YAHOO NEWS reports: “MasterCard's website was shut down for much of the day on Wednesday as a group calling itself AnonOps organized a "Denial of Service" attack on the credit card giant, which had stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks after the United States criticized its release of sensitive diplomatic cables.”
Factually, MasterCard has attacked Freedom of Speech – it has effectively censored the rights of those who utilize there service … that is NOT one of their reserved rights within the service contract. In effect, MasterCard has taken it upon itself to act as censor on behalf of subscribed financial institutions.
By rights, MASTERCARD should be sued by its users; it should be charged by a Federal Regulatory Agency and its franchise suspended until such time as it pays restitution and putative damages … and those making the decision to deny payments are fired and, ideally, imprisoned.
Of course, it would require a just society and Federal employees who honor the United States Constitution – does anyone really believe they exist?
Most Harm to the Most People … chip away at the basic laws and foundation of the world’s leading democratic nation … it starts with institutions being allowed to censor free political speech. (NOTE: Supreme Court has already ruled money/donations to represent protected speech).
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