Essay/Term paper: How phreaks, anarchist, the kkk, and swp compare to big broth

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Many organizations today are considered bad or "evil".
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan, The Anarchy Organization, Supreme White
Power, which are Skinheads and Neo-Nazis, and Phreaks are a few of
these groups. These groups all have one thing in common......they
somehow break the law. The Ku Klux Klan "terrorized public officials in
efforts to drive them from office and blacks in general to prevent them from
voting and holding office." ( Microsoft Encarta 1995 Ku Klux Klan)
The "Klansmen" flogged, mutilated, or murdered their victims. Supreme
White Power (SWP) or "skin heads" are somewhat like the Ku Klux Klan.
The skin head groups are more local rather than the Ku Klux Klan, who all
have one leader. The Anarchy Organization is totally against
government. Their main idea is to be free. The reason why this
organization is considered "evil" is because of bombings and activities like
that from certain anarchists. Phreaks are hackers, but they don't just
specialize in computers. They are also into phones and electronic things
that they can rip off. As you will later see, this organization and our
government strongly resemble 1984's government and the Brotherhood.
The Ku Klux Klan people haven't gotten out of the idea
the black people and other foreigners are evil, which they call, "alien
outsiders". These "outsiders" are "all non-Protestants, aliens, liberals,
trade unionists and striking workers". (Microsoft Encarta 1995) Their
traditions have been pasted down from generation to generation since
1865. Lately, Klansmen have been running for office and other
government jobs like that. Although the Ku Klux Klan and the
Brotherhood have nothing really outstandingly in common, they are both
considered evil by their society which are the U.S. government and the
Party. The Ku Klux Klan is not fighting to make things better, nor are
they doing anything constructive. In the Brotherhood they are out to
make life better for all.
The Anarchy Organization's purpose, according to
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, is to abolish "established
order using violent ways". Basically anarchists are out to overthrow any
law. In The Anarchy Organization's page they summarize what they are
after and what they want. They call themselves "artists fighting infections
f capital plague-machine society and the assault of free minds." (The
Anarchy Organization, page one) "TAO fights now for our lives, our
minds, and our planet." (The Anarchy Organization, page two.)
These people are not doing anything now to fight for their cause. Like in
1984, if these people surface, government will quickly shut these
people up and try and cover up. Anarchists have begun to think and
have chosen to rebel against their government. Perhaps everyone else
has been brainwashed into thinking that government is the best.
Members of the Brotherhood think, remember, and know something is
not right with their society. Just like the anarchists see all the laws being
broken and rights violated. there is a new bill that simply wants to have
censorship on the internet so you cannot access anything "bad". This
violates the 1st Amendment which gives us the right to freedom of speech
and freedom of the press, but this bill some how even made it to court.
In 1984, people against The Party saw that the quantity of food
distributed was becoming less. The Party stated, while talking about
chocolate, something that now they'll be giving more chocolate to each
family. This was obviously a lie when last week the quantity was more.
In the Brotherhood they believed in truth and letting people live life as
they want to live it, just like The Anarchy Organization.
Supreme White Power has over 30 different major
organizations. "The members of these groups have one big thing in
common: they hate members of racial, ethnic or religious groups that
are not the same as their own." (White supremacy on the rise by Mike
Harpin) The main people targeted of hatred and violence are Jewish
people, Hispanics, Asians, blacks and people who are Catholic
Christians. The more well-known groups are the Ku Klux Klan, the
Neo-Nazis, and the Skinheads. The reason why the Ku Klux Klan is
separate from the Neo-Nazis and the Skinheads is because the Ku Klux
Klan's hatred and violence is aimed more towards blacks rather than the
Neo-Nazis and the Skinheads, whose hatred is aimed more towards the
Jewish people. The Neo-Nazis, sometimes called White Aryan
Resistance, is a group that follows under Adolph Hitler's philosophies,
which targets Jewish people. Unlike the Ku Klux Klan, the Skinheads
do not join because they believe in the cause. Many join the "gang" to
feel apart of something because they feel that they do not belong anywhere
else. "Then others join because they like looking "different"." (White
Supremacy on the Rise. by Mike Harpin) You can spot a Skinhead by
their style. This style or "uniform" includes fatigues, flight jackets,
suspenders that hang down, and steel-toed boots or Doc Martens. The
most obvious thing about one is their shaved head. These people stand
out purposely. Unlike the Brotherhood, they don't have to be afraid of
government. The thing these Skinheads or Neo-Nazis fear are racial
groups that will and do fight back. The Skinheads say they aren't afraid
of anything, but when you have groups and tons of people out to kill you,
you should be afraid. In 1984, the Brotherhood could not march
around and protest like some Skinheads do. The Skinheads and
Neo-Nazis do not target government like the Brotherhood does. Either
way, they are both hated by society. It seems reasonable to hate the
White Supremacy groups because all they do is cause trouble, anger,
and pain, which most people do not want. In the Brotherhood they
believe in letting people choose what religion or what they want to do with
their life.
Phreaks are hackers. They are a group of people from
around the world that love to hack others computers and systems. Many
people believe that these "hackers" only cause trouble and hurt people.
When in fact many Phreaks go around and improve systems. They write
programs and all sorts of things for the public to enjoy. They may break
into bank's computers, but they do not always take something. One
Phreak was bragging about how he got into a bank's computer and saw "all
those numbers". When he was asked, "how much did you take?". His reply
was, " none". Phreaks get satisfaction from knowing they can beat
security. Every year different groups of Phreaks get together and hack the
world. A couple times they played with NASA's temperature control, air
port's times, and power plant's settings. No harm was caused though.
The reason why powerful Phreaks are hated by government is because they
can control a lot of their computers and systems. Many of the popular
Phreaks have connections into agencies like the Secret Service, NSA,
etc. and can get all sorts of information. The Secret Service has been
making threats to these people and magazines. Magazines like "Phrack"
and "2600", are constantly being harassed because of what they put in
their magazine. One of the writers for Phrack, Emmanuel Goldstein,
was getting phone calls from anonymous people, threating to shut them
down because they know too much or it could be because of their ideas
about government. Their ideas are almost the same as the anarchists.
In many phreak's home pages, they have a link to various anarchy pages.
The difference between the phreaks and the anarchist is that many phreaks
like to play around with government things, instead of trying to get rid of
government. They need something to hack into that would be a
challenge. The threats of shutting down the magazines or anything of
that sort directly violates the 1st Amendment. The freedom of speech.
Emmanuel Goldstein is not this person's real name. The name
coincidentally comes from 1984. Its obvious that Emmanuel Goldstein
thinks of himself as the Emmanuel Goldstein of 1984. In 1984, the
author pushes you towards believing that the Party members are the bad
guys and the Brotherhood as the good guys. If you thought of the
Brotherhood as good, why would the Phreaks be bad? Phreaks and
anarchists see society and government the same way, but Phreaks only go
half way with government. They want to get rid of many laws, but they
do not want "chaos". A difference between the Brotherhood and Phreaks
is the way they are treated. If someone was caught being a part of the
Brotherhood, the Party would make a big deal about it. The way Phreaks
are treated is: "What?" The Phreaks that do cause trouble are locked
away quietly. This might be done because our government has
something to hide. And when the police say they have caught the best
hacker in the world, its to make them look good. There is no best
hacker because there are many specialties and the best hackers do not get
caught. Both organizations expose how bad and what our government is
doing. The simple presence of the Brotherhood says that many people
see a problem in their government. Some Phreaks have posted secret
messages, de-coded on the internet, showing what is happening in
different government agencies. Phreaks have not opened security to the
public, they were allowed to by their rights.
Some of these groups are considered bad, but the
choice is up to the individual. Our government seems to be moving
towards a 1984 society, where you are not free at all. The Bill of Rights
is here to protect us from someone higher hurting us, but the US
Government seems to violate these rights. We the people should not let
this happen. 1984 does a good job illustrating what might happen if we
do not stop this bill passing madness. We have already begun to see the
slow process of government taking over. It's just a warning to us all.

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