troll Force idea is pretty much included. They actually use the word troll, and suggest enlisting American citizens to disrupt these online forums. They didn’t think to televise it, though.

I don’t think that example does answer my question though, Tim — obviously that rocket would probably be fired without the contest. Weighing the technical difficulty of such a setup against the benefit that a new stylesheet provides to the cause of global jihad, it’s still not obvious to me that the online operation is providing anything meaningful other than propaganda value.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:10:53 +0000

I like the “terrorist camp” idea Don. But you need to take it further. At the end of every show one gets taken off and arrested. That way we can see his face on national TV when finds out it was all for our entertainment. PRICELESS!

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:10:53 +0000

By: Don Marti

Don Marti — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:18:45 +0000

There are at least two TV show ideas in here.

“Troll Force” — a secret US government project enlists the Slashdot trolls for language training, then provokes deadly real-life flamewars among the webmasters and regulars of jihadi sites.

“Terrorist Camp” — a false-flag extremist site run by a TV network signs up 20 Western wannabe terrorists for a hidden camera “training camp”. Undignified hazing and humiliation of “recruits” follows.

By: Don Marti

Don Marti — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:18:45 +0000

There are at least two TV show ideas in here.

“Troll Force” — a secret US government project enlists the Slashdot trolls for language training, then provokes deadly real-life flamewars among the webmasters and regulars of jihadi sites.