Communists, Vegetarians, Anarchists

Sunday , 26, October 2008 Leave a comment

So Drudge linked to a story in the AP about an Army report about how terrorists could use modern technology, such as GPS, voice-changing software, and Twitter.  The focus on the article was Twitter.  This is my favorite quotation:

“Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences,” the report said. [emphasis mine]

Watch out for those Twittering Vegetarians.  They might tell their friends how bored they are in jury duty.

Seriously though, I don’t have any idea why vegetarians are listed as an activist group of concern.  Or atheists for that matter.  Perhaps we should be:

chitchens: I totally don’t believe in god, by jove.
dawkins666 @ chitchens: blimey chris, neither do i!
b69maher @ dawkins666: lets go picket a church!
dawkins66 @ b69maher: tots, dawg!  see you there!
b69maher @ chitchens : yo chris, we’re gonna go picket a church, you in?
chitchens @ b69maher: sorry pal, i gotta go get water boarded again for VF article
chitchens @ b69maher: myb l8r?  midnight mass mayhem!
b69maher: TWITTER RULES, DOWN WITH RELIGION

Okay.  So that’s probably not a scenario that would ever happen, but at least we’re prepared for it.  (Also, my gut tells me all those dudes are probably agnostics, but I bet the Army doesn’t split hairs like that.  “Agnostic, Atheist, Muslim, Gay, Martian…  What’s the difference?”)