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<H1>Anarchy and Explosives and General Mayhem</H1>
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The term Anarchy got bandied about a lot in the early 80's, perhaps having
some amount of political or social meaning attached at the outset, but by
the first couple of years, it simply became a synonym for "blow shit up".
Writers outdid themselves trying to imagine ways to create chaos and 
panic out of whatever household items they had available. How much of this
destruction actually went on and how much was simply writing out angry
missives about destruction, is unknown.
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I wrote an 
<A HREF="http://www.textfiles.com/thoughts/anarchy.html">essay</A> about
the meaning of the term "Anarchy" and how these files relate to that and
the world at large.
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The entirely stupid direction this country has taken regarding personal
responsibility, freedom of expression and good ol' self-preservation
necessitates the following paragraph:
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Before you waste <U>one entire second</U> even <U>considering</U> mixing,
creating, or otherwise implementing the instructions in these files, be
aware that people have died from some of these very texts, attempting
wholescale explosives and dangerous chemical reactions based on some flimsy
text file written by god knows who for god knows what. It's just <U>way
too easy</U> for someone to have typed a 5 instead of a 4 years and years
ago when they were copying out of a badly photocopied pamphlet written
by someone entirely different. Your life is too precious to take such an
idiotic risk. If you're going to blow things (and yourself) up, at least
go the route of learning with experts, where you'll become aware of risks
and fun far beyond soaking tennis balls in gasoline and lighting them. OK?!
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That aside, the justifications in some of the files are amazing, and a
nice insight into the writer's mind.
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