January 10th 2030

January 10th 2030

What follows is a series of excerpts from on-line discussions made over C/NET weekly Monday night broadcasts. The debate ‘Are criminal’s being unleashed over the net’ mirrors hundreds of similar voices being raised by the public over the past few months as escalation against the government rise.

The show is hosted by Charles Jaed.

EXCERPT 1

CJ – okay folks, we’ve two opinions so far; how about we go for a third? Caller 208, you’re up. What’s your name?
Caller – I’d prefer to by anonymous Charles, if that’s okay with you?
CJ – sure. What’s up?
Caller – well I was listening to your previous caller, who was questioning the media’s role in covering up several death’s relating to released AI criminals causing havoc on the net?
CJ – yeah?
Caller – well, I know for a fact that the US government have fucked up this whole thing and are doing a major cover-up. You know how many criminals are actually out there? Roaming the net?…58.
CJ – 58? That’s hard to believe.
Caller – believe it buddy. These guys are roaming the net, doing whatever the fuck they want. Jesus, these things are above and beyond the law in every possible way! How the hell do you arrest a piece of code?

EXCERPT 2 – another caller, later on in the evening.

Caller – Charles, that guy who called before hit the nail on the head. Not only is there almost four times the amount of escaped criminals on the net than the government and the press will allow, but I believe that both the media and the US government are actively covering up all incidents.
CJ – why would they do that?
Caller – Why? The real issue isn’t the amount of criminals out there. The real reason is why they are out there; why they have managed to escape. The real reason, Charles, is that an underground war between the United States and China is being fought under our very noses on the same cables and bandwidth this very conversation is occurring on.
CJ – and you’re saying that the press is in cahoots with the government to hide this fact? Sorry Caller, but I doubt the media would turn away from a story like that -
Caller – and not only that Charles. What makes you think that it’s just criminals out there? What’s stopping the FBI from putting their own people out there? Additionally what’s stopping the CHINESE from doing the very same thing?
CJ – that’s quite a disturbing thought.
Caller – disturbing it is. There’ s a new battlefield out there, one we can’t see, held right beneath our noses, propagated by shadows of our government and with no other agenda other than occupying the territory of a new country – the internet.