Taliban Seizes and Burns PCs, Cell Phones To Stop Obscenity

Taliban Seizes and Burns PCs, Cell Phones To Stop Obscenity 294

Posted by timothy on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:18PM from the all-nude-all-streisand-effect dept.

retroworks writes "As translated from Central Asia Online, Cellular News reports that militants from South Waziristan set ablaze about 300 cellular phones and a number of computers in Wana because the devices were allegedly used to spread obscene materials. Prior to taking the action, they gave everyone fair warning with 'leaflets.' 300 cell phones down, 5 or 6 billion to go.

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They took mine. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:20PM (#38478978)

I knew I shouldn't have browsed that one site where a woman showed her ankle!

Oh noes (Score:2, Funny)

by Osgeld ( 1900440 ) writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:20PM (#38478982)

burn the devil box, it showed the chin of a female!
If they were smart they would burn the internet ...

Jokes on them... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:28PM (#38479030)

The toxic chemicals released from burning all that hardware gave them all cancer.
HA HA.

SOPAliban (Score:4, Funny)

by Kikuchi ( 1709032 ) writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:30PM (#38479046)

Much more efficient than blocking DNS, you have to concede that.

Ya... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:36PM (#38479088)

I even got a speeding ticket last week! Cop asked, "You know what the speed limit is?"
I answered: "Um, somewhere around 186,000 miles per second?"
Go on, find some law you hate and then freely make absurd comparisons...

Now we know (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday December 23, 2011 @11:56PM (#38479206)

Now we know the REAL reason bin Laden moved to Pakistan!

Re:Jokes on them... (Score:4, Funny)

by BarryHaworth ( 536145 ) writes: on Saturday December 24, 2011 @12:32AM (#38479372) Homepage

The toxic chemicals released from burning all that hardware gave them all cancer.
HA HA.
... which leads straight into the XKCD cartoon [xkcd.com] about just his phenomenon.

Re:Ya... (Score:5, Funny)

by meerling ( 1487879 ) writes: on Saturday December 24, 2011 @12:32AM (#38479374)

How dare you make light of the situation. :)

I'm betting not a lot of cops will get your joke. :(

Re:Idiots. (Score:4, Funny)

by a_nonamiss ( 743253 ) writes: on Saturday December 24, 2011 @12:55AM (#38479458)

It's not a cup holder you moran. It's where you put the shiny circle. I seen one of those "Geek Nerd" guys up at the Best Buy do it once.

Re:The thing is... (Score:5, Funny)

by 517714 ( 762276 ) writes: on Saturday December 24, 2011 @01:35AM (#38479628)

Yes. OP, please apologize to the Taliban for lumping them in with such low-life scum.

Re:Ya... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday December 24, 2011 @01:55AM (#38479720)

Traffic cops aren't usually the brightest.

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They took mine. (Score:5, Funny)

Oh noes (Score:2, Funny)

Jokes on them... (Score:5, Funny)

SOPAliban (Score:4, Funny)

Ya... (Score:5, Funny)

Now we know (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Jokes on them... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Ya... (Score:5, Funny)

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