![]() ![]() The bombers’ technology was not so different from today’s. ![]() ![]() Although several failed to detonate, the bombs injured more than seventy people. ![]() In 1883, Irish-American nationalists made two attempts to set off clockwork dynamite bombs on trains and in rail stations. A major flaw in blaming the Internet for terrorist bomb making is that no one has ever sufficiently demonstrated that the Web is any more dangerous than the library, private circulation of printed texts or word of mouth.Īs long as 125 years ago, when neither desktop computers nor the Internet existed, men were carrying out simultaneous bombings on London’s public transport. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for making a complex world safe again. Following the recent bombings in London, Britain’s home secretary, Charles Clarke, rushed to announce plans for sweeping new terrorist legislation that would criminalize downloading bomb-making instructions from the Internet. ![]()
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