Franz & Khalid Correspondence
                            (1997, Continued)

From: khalid.ali@utoronto.ca
X-Sender: khalid.ali@log3
To: John Tennyson Lee Franz <lee@faces.ula.ve>
Subject: Re: Timely Introduction

Franz,
I am sorry I am a little late today. Its freezing butt outside and I am becoming frustrated with this creepy cold.

You pointed out the consequences of the effects and detriments
of some of us in today's society as a result of OUR failure to
scientifically think and analyse the context of the socio-economic
environment in which we live in. As a result one has become just merely pawns, that is, the yes-men of the Capitalist conspiracy of ideological brainwashing and hegemonic deceit. With reason therefore one tends to regurgitate per vatim the very "essence" of the ruling ideas, beliefs, and values of who am I, what am I and what is my role in society. Consequently, one has become a victim of his or her own ignorance and down right stupidity.

It all boils down to being able to establish the basis of true
or false, through practice. Without praxical actions, one is doomed to the cemetery, sufficient to be recycled for the next generation of
ignoramuses and yes-men. This is the monster that one has to
confront in order to separate the living from the dead. So, who are the living and who are the dead? The DEAD are the icons of today's cultural bandwagon of the "Barbie Dolls" and the "Disney Lands", "Donald Ducks" types. They are the cadavers that consume with propensity and great loyalty the material gadgets like manna from the "heavens" that the market provides.

Therefore the capitalist succeed in their conspiracy of the
personification of these flimsy material gadgets as a necessity for one's existence in order to be happy and satisfied. They, therefore create a salient hunger for their tricks of "deceit", for cheap pleasure and happiness for the DEAD.

Not only do they deceive through consumer durables but through
the personification of personalities too. They promote with relative
impunity the glorification of  "the great man theory,"- the greatness of the "individual, " e.g., the George Bushes, the generals, the movie stars, the Miss Worlds,  etc; while they incrementally manage to dupe ones brains to take personal interest and value in what and who they are.

With reason they become the DEAD because they are duped with the ruling class poison of brain tampering. They don't need accidents to destroy or hurt their brains anymore, just let them join the gangs of the DEAD and they are brain dead for ever.

As you indicate and according to my analysis, it is the 'Living' that are the thinkers or vice versa, it is the thinkers that are the living,  Hope I make some sense in my arguments. Goodnight to you both!
And Love,

Khalid.
 

From: khalid.ali@utoronto.ca
X-Sender: khalid.ali@log3
To: John Tennyson Lee Franz <lee@faces.ula.ve>
Subject: "Sommy, the Cyberghost."

Thanks for your brief note. Hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. For me since yesterday it has just been wonderful. The weather is still cold - they call it "spring/winter" season. Yesterday, it was about -10 degrees, today is much better but with light snow.

You remember I told you of the story of Sommy, the Halker - the
cyber wizard that has been electronically stalking and harassing a
Windsor lady and her family. Its interesting since this news broke out how the family and 'Sommy" has developed "rockstar type" status in the North American media. But the flip side of it is, that governments and businesses are now openly concerned about the effectiveness of their present security measures to protect confidential information from going into the "wrong" hands.

The big worry for them is, that they don't know who knows what, where and how. Not even the CIA or NATO can single-handedly assure themselves that their secrets are still secrets. The "experts" are now warning that this case demonstrates, that sophisticated electronic equipment and the knowledge to use them are in almost
anyone's hands and this possess a threat not only to "the security of a nation," but the investments interests of business. A few months ago, a Halker was successful in cutting off the Prime Minister's phone and gas line from his confines of his computer at home. The argument goes that nothing is secret anymore.

Sommy, the Hacker, has repeatedly taunted the police, the FBI and other security agents - according to him he is smarter than they are and he can never be caught. He continues to tap the family's phone lines, interrupting conversations with burps and babble as well as some of their electronic equipment. He can even hear their conversations in the house (how? I really don't know, but the FBI have already failed to find any bugs in the home). Police confirmed that he has access to the family's electric power. "Sommy" was even able to uncover the lady's personal identification number for her bank card and boast that he can find
out anybody's secret bank code. So significant is the tale of the events that the Discovery Channel and NBC news and America's Most Wanted and the Unsolved Mysteries programs are now airing special documentaries on what is happening and are requesting help from the public for any information that can put SOMMY away for the rest of his life.

It's cyberghost at its best.  I'll leave you to draw the conclusions on
what can be the long and short term impact of this Sommy - the hacker.

Goodnight, good afternoon, love and best of wishes.

Khalid.

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