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YDA points me to an amazing series of information about how one could disappear in modern America. This is incredible reading, and if you’re the type who’s considering going to the ground, well, here you go. Thank me later when you decide to use a computer again.

Today is part one. I will post a new part daily to appease your renegade within. If you’re the impatient fugitive type who’s planning on deleting himself immediately and you can’t wait, you can read it all in one fell swoop right here.

Without further ado, here’s the first installment.

Section 1: What I’ll be discussing on this how-to essay

There are many good reasons to want to disappear from society. There are many bad reasons to want to. There are many good ways to disappear from society and there are many bad ways to disappear. While I won’t delve too deeply into the whys of disappearing, I will cover my opinions on how to disappear successfully.

This essay covers what I consider to be the most salient points on how to disappear and remain successfully hidden in American society. If you have further suggestions, please don’t hesitate to E-Mail me at the address provided at the bottom of this text so that I may include your ideas.

• If you’re thinking of hiding from a moral responsibility — such as child support — I want you to stop reading this right now and shoot yourself. This web page isn’t for you. If you’re thinking about committing a crime and then trying to get away with it, don’t be an idiot: you will get caught — it’s just a matter of when — and nothing on this web page can possibly help you.

• If you’re thinking of running from an abusive ex-husband or ex-boyfriend who wishes to do you harm, I wish you the very best and hope that some of these suggestions and contact references prove helpful though most of it, I’m afraid, is probably unworkable, silly suggestions that won’t help you one bit.

• If you’re thinking about taking your children with you, DON’T! Bring yourself and your children to a shelter in another State but for no reason should you ever drag your children around with you while on the run or while hiding. They don’t deserve the abuse and you’re being selfish if you try to. If you need help caring for your children but need to run from a dangerous spouse, ex-spouse, girl/boy friend, or ex-girl/boy friend, dial 1-800-4ACHILD and ask about what your options are for your safety and the safety of your child or children. Call before you leave if possible but most certainly call someone if you and your children must flee. Also: The number of the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233.

• The authorities will be highly motivated into tracking you down if you bring your kids with you as well. Think about what’s best for those you leave behind and, as difficult as it will be leave them behind!

• While there are many shelters for women, finding a shelter for yourself and your children if you are a man is going to be difficult. References provided toward the end of the essay should be helpful in this regard yet understand that if you’re a man fleeing spousal abuse, America just doesn’t care too much about you. A man still has many options, however, yet, in America, there are fewer than for a woman.Women who make allegations of child abuse against their husbands, ex-husbands, or ex-boyfriends are likely to be considered truthful in American society in far greater percentages than such claims made by men against their female counterparts. A man who must take himself and his children away from an abusive female is likely to be accused of child abuse and American society is likely to believe the allegations.
• Because of this, whether you’re a man or a woman, protect yourself from such allegations by documenting abuses before you flee to a shelter with your children. Once at the shelter, make sure that a service worker at the shelter is given a copy of (or a chance to review) your documentation. It’s greatly unfortunate that you will have to face legal needs when you’re trying to escape from a criminally abusive person but legalities is something you must be prepared to face before you make your break. The fact that you took yourself to a children’s shelter or a battered-woman’s shelter goes a long way toward establishing your innocence in allegations likely to surface later.
• Women are assigned priority status when it comes to such things. If you are a man fleeing an abusive woman, understand that whatever you tell the authorities (or organizations which provide assistance) will be greeted with undue skepticism. Check the references at the end of this essay for organizations which specifically assist men.

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