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4 July 1994

Announcing BeastNet! On this historic day, we are pleased to announce
the creation of a new voice for freedom, a new champion of liberty,
and a new means of creating a better life for all Americans. BeastNet
is now online!

What Is BeastNet?
BeastNet is a loosely affiliated private coalition of sovereign
citizens dedicated to fighting the Beast and its agents in all their
manifestations. BeastNet is an electronic champion for free speech,
civil liberties and Constitutional rights.

How Did BeastNet Come to Be?
Any serious examination of the sate of affairs in the world
today--specifically in the United States--is likely to ellicit one of
two typical responses:

1) You experience a shock so great and startling that you are spurred
    to action to right the wrongs of the world, but in the process, you
    lose sanity and any semblance of a normal life.

2) You decide immediately that the situation is hopeless, things
    can't be salvaged, and the best course of action is to sit back and
    chuckle (or perhaps fiddle) while the world burns.

The founders of BeastNet are happy with neither of these options, and
have thus decided to combine the two into a
"chuckle-while-we-save-the-world" approach.

BeastNet is predicated on the unifying theory that "The Beast" is the
name we have given to that which is despised as contrary to the
peaceful, prosperous and common interests of the nations and
individuals of the world. Similarly, "Agents of The Beast" are people
or orginizations who, either unwittingly or with full cognizance, work
to further the cause of The Beast. The founders of BeastNet understand
that it is not only their right to speak out against injustice,
intolerance and oppression, but in fact their duty as Americans and
citizens of the earth to fight these evils.

The Beast, as you may have guessed by now, is everywhere. It lurks in
the jingles churned out by Madison Avenue ad agencies, hides in the
bumbling ineptitude and petty greed of Washington congressmen, grows
in the fear and ignorance of bigots everywhere, and lingers in the
rank ambition, laziness and incompetence of the hack reporter striving
for the cheap headline.

How Is BeastNet Funded?
BeastNet is a self-sufficient organization and is privately funded by
its members and receives no money or other support of any kind from
government or corporate sources. Currently, BeastNet is not accepting
any outside funding, but that position may change in the near future
depending on the response to BeastNet, the expenses incurred in
administering it and other factors.

What is BestNet All About?
The idea behind BeastNet is to create an open forum on the Internet
where people can exchange information, ideas, opinons and speculation
about the nature and activities of The Beast. BeastNet seeks to
agitate and irritate the powers that be in the mainstream media, big
business, government and other centers of power and status quo. It is
the goal of BeastNet to upset the apple cart in an attempt to provide
all sovereign citizens a fighting chance at the freedoms and equality
supposedly guaranteed by the US Constitution. Ultimately, the goal of
BeastNet is to raise public awareness about The Beast and create a
culture of conscience that is compelled to fight The Beast and its
agents.

How Can Others Get Involved With BeastNe?
You can help fight The Beast by passing along any relevant information
you might find. You can e-mail information to us at
BeastNet@farces.com or upload it to our "incoming" directory at our
ftp site at ftp.farces.com.

You can also help by spreading the word about BeastNet to other places
and people on the Net.

While BeastNet does not impose copyright restrictions on any documents
posted in its archives, some material contained within some BeastNet
documents may be the copyrighted intellectual propoerty of other
entities, used by BeastNet either with or without permission. Be aware
that you may be violating copyright laws by resposting BestNet
materials, although BeastNet encourages the redistrubtion of all its
documents, provided our disclaimers and contact information remain
intact.

What's Next For BeastNet?
Besides our FTP site, BeastNet is planning to launch a series of
mailing lists in the summer of 1994. If you have ideas about what kind
of mailing lists you'd like us to create, please send them in. We'll
also be setting up a Mosaic home page and putting all of our
information on the World-Wide Web.

Outside the Net, look for BeastNet to pull the ocassional prank and
media stunt to draw attention to The Beast and its agents. We would
outline the plans for some of these pranks, but The Beast is no doubt
watching.

Are There Restrictions to BeastNet's Goals and Content?
BeastNet does not advocate or condone in any way activities that are
illegal or harmful to others, eiither on the Net or in the "real
world." BeastNet is not and will not allow itself to be involved with
destructive practices such as computer viruses, homebrew explosives,
violent overthrow of the government or other such acts. BeastNet is a
law-abiding, peaceful organization dedicated to social change and
national justice through raising public awareness.

About Privacy and Security on BeastNet
BeastNet is not necessarily interested in compiling lists of contact
information of those who visit our FTP site. We welcome free and open
communication from all of our members, but we do not require that you
reveal a "true" identity when logging in, nor do we keep any special
files of interested parties unless the specifically ask to be added to
our mailing list.

Our general mailing list is kept private and is not--nor will it ever
be--shared, sold, traded or revealed in any way to any corporate or
government interest. It is a private internal document seen and used
only by BeastNet.

All visits to the BeastNet site are, however, logged. This is because
BeastNet is not the sole occupant or the owner of the server on which
it resides, and in the interest of full disclosure and to help track
traffic for diagnostic purposes, log-ins to BeastNet are captured and
logged. If this is a problem for you, either log in under a psuedonym
or an anonymous account.

If you wish to send an encrypted file to BeastNet, please encrypt the
information using RipEm for the Macintosh. Our public key is at the
end of this file. For some "official" BeastNet files, such as this
one, we have added a digital signature to the file created using
RipEm. If you question the veracity or authenticity of a BeastNet
file, send it (in its original, unaltered state) to us for
verification or download our public key and verify it yourself using
RipEm.

BeastNet Contact Information:

    e-mail: BeastNet@farces.com
       ftp: ftp.farces.com
paper mail: BeastNet
               11288 Ventura Blvd.
               Suite 904
               Studio City, CA 91604


BeastNet Public Key:

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User: BeastNet
PublicKeyInfo:
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 OHiFR8ILC80U+sE2q+vvXAFt5/w8BF9NlaW49bboSuGbR+s1J3p539MDoSpfvqni
 1grO7LpDm5V3zQIDAQAB
MD5OfPublicKey: 3B71C792C84780DA6911061A1C9B4056
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