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Little Red Book Draws Government Attention

Posted by Zonk on from the they-have-nothing-better-to-do? dept.

narcolepticjim writes "An unnamed Dartmouth student was visited by Homeland Security for requesting a copy of Mao Zedong's Little Red Book for a class project." From the article: "The student, who was completing a research paper on Communism for Professor Pontbriand's class on fascism and totalitarianism, filled out a form for the request, leaving his name, address, phone number and Social Security number. He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of the Department of Homeland Security, the professors said."

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  1. And if you are lonely this holiday season... by Cherita+Chen · · Score: 5, Funny
    Are you lonely? Looking for some company this holiday season? Follow this link and you too can schedule a visit from Uncle Sam...

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/083 512388X/ref=dp_olp_2//102-9865629-6948961?conditio n=all

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    1. Re:And if you are lonely this holiday season... by Krach42 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pff... you're probably getting referal credit.... I'll just search for it on my own, so you don't get credit for my order, you karma whore. ;)

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      I am unamerican, and proud of it!
    2. Re:And if you are lonely this holiday season... by wetfeetl33t · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hmmm... No one has shown up yet. Maybe they aren't actually watchi...

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    3. Re:And if you are lonely this holiday season... by dourk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Great, now the Amazon Page I Made includes various works by Lenin and Marx.

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    4. Re:And if you are lonely this holiday season... by Mad_Rain · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh. I'm going to be sending copies of the Little Red Book to all my friends and family for the holidays.
       
      That's what all you bastards get for putting me on your "naughty" list! ;)

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  2. Well, hey... by AEton · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...at least he got material for his research paper on fascism and totalitarianism.

    Thanks, I'll be here all day.

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    1. Re:Well, hey... by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Funny
      Thanks, I'll be here all day.

      Don't be so sure of that.

      Yours,
      The NSA

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    2. Re:Well, hey... by crimson_alligator · · Score: 4, Funny

      I for one welcome our new anti-anti-counter-revolutionary overlords.

  3. Re:quick by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think they can visit 100,000 people.

    Not yet, but if your plan works the DHS will get increased funding for more agents to investigate the "epidemic of thinking".

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  4. This could never happen in America by craXORjack · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm proud to be an American
    Where at least I know I free...

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    1. Re:This could never happen in America by zaphod8829 · · Score: 5, Funny

      And I'm proud to be an American.
      Where at least I'm told I'm free.
      I won't forget the third-grade class
      that ingrained it into me,
      and I'll proudly stand up,
      next to you, though I don't know what it means.
      Oh, there ain't no doubt who runs this land.
      God Bless the bourgeois.

      I wrote that in my head when I had to work at K-Mart the day after the 9/11 attack, telling people constantly that we were out of flags (what, you didn't care about them a week ago?), and hearing patriotic music blaring on the radio.

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  5. hand me that handbasket, please... by pla · · Score: 5, Funny
    Better Together
    Buy this book with Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler today!
    Total List Price: $33.95
    Buy Together Today: $23.96
  6. Re:Wait, WTF??!?!?!? by iamacat · · Score: 4, Funny

    One book is still, well, just a fucking book.

    I missed the part where requesting a copy of Karma Sutra triggers a visit from Kenneth Star

  7. Re:not a free county by tftp · · Score: 4, Funny
    This is the same way revolution starts.. 1 becomes 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 156, 312, 624.. and so on and so forth.

    I think you have a few bits loose :-)

  8. Re:Wait, WTF??!?!?!? by RichardX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Although I agree with your noble and poetic sentiment, the fact remains that you cannot destroy a plane with a book. Not in any literal sense, anyhow.

    MacGyver. Season 4, episode 3.

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  9. Re:Not to spoil the paranoia... by iabervon · · Score: 5, Funny

    They don't mind people reading the book. The reason they came after him was that he was trying to get it from the library. They won't have cared if he'd just bought it from Amazon like a normal person, but he had to try and deprive Chairman Mao's estate of their royalties, and there's no way the Feds can turn a blind eye to that, especially when they're pushing China to crack down on that sort of stuff.