This here is the declaration of war released by Anon.
RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the "Church" of Scientology and the Internet and making provisions to prosecute the same.
Whereas the "Church" of Scientology has committed unprovoked acts of war against the Internet and Society as a whole; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the security and freedom of the Internet and it's users; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that Anonymous exercise its rights to self-defense and to seek out lulz: Therefore be it Resolved by Anonymous in /i/ and /b/ assembled,
That the state of war between the Anonymous and the "Church" of Scientology which has thus been thrust upon the Internet is hereby formally declared; and
That Anonymous is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire force of Anonymous and the resources of the Internet to prosecute war against the "Church" of Scientology; and
To bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of Anonymous are hereby pledged.
What are the opinions of the scholars on this event? Is it meaningless and trivial? Is it important? What will be the outcome?
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For those uninformed, the most comprehensive source of info, if biased, is the chanology entry on ED.
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/PROJECT_CHANOLOGY#Houston.2C_TX:_Sunday.2C_February_10
As I said, it is biased, but it does give an overview of events so far. There is some media coverage, but as usual with events such as this, they tend to be pretty uninformed.
http://gawker.com/347367/why-kids-on-the-internet-are-scientologys-most-powerful-enemy
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2008/01/hacking-makes-s.html
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/anonymous-attac.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/01/24/1311252
I have seen a NBC video reporting this, but I've been unable to find the link again.