Trouble And Her Friends
"You wanted to know who I am Zero Cool? Well, let me explain the New World Order. Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai... the keyboard cowboys... and all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on, are the cattle.... Moo..." (Hackers, 52 min). This quote emphasizes the theme of the book I've read, Trouble and Her Friends, by Melissa Scott. Sometimes in life, you don't always seem to feel in control. Well, imagine believing that you are but somehow finding out your not. India, or her alias Trouble, was one of those people who were behind the scenes, lurking in the shadows. She is a person that does not fear such things because she is the one in control...until she loses it. Can you imagine, being free as a bird, lurking around the net, experiencing it with all your senses to the ultimate limit? Then, as qui
ckly as you were out on your own, you are tragically yanked off the net because of a law passed by Congress. Well, this is indeed what happened to Trouble. She is forced to run away from everyone and everyone she knows in order to start her life over again. To trust the government is one thing, but as you can see in this book, it all starts with some Internet censorship acts, and leads up to something like the Evans-Tindale Act, which breaks down all online freedom as wee know it. One of the main themes in this book is that the government will attempt to control citizen's activities at all costs. This greatly relates to the modern world of today. Every day in Congress, they pass or veto a law that directly affects us. A big deal now is the laws on censorship, specifically on the Internet, and people of our country and the world feel threatened. As Cereal Kil
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SYSCOP SVI-four, Scott Sometimes, Cereal Killer, World Governments, Moo Hackers, Evans-Tindale Act, Zero Cool,
Approximate Word count = 584
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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