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British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 01 2015, @06:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the learn-from-history-or-be-doomed-to-repeat-it dept.

shortscreen writes:

For two years, academics worked to digitize and translate a collection of Taliban documents as part of the Taliban Sources Project (page currently appears to be down, but exists in Google's cache). As the project comes to a close, they've sought an institution to make the digital archive available to researchers around the world. However, the British Library, after reviewing a catalogue of titles, declined to host the documents. Their statement noted that“The Terrorism Act places specific responsibilities on anyone in the UK who might provide access to terrorist publications, and the legal advice received jointly by the British Library and other similar institutions advises against making this type of material accessible.”

[Ed. note] I've had a report that it is available on Bing's cache.

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  • (Score: 2) by vux984 on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:41PM

    by vux984 (5045) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:41PM (#230980)

    Know your enemy and know yourself and victory will always be yours.

    So if both sides know themselves and their enemies then they both win? That's a neat trick.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:02PM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @09:02PM (#230986)

    Yep.

    If both sides understand that they can't win against the other you get either peace based on mutual understanding or a stalemate. Either way you avoid war, which is the only way to really win one.

    Sun Tzu believed that if you have to resort on military force to win a battle you have failed as a leader.

    I would highly recommend reading "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

    The Translation by Samuel B Griffith is considered one of the best. Its been in my book collection for over 30 years, I pull it out and read it again every 5 years or so :)

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    "Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2015, @11:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2015, @11:28PM (#231028)

      A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?