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In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism

Posted by Zonk on from the orwell-would-have-been-so-proud dept.

Anonymous Terrorist writes "Back in the midsts of time, when I was a lad and gopher was the height of information retrieval I read The Anarchist's Cookbook in one huge text file. Now it appears the UK government considers possession of the book an offense under the Terrorism Act 2000 and is prosecuting a 17 year old boy, in part, for having a copy of the book. 'The teenager faces two charges under the Terrorism Act 2000. The first charge relates to the possession of material for terrorist purposes in October last year. The second relates to the collection or possession of information useful in the preparation of an act of terrorism.'"

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  1. Quit sensationalizing everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "The first charge relates to the possession of material for terrorist purposes" Quit fucking sensationalizing everything.
    1. Re:Quit sensationalizing everything by antek9 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Wow, the Anarchist's Cookbook? That's so - come on - so 1980s, man! On a more serious note, the UK police should focus their attention on the real terrorists' cookbook, the Qu'ran, and outlaw that one. Much higher probability to catch some real sleepers or hate-speakers. Islam is not a religion but an ideology.

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  2. who wrote it .. by rs232 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Anarchist's Cookbook is part based on a Spanish language urban guerrilla warfare manual that the CIA cooked up when they were promoting unrest in central America. I wonder will they be arresting the head of the CIA anytime soon. This is just part of Bush's phony war on terrorism where as what they are really about is shutting down free discourse on the Internet. You see you can't oppose the US/Israeli policy in the mid-east without being a terr'ist ..

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  3. Re:Terrorism or Suicide? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    as we all know, 17 years old are incapable of committing terrorist acts, certainly in Shi Lanka and Palestine

  4. Re:Terrorism or Suicide? by fatphil · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I seem to remember 9/11 being the suicide of fewer than 20 whackjobs. Took 3000 with them.
    Encouraging whackjobs to commit suicide ain't always sensible.

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  5. Re:Queue the outraged moderates.. by Hatta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Neither god nor free will exist.

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