alt.sci.physics

The same information is available in libraries, and we don't
* censor libraries, nor should we. When I was thirteen I built a
* nitroglycerin bomb. It was an incredibly stupid thing to do,
* and I knew someone who had their hand blown off, but I am
* adamantly against censoring such material."
*
* "And unlike a library, a parent can buy a program that uses keyword
* monitoring to disallow Internet traffic per the parents' wishes.
* Such a program is available now, and costs only $29."

I think I looked at it for all of 30 seconds before putting in my bookshelf.
I don't remember the bomb-making details in it. I have a vague impression of a
lot of squiggly lines, suitable for a really bad coloring book. I also
purchased a variety of odd privacy-related publications from Eden Press.

What is the Official Federal Dangerous Book List?
What books did they check on for their 'Library Awareness Program'?
How was it determined these books made people dangerous?
Who approved this Fahrenheit 451 persecuted-for-books program?


The Thought Police had testified in court against Ed Cummings.


The judge rules on whether Ed is guilty of probation violation:

> The judge determined that a probation violation had indeed taken place
> and that Cummings should be held and a sentencing date scheduled within
> 60 days. The judge had just done the same thing for a man who had just
> committed his third DWI offense. In fact, he had killed someone. The
> judge ordered that person held on $50,000 bail. Ed Cummings, however,
> was another matter. The judge ordered Cummings held on $250,000.
>
> So Cummings was being held on a quarter of a million dollars because he
> was thought to have taken batteries out of a tone dialer years ago. He's
> in a 5 by 8 holding cell 22 hours a day with no windows and no clock.
> He never knows what time it