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- From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
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- Subject: Re: The Anarchist Cookbook
- Message-ID: <uJZ1XB3w165w@tweekco.uucp>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 07:48:41 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.195715.12680@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615
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- billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
-
- > MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com (David B. Horvath, CDP) writes:
- > : I saw a little ad in Philadelphia Magazine and wrote to the company
- > : what follows is from their reply. I do not work for the publisher
- > : and have heard that many of the recipies in the book are bogus and
- > : may be hazardous to your health. With all that said, let the ad
- > : begin:
- > :
- > : * * * * * NOW IN PRINT AGAIN * * * * *
- > : **** 28th PRINTING OF THIS "COLLECTOR'S ITEM"
- > : <note: 28 crossed out and replaced with 32>
- > : **** MORE THAN 850,000 COPIES SOLD !!
- > : <note: 850,000 crossed out and replaced with ONE MILLION tripple
- > : underlined>
- >
- > Just shows that a lot of people have thrown them in the trash, instead
- > of sending them to the used book stores. Of course, even if all the
- > copies were kept (none lost or destroyed), it means that less than
- > 0.5% of the population has a copy.
- >
- > : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -
- > :
- > : They included a copy of a great little newspaper article about police
- > : being upset because they're finding college students with copies of
- > : this book.
- >
- > Some cops get upset if you have a book of matches - they figure that
- > you are a diehard arsonist. For some reason, they seem to believe that
- > there is no such thing as curiosity. They expect everyone who reads
- > the book to use the formulas it contains. Maybe they are afraid that
- > people will start using the materials on the police.
- >
- > Bill
-
- I remember hearing that there are 2 versions of the handbook, one
- unedited and a version that's censored a bit... I wonder it that's
- true and if so, which one's for sale again.
-
- As for the police, their viewpoint's likely to be a bit different
- than that of normal people, if a person reads only 1 book every
- 10 years and figures that everyone else is like that, finding someone
- and seeing that his reading for the next 10 years is The Anarchist
- Cookbook is indeed likely to be upsetting.
- A.Lizard
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