November 10, 2002

4:34 AM

Steal This Link.It looks like the guys at Tenant Net are the latest to take Abbie Hoffman's classic piece of advice. Will the recession (not to mention, teehee, the US dollar being at a three-year low against the euro and the British pound) make it relevant and, er, practical, again? Or subversive even? [Via LinkFilter]
posted by MiguelCardoso (11 comments total)

Mykel Board has been guilty of Grand Theft Hoffman on occasion.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:13 AM on November 10, 2002

Is this where we say you have to read the whole link before you comment on a post?
posted by ginz at 5:56 AM on November 10, 2002

ginz, many of Board's cloumns have pilfered entire chapters from
Steal This Book!; the social aid programs, cheap digs and wilderness training may have changed over the years, but the resemblances still remain.
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:14 AM on November 10, 2002

Ah, it's new to me.
I like how the first aid for street fighters comes just after the section how to make a bomb. heh.
posted by ginz at 6:18 AM on November 10, 2002

Finally, some information I can use! ;)
posted by LouReedsSon at 6:52 AM on November 10, 2002

Yippie!

**collective groan**
posted by Ufez Jones at 8:20 AM on November 10, 2002

Last month, a student was arrested because he stole "Steal This Book" from my campus' library...

I found that amusing, though I am sure that it happens all the time...
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 8:32 AM on November 10, 2002

I was in B. Dalton yesterday, saw it, and thought about it.
posted by angry modem at 9:19 AM on November 10, 2002

It's ridiculous to talk about a revolution without a few words on guns. If you haven't been in the army or done some hunting, you probably have a built-in fear against guns that can only be overcome by familiarizing yourself with them.

I'd forgotten how pro-terrorism those dag-gum hippies were.
posted by haqspan at 1:38 PM on November 10, 2002

thanks Miguel! i'd never read it....

and Tenant Net is a great resource (esp. for us New Yorkers, but applicable to any American who rents)
posted by amberglow at 1:48 PM on November 10, 2002

They've actually been publishing it for a while (at least since June, when I happened to notice (self link)). Also check out the background they provide on the history of the book itself.
posted by mattpfeff at 6:14 PM on November 11, 2002