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|     We Must Regain Our Freedom!         |--------| Written  |
|         Written by Epiphany             |        |    On    |
|         Of Port7Alliance.com            |        |2.10.2001 |
|contact me at: ddark316@netzero.net      |--------|++++++++++|
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	It's sad to say but in today's society the term hacker is nothing but 
a meaningless word. I have read that the word once had a definite meaning. 
It meant either a person who was totally engrossed in computer programming 
and technology or someone who liked to take apart operating systems and 
programs to see what made them tick. But today a "hacker" is someone who 
writes programs that destroy computer data, vandalizes websites, and steals 
personal data such as a Social Security or Credit Card number. A "hacker" 
is considered all of this. The sudden change of definition seemed strange 
to me. I researched it and discovered that the U.S. government wants people
 to view "hackers" as a threat so they can impose more laws and regulations 
which take away our privacy and our freedom.

	According to the site http://zippy.sonoma.edu/Projectcensored, the
government is starting to allow private companies to control the Internet.
This means that all information on the net that isn't deemed suitable by
the companies will be removed. This is a violation of our freedom of speech 
right, but since the government is telling the public how evil "hackers" 
are, people will accept the change and lose their freedom unknowingly.

	The system will become more powerful and we will become less free
because of the lies they spread about hackers. While there are many 
people intent on commiting crime and destroying computers, these people 
make up less than one percent of all crime in the U.S. And when something
does happen it is always blown out of proportion. An example of this is the 
"I Love You Virus." This so-called "virus" was really a mere worm that made
about fifty copies of itself and overwrited one or two .wav and .mp3 files.
But the U.S. officials said it was the most malicious virus ever created.

	The media doesn't help. CNN and other news channels provide information
that is incomplete and one sided. For example they will tell you about the 
person who lanches a DDOS attack on major Internet companies. But they won't 
tell you about the person who discovers a flaw in Microsoft and instead of 
exploiting the flaw, contacts the company. The media will never tell you about 
the people who are a trying to bring back meaning to the word "hacker." They 
will never tell you about the true hacker.

	 A true hacker is a seeker of knowledge. A Hacker wants the truth. He 
wants to know what his government knows. If this country is a democracy,
which is supposed to be "For The People and By The People", then why do 
they keep secrets from us, why do they lie to us. Why, because the system
has been corrupted. It only stands today to rob it's citizens of their
freedom. Freedom the reason the United States was founded. Today I tell you,
open your eyes, see the world in a new perspective, have an epiphany. We must
regain our freedom!

					      Written By Epiphany
                                                   Of Port7Alliance.com
                                                         2-10-01

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