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[[Image:AVOTT_index.jpg|thumb|Both views of the front page.]]
http://www.websiteanotherversionofthetruth.extcom/
Number: [[Year_Zero_Numbers#24.10.08|24.10.088]]
==Discovery==
At the February 12th, 2007 [[Nine Inch Nails ]] concert in [[2007/02/12 Lisbon, Portugal|Lisbon, Portugal]] on February 12, 2007. a plain-looking USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall. It was found to hold a single MP3 file with the title "[[My Violent Heart]].". In the ID3 tags of that file, a URL, http://anotherversionofthetruth.com, was found. It can also be noted that on the "[[Another Version Of The Truth (song)|Another Version Of The Truth]]" page of the ''[[Year Zero]]'' liner notes, the figures "HTTP://" can be made out through the over-typed effect of the text in the booklet, hinting at the website.
==Content==
===Forums===
http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/forum.htm
Background Text: [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media#The Hobbit|"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien:]]
The topics viewable on the message board are:
====Opal/Cocaine====
This forum begins with a link to another MP3, [[opalo.mp3]], which contrasts a media report about the Colombian drug trade and a firstand firsthand account from a Colombian woman, indicating that cocaine's downfall is due to global warming and [[opal]]. It should be noted that the woman speaking in Spanish does not have a Colombian accent, but it is an accent originated on or influenced by Mexican or Central American accents. This confusion is commonly observed in American films. It has not been clarified if this contradiction is intentional and meaningful or if it would be, otherwise, only due to a mistake during production.
====In Memoriam====
In this thread one of the posters is named BanksyForDictator, which is a note-worthy allusion to the underground icon amongst stencil & graffiti artists worldwide. Art is an invaluable tool of the counter culture, & though many of his masterpieces are fun and light-hearted Banksy is a real world example of art's amazing power to transfer ideas and messages to those who would otherwise remain unaware. For more information on Banksy see [http://www.banksy.co.uk/ www.banksy.co.uk].
Another important point made is by [[Philomela]]: "It makes it easy for you to think that the cops and the bankers and the soldiers are all Them. They aren’t. They’re us, too." The meaning behind this quote shows that despite a corporations & institutions being symbols of the enemy, the individuals within are not all necessarily enemies, but some maybe victims of circumstance.
=== Revisionism ===
[[Image:Another_Version_of_the_Truth_revisionism.jpg|thumb|200px|Hidden page]]
http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/revisionism.htm
Background Text: [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media#A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present|"A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present" by Howard Zinn]]
Clicking and dragging the left section of the page to the right, and the top section downward, until the two line up, one can reveal the alternate text. (It is also possible to open the flash file called [http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/road.swf road.swf]. This new text shows how past, current and predicted future events lead to the world described in Year Zero.
===0 Pages===
http://anotherversionofthetruth.com/0/
Found as a link in [[The Mailstrom|the Mailstrom]] Wreckage "Pain", a series of 0 pages have been discovered, each with a clue leading to the next.
:You lived to betray. Tonight you die for it.
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