
BeastNet e-mail: BeastNet@farces.com        anonymous FTP: ftp.farces.com

For more information on BeastNet or to join us in our battle against The Beast,
contact BeastNet via e-mail at: BeastNet@farces.com or via anonymous ftp at:
ftp.farces.com

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BeastNet Background 
This document seeks to explain what BeastNet is, why it was created, its purpose
and specific goals, and how you can get involved in the fight agains The Beast.

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 BeastNet 
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:

Public Key------------------------------------------------------
User: BeastNet
PublicKeyInfo:
 MIGcMAoGBFUIAQECAgQAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDXvZDdGmlBLZP5ndMyzuUhSYu375WP
 OXrjKJW+QM8mnAVWpjZC8Btwun0/I6MHKp//p6Bd82WVmfDMQpNYqQjjncY+J6xW
 OHiFR8ILC80U+sE2q+vvXAFt5/w8BF9NlaW49bboSuGbR+s1J3p539MDoSpfvqni
 1grO7LpDm5V3zQIDAQAB
MD5OfPublicKey: 3B71C792C84780DA6911061A1C9B4056
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