Capital of Nasty Electronic Magazine
Volume I, Issue VII, Year MCMXCVI AD
Monday, July 29th, 1996
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1.      EDITORIAL:  More annoying letters from readers.
2.      POEM:       Empty Hearts      by Francesca Piscioneri 
3.      CoN's Official WebSite!       by Colin Barrett
4.      Il Coglione D'oro             by Colin Barrett
5.      FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!       by Jacqui (Re|3el)
6.      FASCISTS                      by Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro
7.      Pandora's Box                 by Hijal Sirine
8.      CoN: Submissions, comments.

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1.      EDITORIAL: Comments from a reader.

> Date:     Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:44:12 -0500 (CDT)
> From:     Francesca Antonaci <antonaci@coewl.cen.uiuc.edu>
> To:       Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro <leandro@ifront.com>
> Subject:  Re: Capital of Nasty, Issue VI, Volume I, Year MCMXCVI

> leandro..
> 
> if mail from rebel will be in the magazine,
> i don't want to see it..
> thanks
>
>> Message forwarded to Colin Barrett (blonde@io.org)

Dear Francesca,

Thank you for your message.  It is unfortunate that you may
disagree with the presence of the views of a member of our humble
readership. While we respect your right not to receive any future
issues of CoN, we encourage you to set aside any differences and/or
prejudices you may have against an individual and enjoy the content
of our rag for what it's worth (we have to figure that one out for
ourselves). If you disagree with the views made by a particular
person, you are welcome to contribute a rebuttal. We simply ask
you remain tolerant of everyone's freedom of speech.

If this is unacceptable, please follow the guidelines outlined in
Volume I, Issue VI for canceling your subscription.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

        Colin Barrett (blonde@io.org)

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2.	Empty Hearts	by Francesca Piscioneri
                        <francesca@mail.accent.net>



        Empty hearts bleed static feeling
       Such that harnessed pain cries from silent tears
       But in empty hearts pain cries no tears
       For love hurts more than pain in empty hearts
       Just as man cries out in pain when hurt by love
       Man's tears only magnify a silent grief 
       A silent grief that crowds an empty heart
       But an empty heart cannot discern love from grief
       So man is left with a static feeling which he calls love 
       And although man believes he utters words love 
       His words carry a hollow meaning 
       So in fear of speaking with an empty heart
       I will not speak of love 
       For love has already spoken to me
       Through you

                        Franca

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3.      CoN's Official WebSite!   by Colin Barrett(blonde@io.org)

"Don't worry. An issue will be out shortly." with a cheezy CoN
icon is all net surfers saw when they viewed the Capital of Nasty
homepage for the last two years... until now. All of CoN's issues
are available through the homepage at:

http://www.ifront.com/capnasty/

This URL may change, and if it does, our faithful readers will be
promptly notified.

Please support our current sponsor, Squinting for Windows.  The
people at SquintSoft have released their first software package.
You may read about Squinting for Windows' capabilities on the CoN
homepage.

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4.	Il Coglione D'oro	by Colin Barrett (blonde@io.org)

Well, Re|3eL, we know you kinda dislike those Web awards, but the
Staff at Capital of Nasty feel they have one people will proudly
display on their homepages--the Coglione D'Oro. The Coglione D'Oro
was established in 1995 by CoN's founder and editor-in-chief,
Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro, to recognize, well, anything. Here is
Leo's description of the prestigious award:
 
The Award is a wonderful roman style pillar, with climbing leafs
and a 320 grams spray-painted gold testicle sogging on it's side.

If you know a homepage that you feel deserves this award, you can
submit your nomination to one of the Capital of Nasty staff members.
Nominations should include a valid URL (duh!) and a category. You
make up the category for your nomination.  If your nomination wins,
we will notify the winner and post any responses from the winners in
CoN.  We hope to have one winner for each issue.  So, please submit
your nominations now!

The Coglione D'Oro is currently on display at
http://www.io.org:80/~blonde/doro.html

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5.      FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!     by Jacqui (Re|3el)
       ==============================

Yeah we all get them at some stage..and end up with quite a few
dozen free disks from CompuServe, Prodigy, AOL, Pipex......
and the rest....
ever thought of some good uses for them ???
Take a load of this.....
1. Use for S.O.S signal for low-flying airplanes when stranded on
   a deserted island.
2. As a drinks coaster.
3. Use as a portable carry case for the most essential CD's.
4. Makes a simple evening clutch bag for all those yuppie cyber
   females or attach some string for an 'Ultra' small purse - for
   the plastic money mind you or maybe a couple of $$$ notes if
   you can squeeze 'em in.
5. Ever thought of a new design in Wall tiles ?
6. Keep 'em in the trunk of your car for extra traction when
   needed in snowy conditions.
7. Tape it to a ruler..and it makes a very deadly fly swatter
   "OUCH!!"
8. Deadly throwing stars.
9. Poker chips...I'll see your AOL and up you a Prodigy ;P
10. How about designer Cyber-wear..makes quite a ritzy evening
   dress when all strung together...just watch out it could be
   rather airy ;))

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6.      FASCIST            by Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro

        In a country built on the foundations of freedom, there
are still certain upsetting events that make me wonder if indeed
freedom is a part of our lives or just an illusion set to keep
us quiet.  It's a Thursday night, the night before my birthday.
It's Peter, Dr. Max and myself, just sitting on a bench inside
the playground of a schoolyard, talking.  As we speak we all
notice two individuals walking toward us.  They are dressed
casually, with short pants, one of them in his late 20s, the
other one in his early 40s.  We stop talking and we just stare
at them walking toward us.  The younger one pulls out a
flashlight, one of those big Maglite ones, and asks "may I ask
what you guys are doing here at night?".  Just talking, chilling
out, we answered.
  "May I see a piece of identification, please".
It was an order more then a question.  We all pull out our driving
licenses.
  "Do you have any drugs, alcohol?".  At this question we
all looked at each other "We are just talking, chilling out" we
answered again.  The two officers looked at each other, probably
not believing a word of what we said.  They wrote down our names,
phone numbers, our height, eyes and hair color, and kept on asking
"you sure you have no drugs?".  Is it too darned strange that we
are just sitting here, talking?  They radioed our names to the
station, got three 10/40 and they relaxed.  A 10/40 means
we were 'clear', no records found.
  "Thank you for your time" said the older one while returning
our documents.
  "Do you want us to leave?" I asked.
  "Well, you are not supposed to be here..." and he pointed his
flashlight towards the wall.  The beam illuminated a sign that
said 'no trespassing in schoolyard after 9PM', perfectly hidden
and almost unreadable.
  "..but" he continued "I'd rather have you here, then stealing
cars".  I was tempted to ask if he was going to teach us how.
  "thanks again guys, you were the most polite we've stopped".
We watched them walk away in the darkness, and sat down only
when they had disappeared.  The night was ruined, we all felt
sort of violated.  I can't blame the cops for what they did.
We live in a society were the majority of people my age are
engaged in illegal activities.  However I don't think I'd be in
a schoolyard talking to someone, if my favorite past-time was
stealing cars or dealing with drugs.

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7.      Pandora's Box      by Hijal Sirine

People are killing each other in Burundi and some horrible crimes,
inhuman and plain evil are being brought to the light in the
Hague...Why, I ask you, have we gone this far?  And when will we
be able to get rid of all the horror and the death....
What motivation could justify humanity's cruelty...
And don't be mislead by appearances: Everyday, in the relationships
of everyday life, in the most civilized of countries (Does Canada
count? Or the USA maybe) every single one of us experiences a small
death every day...It's inside us all, whether we want it or not...
Is it our Epee de Damocles or should we call it our Pandora'box???
Just this instinct in us all to harm others....
Sorry for these really depressing thoughts but I have this need to
exorcise these feelings. I'm tired, fed up of hearing the words
"genocide, nationalism, ethnic cleansing, massacre, wipe out, war,
rape, revenge, Rwanda, Bosnia, crimes against humanity,
anti-Semitism, AIDS, homicide, honor, pride, separatism, Tom Cruise,
felony, parole, violence, terrorists, shooting, beating, killing and
O.J. Simpson".  Fed up!!!  And I'm even more fed up of the people
who accuse me of being naive, and unrealistic...
Enfin, I disgress and am starting to sound like Elizabeth Taylor on
one of her fund-raisers...But I can't help but think that we can
overcome this great obstacle....We NEED to do it to go beyond, to
become all that we can be...
Oh! I got carried away again, haven't I...I hope you appreciated
this envolee lyrique...

                               Hijal Sirine <BPVM@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>

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8.      CoN: Issue VII  - Submissions, Comments

        I found it a little upsetting that some people could
get offended by what others write on CoN.  This is a great
excuse to set a few standards on articles submission from
our readers:

a) What can it be about?
        It can be about anything. It can be funny.  It can be sad.
It can even be upsetting.  I hope we are all intelligent enough
to read it and see what the person is trying to tell us.

b) How long does it have to be?
        Not too long, not too short.  Use any previous articles
to get a general idea of the length.

c) Personal information, do I have to tell them who I am?
        You don't have to. It would be appreciated if you did,
but if you want to remain anonymous, we will respect your wishes.
If you just want your name and no Email, that can be arranged as
well.

d) Content of the article, what should I not write?
        There isn't a precise subject that you can't write.  The
only thing that you want to keep in mind is personal attacks.
If you have to offend someone or attack them in an unpolite way,
please do it privately.  CoN for us is an enjoyable hobby that
keeps our minds active.  We don't want to turn this into some
sort of a flame forum.

        For all of those that supported us, a very special thanks.
I'd like to thank especially Mek Y. at Internet Frontier for
providing us with a place where to hide CoN, Stephanie J. for her
wonderful help with Adobe Photoshop, Junko for her CAD tips, humor
and positive remarks, Colin Barrett for building the CoN homepage,
Neetu G. for always being there in shine or rain.
Be happy, obey street signs, see you next Monday.

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