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maskormenace2017-05-08 08:14 pm
nastygram) wrote in maskormenace2017-05-08 08:14 pm
Entry tags:
- john constantine | con man,
- † andrew pulaski | apollo,
- † brendan frye | n/a,
- † daisy johnson | quake,
- † darlene | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gwen wynne-york | n/a,
- † jacob taylor | the protector,
- † kara zor-el | supergirl,
- † rincewind | n/a,
- † sam merlotte | n/a,
- † will graham | wolf trap,
- † yusuke kitagawa | fox
video | anonymous
[The video, when it begins, is on a loop: three minute segments of anonymous space, with a steady stream of white noise.
The white noise continues until, eventually, it is broken by a voice thick with electronic distortion.]
Hello, imPorts.
The natives here are more than happy to believe that their government is looking out for their best interest. The same cannot be said for us, the imPorts: we who were dragged here from our homes, assigned houses, powers, jobs. Categorized, classified, tracked, yes, and monitored, paid off within a meager system of incentivization and reward, motivated by our own complacency to both sit down and shut up. From the dawn of imPort history it has been left up to us, the imPorts, to figure out this whole new life beneath these new and foreign stars. And does the government care? No. Not as long as you follow their rules. Do they care about our best interests? No. They only care that we abide by their rules.
We are the Constellation, and we are here to tell you that we do not believe in these rules. We have been hard at work figuring out our new lives, for you. And we have found that while we were busy not trusting the government--they have been just as busy not trusting us.
We, the imPorts, are not favored children. We, the imPorts, are not cherished heroes. We are the ones who are watched, always, by the most fixed and sleepless and critical of eyes.
We have a list, imPorts, a list that we are leaking to you now, live, for your perusal and your understanding.
Fuu Hououji. Commander Shepherd. Lucifer. Jacob Taylor. L'Arachel. Daisy Johnson. Count Dooku. The Doctor.
This, fellow imPorts, is a watch list. A list of your brothers and sisters who the government deemed watchworthy. People of interest. Some of them are still with us. Some of them are gone. And whether or not any of these people are worthily deemed dangerous, we want you, the people, to know: this is what happens when you go against the grain. Labeled as agents opposed. Granted their freedom under secret scrutiny. Catch, and tag, and release.
To those who will, inevitably, dismiss this list as inconsequential: stay tuned. This is not the only list.
And this will not be our one and only release to you, our public.
Remember: the only power that we have, imPorts, is the power that we give to ourselves. The only limits to that power are the limits that we allow. Do not forget this. Consider yourselves warned.
[The video of space continues for another minute after the voice ends. The volume of the white noise increases until it is, abruptly, cut off with a burst of static.]
[as per last year's watch list.]
The white noise continues until, eventually, it is broken by a voice thick with electronic distortion.]
Hello, imPorts.
The natives here are more than happy to believe that their government is looking out for their best interest. The same cannot be said for us, the imPorts: we who were dragged here from our homes, assigned houses, powers, jobs. Categorized, classified, tracked, yes, and monitored, paid off within a meager system of incentivization and reward, motivated by our own complacency to both sit down and shut up. From the dawn of imPort history it has been left up to us, the imPorts, to figure out this whole new life beneath these new and foreign stars. And does the government care? No. Not as long as you follow their rules. Do they care about our best interests? No. They only care that we abide by their rules.
We are the Constellation, and we are here to tell you that we do not believe in these rules. We have been hard at work figuring out our new lives, for you. And we have found that while we were busy not trusting the government--they have been just as busy not trusting us.
We, the imPorts, are not favored children. We, the imPorts, are not cherished heroes. We are the ones who are watched, always, by the most fixed and sleepless and critical of eyes.
We have a list, imPorts, a list that we are leaking to you now, live, for your perusal and your understanding.
Fuu Hououji. Commander Shepherd. Lucifer. Jacob Taylor. L'Arachel. Daisy Johnson. Count Dooku. The Doctor.
This, fellow imPorts, is a watch list. A list of your brothers and sisters who the government deemed watchworthy. People of interest. Some of them are still with us. Some of them are gone. And whether or not any of these people are worthily deemed dangerous, we want you, the people, to know: this is what happens when you go against the grain. Labeled as agents opposed. Granted their freedom under secret scrutiny. Catch, and tag, and release.
To those who will, inevitably, dismiss this list as inconsequential: stay tuned. This is not the only list.
And this will not be our one and only release to you, our public.
Remember: the only power that we have, imPorts, is the power that we give to ourselves. The only limits to that power are the limits that we allow. Do not forget this. Consider yourselves warned.
[The video of space continues for another minute after the voice ends. The volume of the white noise increases until it is, abruptly, cut off with a burst of static.]
[as per last year's watch list.]
no subject
the proof lies in the domainkey that is embedded in the source document that can be provided, free of charge, to those who are interested.
the context is, criminals rubbing elbows with dissenters. monitored in the same way. on this list, one is as bad as the other. by this list, we learn that we, the imPorts, are painted with the broadest brush. suddenly disagreement becomes synonymous with criminal activity. the lines become blurred. the imPorts become a WHOLE. to be mistrusted, distrusted, monitored.
if you are not surprised by the monitoring: good.
there are those who are surprised.
and there are those who do not know the level to which we are monitored.
injected upon your arrival with an irreversible bug we call nanites.
no subject
Your eloquence can't make up for the fact you paint imPorts with the same broadstrokes and claim their best interests. Do you actually have anything substantial to differentiate yourselves from the very people you're up in arms against?
And isn't the lack of knowledge about how heavily we're monitored your fault if you can do posts like this to the public? Or did you just shrug and decide the nanite thing isn't worth mentioning to people, same as the ones who did the injecting?
[Never trust anyone who says they've got your best interests at heart and doesn't claim to want anything. The last person who fed him that line tried to put a bullet through his chest. He's learned better.]
no subject
we differentiate ourselves by virtue of our status as your fellow imPorts. we speak as imPorts. we have no power beyond the self same power that you yourself have: the power of imPorts.
substantial power.
the regular monitoring of imPorts has been the subject of much speculation and assumption
we knew we were watched
your tattoo will change if you register, if you unregister, if you go AWOL, if you commit a crime
you are watched
the point of this post is to make plain the truth of assumptions and speculations
and to make plain the truth that in the all watching eyes of the government, a crime of dissent and disagreement and a refusal to toe a line drawn by that government is a crime synonymous with all others
no subject
Clearly you do have some power, power enough to get ahold of things that people are trying to hide. But other than the list, you didn't give any info that wasn't already known. People know about the tattoos, so rationally, they know they're being watched and what the rules are, unfair as they may be. You're not actually clearing anything up the way you seem to think you are.
My advice is, whichever one of you in the 'us' you keep using is speaking? Take a high school level Speech class or join the Debate team. Your rhetoric could use some work the same way a desert could use some rain.
Besides, as we say back home, it's only a crime if you get caught.
no subject
we fail to understand the meaning behind your closing cliche fellow imPort
it is indeed only a crime if you get caught
the list is a form of being caught
we would also like to point out that we have not been caught
there is some hope
what crime do you intend to commit?
no subject
Also underage drinking, probably. Second favorite crime next to jaywalking, there.
no subject
but your awareness
and we are constantly disappointed.
your choices are as mundane as the choices of others.
enjoy your own style of subservience.
enjoy your pretense of choice.
enjoy the safety of your own masturbatory critique.
enjoy living in a world built on fantasy, which simultaneously empowers and suppresses you.
enjoy the hypnosis of what passes for freedom in this place.
above all: enjoy obscurity.
whatever you think this is, it isn't.
we can only hope that someday you see.
no subject
Again: high school Speech class. Take a lot of notes when they go over connecting t' your audience. Or don't, I'm outta shits to give. Night.
[And with a bit of a yawn, he disconnects, clearly done with this bullshit.]