Little Red Book Draws Government Attention

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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I go to UMass Amherst...

[michaeltoe]

... and this kind of stuff is news to me. I'm not going to the library from now on.

Kill tally: 14 to 20 million deaths

[solarrhino]

The last sentence of the article: "Mao Tse-Tung is completely harmless."

Others disagree.

Kill tally: 14 to 20 million deaths from starvation

"responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime"

You can find more for themselves.

Besides, even if Mao were actually harmless, why all the fuss? Did the agents confiscate the book? Did the threaten the reader? If not, then what's the big deal with them stopping by to see who was reading the book, and why?