Friday, December 30, 2005
Retraction
Earlier, CARTOONS-POLITICAL.COM NEWS BLOG repeated a New Bedford (MA) Standard-Times story that was widely published on the Internet about a UMass Dartmouth senior receiving a visit from Homeland Security Officers for his ordering Mao's 'Little Red Book' from the University's inter-library loan system. Since then, the student recanted the story claiming it was just a hoax. However, the account would have been a likely scenario for the library provision of the Patriot Act. And, the resulting massive response to the account throughout the Internet demonstrated the disgust the public has for it.
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Earlier, CARTOONS-POLITICAL.COM NEWS BLOG repeated a New Bedford (MA) Standard-Times story that was widely published on the Internet about a UMass Dartmouth senior receiving a visit from Homeland Security Officers for his ordering Mao's 'Little Red Book' from the University's inter-library loan system. Since then, the student recanted the story claiming it was just a hoax. However, the account would have been a likely scenario for the library provision of the Patriot Act. And, the resulting massive response to the account throughout the Internet demonstrated the disgust the public has for it.
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