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[Fermentator75]

I have an 80's copyright version of The Anarchist's Cookbook that I want to bring when I get to Korea in December. Is this a bad idea? Will my bags be searched upon entry and this keepsake confiscated? I don't want to be on some terrorist watch list for having a read that is a great coffee table book. Not looking to burn the house down or start a revolution... just wondering.

[djsmnc]

As with a hunting knife, rolling papers, dirty lingerie, nude baby photos, ziplock bags of oregano, or the lastest issue of Child Model magazine, what good will bringing such a book to Korea serve?

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[MollyBloom]

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[Reggie]

[djsmnc]

[sketcha]

would Korean immigration know what that book is?

but yeah, with all the terrorist hysteria, not really a good idea to bring with you

btw, there are electronic version of that book

[Reggie]

[Fermentator75]

Thanks for most of the responses. An electronic version defeats the purpose of having something cool to flip through. When they invent a smell chip that makes the electronic book smell like... a book, I might get one. I am not looking to cook anything up, but the text and drawings are cool. I wanted to share something with others who may have never seen it for whatever reason. Probably not a good idea also, considering I have been mistaken for middle eastern even though I am white, less so when clean shaven as I will be from here on out anyway. I think I will keep the inner rebel at bay in Korea so as to not stand out if possible. The Anarchist Cookbook may not be the best thing to have on a coffee table when the Director of my school pays a visit! My copy of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry will suffice.

[.38 Special]

It's a book. Don't let the .gov terrify you so thoroughly that you're stricken with fear at the very possibility of someone so much as thinking that you may/may not be remotely associated with even the most far flung association with terrorists. That book has been around a very long time and a lot of copies have distributed.

The day that certain books determine you to be a "terrorist" based upon their content is the day that books like the Anarchist Cookbook will come in handy. Irrational fear of the customs agent's opinion of your reading tastes is only going to bring that day closer, faster.

Bring it with impunity.

[UrbanStyle]

bring it

[Fishead soup]

There's a documentary about a foreigners sightseeing tour of North Korea.
At the end they go to a singing room and the foreigner sings that old Sex Pistols song" Anarchy in the UK" The look on the NORKS faces is Classic.
You can sing Anarchy in the UK at a lot of singing rooms. I think Korean Christians particularly ones who understand the fisrt line get really offended by the Antichrist Anarchist line.

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