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Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet"

schwit1 writes with this snippet from Ars Technica: In the wake of the Thursday arrest of two women accused of attempting to build a bomb, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote on her website that the 1971 book on bomb making, which may have aided the terror suspects in some small way, should be "banned from the Internet."

The senator seems to fail to realize that not only has The Anarchist Cookbook been in print for decades (it's sold on Amazon!), but also has openly circulated online for nearly the same period of time. In short, removing it from the Internet would be impossible.

3 of 538 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sen. Feinstein by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what you say is a warning for states where 'foreigner' are still a minority? Keep your immigration under control before they take control of the government, pass law favouring themselves, opening for more immigration and murder you out of the gene pool?

    That is so racist! Why are you implying this? If anything we need more Hispanics. Until the disgusting white are under 1% there wont be enough diversity.

  2. Re: I do not understand by znrt · · Score: 0, Troll

    The accepted noun for a citizen of the United States is "American." It is used in sources ranging from Wikipedia to Websters to CIA's World Factbook.

    quoted from the wiki (emphasis mine):

    In modern English, Americans generally refers to residents of the United States; among native English speakers this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification.[1] However, this default use has been the source of controversy, particularly among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it.[2][3] They argue instead that "American" should denote persons or things from anywhere in North, Central or South America, not just the United States, which is only a part of North America.

    and who would give a fuck about the cia's world factbook (besides some really stubborn usian :D)

    if you don't mind, i will continue to use "american" as related to anything in "america", even though "america" doesn't mean what you think it means.

  3. Re:I do not understand by AK+Marc · · Score: 0, Troll

    How come proven liars such as Pelosi

    proven liar? I did a quick search, and most of what I could find is opinion stated as fact that Glen Beck and other right-wing extremists objected to, calling opinions lies.

    Given that you claim you aren't in the US, I'd recommend that you follow fewer conservative blogs for your "news".

    I am not a USian. I am not familiar with your kind of politics

    Are the USian voters so damn stupid?

    You don't know anything about Americans (including the proper term for them), yet are an expert in stupidity. Is that because it takes one to know one?