That Link Is Illegal

buzzdecafe writes with a snippet from a Declan McCullagh piece on news.com today: "The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student organization to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site, citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act. School administrators have told the group, called the Che Cafe Collective, that linking to a site supporting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) would not be permitted because it violated federal law."

Great!

[seizer]

Let me be the first to congratulate Slashdot on their courageous stand [farc-ep.org] against the Patriot Act. ;-)

Wait....

[booyaka]

Where's the link?

just kidding ;-) although it would be fun to /. a terrorist group's server.

yeahyeah...troll -1

Lost, please return

[FU_Fish]

Lost: 1 Bill of Rights.

If found, please return to Washington, DC, USA.

Thank you.

You in the beret!

[rbanzai]

Put your hands up and step away from the mouse... slowly...

If the 60's were like today...

[tekrat]

Would student protests against the Vietnam war have been illegal? Would the school sue their own students for *daring* to change societal issues?

It's nice to see that the former hippies of the Baby boom are now more conservative, and have screwed up the world more than their predecessors have. They have *become* extactly what they were protesting against. There's an irony there that just makes me smile.

It's going to take a social revolution like the 60's to change the wacky way things are now. It'll probably take the death of 4 in Ohio over filesharing to spark that revolution however.

Oops, can I say the word revolution anymore? I think that's illegal...

Re:More news and background....

[Bilestoad]

Leftist dilettantes attending expensive college attain success beyond their wildest dreams, as administrators bring them more publicity than they ever believed possible. Bands are racing to book their events at the cafe, sure to be packed with students eager to show their support for their international comrades by getting very drunk and damaging their hearing. Not even the extreme flatulence of a vegan all-you-can-eat party will prevent these young activists from partying until they vomit in support of revolutionaries everywhere!

Just don't take any pictures, OK? This kind of thing could be quite damaging when applying for jobs after college.

Wait a minute...

[Washizu]

Before anyone jumps to conclusions, does anyone know what the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia's linking policy is? Maybe they don't allow deep links.

Re:Great!

[DrXym]

FARC Agenda for the Week:

• Launch preemptive strike against government troops massing near Betania.
• Kidnap foreigners and hold for ransom to raise capital.
• Buy more stinger missiles on the black market.
• Bombmaking training with assistance of IRA experts.
• Implement Slashdot filter on website

Re:Great!

[stefanlasiewski]

FARC Agenda for the Week:

* Launch preemptive strike against government troops massing near Betania.
* Kidnap foreigners and hold for ransom to raise capital.
* Buy more stinger missiles on the black market.
* Bombmaking training with assistance of IRA experts.
* Implement Slashdot filter on website

* PROFIT!!!!

Books Banned

[m0rph3us0]

In other news books are now banned, Film at 11

The Che Cafe

[Arandir]

I'm a former student of UCSD, and a former occasional patron of the Che Cafe.

The primary service provided by the Che Cafe is not sproutburgers or macrobiotic bean chili. No, the primary service provided by the Che Cafe is to be a living example of the effects of bad parenting.

You see, current and future parents, when you do not instill a minimum level of moral values in your child, then send them off to UCSD, they will fall prey to the Che Cafe. Empty heads are their fertile soil, for only in empty heads can the contradictory values of the Che Cafe thrive. They claim to be anarchists, yet named their cafe after Che Guevara, a confirmed totalitarian statist. They claim to be anarchists yet are in favor of participatory democracy and progressive taxation. They are what you get when you cross whiny brats with Bakunin.

Should UCSD force the Che Cafe to remove that particular link? Heck no! They're so much more hilarious when their antics are unfettered.