<i>"It is, in that way, no different than any “occupy” protest. Instead of a group of people standing outside a building to occupy the area, they are having their computer occupy a website to slow (or deny) service of that particular website for a short time."</i><p>Sure, if it's opt-in. Most DDOS attacks come from botnets controlled by only a few people and although sometimes they are used for protests or other good reasons, it's simply too much power for one person to have.<p>Perhaps a website that allows people to 'join the protest' using something like JSLOIC would be morally okay, as it would only have an effect if enough people joined in. Really don't see this passing, though!<p>Example of JSLOIC: <a href="http://cisko.fr/" rel="nofollow">http://cisko.fr/</a>