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Should bomb-making instructions be protected free speech?

Should publishing/posting bomb-making instructions be protected as free speech?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 70.0%

  • No

    Votes: 14 28.0%

  • IDK/Other

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Total voters
    50
Moot said:
Says the guy who voted for the party of the flag burning amendment.
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Pathetic.

I'm guessing that you're a Democrat? That's the party of Robert Byrd. Guess that makes you a racist, huh?

Racist.
 
Moderator's Warning:
Moot, Gipper, knock it off immediately.
 
Moot said:
I don't consider bomb recipes on the internet free speech anymore than I do sending ricin through the mail.

Whatever happened to common sense?
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Since when is it "common sense" to give an authoritarian government more power?
 
The cat is already out of the bag. If instructions were banned in the USA they could still be found on websites in other countries and in books. Enforcing the ban would violate our free speech and privacy rights. Besides, if you can legally buy a gun capable of killing hundreds of people in a few minutes, why bother trying to ban bomb instructions?

However, I have no problem with restrictions on the most dangerous bomb making materials that have few other uses.
 
Quik said:
Since when is it "common sense" to give an authoritarian government more power?
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I dunno, why do you hate your own country?
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Bombs have no legitimate use except terrorism and I would ban bomb making instructions.
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Actually, bombs are used every day for legitimate purposes - anywhere from: mining, special effects, demolitions, etc.
 
Moot said:
I dunno, why do you hate your own country?
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I don't, just the government.

I wouldn't even really say I "hate" the government. I don't really hate anyone or anything. I just realize that we'd all be much better off without the government, or at least a lot less of it.
 
Quik said:
I don't, just the government.

I wouldn't even really say I "hate" the government. I don't really hate anyone or anything. I just realize that we'd all be much better off without the government, or at least a lot less of it.
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I admit the government of today sure could use an major overhaul, thats for sure.
 
Hatuey said:
Actually, bombs are used every day for legitimate purposes - anywhere from: mining, special effects, demolitions, etc.
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Yes, with a permit and trained personel. I doubt explosive engineers get their bomb recipes off the internet. I hope they went to college at least.

But with easy access to bomb recipes any fool can make one...as witnessed by the Boston bombers.
 
SgtRock said:
Bombs have legit uses like blowing up large tree stumps out of the ground
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There are better and safer ways to do that.
 
Bomb-making instructions don't kill people, people kill people.
 
1. You can't ban bomb making instructions in such a method that it would be effective. Other countries (believe it or not) also have the internet, and can host sites. Additionally, there does not exist the kind of oversight infrastructure that could scan the entire internet to make sure that no one has left bomb making instructions (say) in a note entitled "why i love kittens" on their facebook page.

2. Once you've accepted the lack of capability on the part of government to censor the interwebz (China puts large amounts of resources into this.... and fails), the low-cost high-yield solution becomes obvious. :mrgreen:


 
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