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

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.'"

Re:Remind me...

[Twisted64]

Whoever they are, you may sleep safely in your beds. Terrorists are not in charge of Gundam.

Am I the first person who gets to say...

[Glowing Fish]

Maybe it is finally time for a constitution? In writing, with guarantees of free speech?

Just a wild, crazy idea.

Re:Terrorism or Suicide?

[vtcodger]

***Having read the Anarchist's Cookbook, I'd say anyone actually attempting to use the "recipes" to make explosives should be considered suicidal rather than terrorist.***

Amen. That's a book that we should encourage terrorists to own and experiment with. Be a lot fewer of them it they did.

It wasn't the anarchist part he was in trouble for

[physicsphairy]

... it was the "cookbook" part.

Those of us who have eaten British cuisine will realize fully its hazardous potential.

Yeah, it seems innocent enough, until the kid opens a delicatessen and starts whipping up some kippers & marmite. I'm sorry, but free speech has its limits, and kippers & marmite lie squarely on the other side of it. Blech!

Re:Cue the knee-jerk reaction

[jackharrer]

Have you heard about Darwin Awards?

Re:Quit sensationalizing everything

[debilo]

"The first charge relates to the possession of material for terrorist purposes"

Quit fucking sensationalizing everything.

Have you ever tried British food? I wouldn't trust any cookbook originating from or used in the UK, that's 100% pure terrorism right there.

Re:Please .....

[Rik Sweeney]

Does this mean that anyone how has studied:

Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Computer Science

Also be charged under the Terrorism Act

If it does then Slashdot's going to be a very empty place shortly...

Anarchist's Cookbook saved my life

[graymocker]

One day when I was but a lad of 16, my girlfriend dumped me for a pickup-driving football player who beat me up in gym class. In the subsequent evening alone with my thoughts I wore out my The Cure vinyl by overplaying it, so that the hissing, scratching hiss of the record player formed perfect accompaniment for the wailing and lamentation of my punctured and bleeding heart. As the record starting to skip and I heard Robert Smith wail "-enever I'm al-" over and over, I realized two things:

1. I really #%^%$! hated The Cure.

2. I was going to slit my wrists that very night. It was going to be just like that scene in The Royal Tenenbaums, with Elliot Smith and everything. Elliot Smith is way better than the cure, like, he stuck a freaking knife in his chest, man. Oh wait, maybe I should do that instead...

But then, as I was surfing online for inventive ways to kill myself, I found the Anarchist's Cookbook. That book changed my life forever. Here was someone who was clearly more pathetic than me, and who had obviously failed chemistry to boot. I got a C in chem! If in my life I could say to myself "at least I wasn't that idiot who wrote the Anarchist's Cookbook," that was a life worth living. From that moment on, I renounced all satanic rock music, discovered Christ and placed my life with the Lord, and now I run a successful business as a reseller of fine artist Thomas Kinkade's work. All thanks to the Anarchist's Cookbook. Thank you Lord, for sending me the Anarchist's Cookbook in my time of need.

Re:I might be a rappist then?

[Opportunist]

Well... you do know how to do it, and (assuming you're male) you are in possession of the necessary equipment.

Re:Terrorism or Suicide?

[click2005]

Customers who bought this book also bought "The Catcher in the Rye"

Shouldn't we have people to make that decision?

[Chmcginn]

At what point do the dangers of censorship overcome the dangers of content? I'd say 16 years of age, but I'll settle for 18 or 21.

It's almost like children should have some kind of guardian who is responsible for making decisions for them until they're of a certain age.

Re:Shouldn't we have people to make that decision?

[Aladrin]

Yeah, it's a shame that nature didn't provide them with a couple of those by default. Intelligent Design my ass.

Re:Terrorism or Suicide?

[rubycodez]

that's ok as long as it's homegrown bio-kerosene, I won't have any part of book burning with foreign and/or fossil fuels.

Re:Terrorism or Suicide?

[iapetus]

From a brief scan I find this book terrifying.

Mostly because it contains instructions for:

FERTILIZER AN-AL EXPLOSIVE

I do not want to know why anyone would want to make a fertilizer-based anal explosive that "can be detonated with a blasting cap".

*shudder*

Re:That's a bit vague...

[TheRaven64]

When I applied for security clearance here in the UK (it's lapsed now), one of the questions was 'have you ever attempted to overthrow the government through violent, political, or other means?' This was particularly badly worded, since the government in the UK is the party with a majority in the House of Commons. I have tried to overthrow them via political means every few years since I've been eligible to vote, simply by voting for a candidate from a different party. I suspect this isn't quite what they meant, however.

Re: I generally don't lock my car door

[datadigger]

Please leave a box of tissues in the back seat!

Re:Quit sensationalizing everything

[Haeleth]

On the bright side, it appears you are winning your War On Paragraphs.

Re:You cannot be serious!

[kkiller]

I'm sorry, but a Tikka Masala is like asking for a something spicy, and then chickening out by chucking in a dollop of cream. It's curry for cowards.

Re:Quit sensationalizing everything

[_Spirit]

You know your country's cuisine is in trouble when even Americans complain about it...

Re:Quit sensationalizing everything

[jagdish]

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam ... or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.