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Didn't you ever learn the difference between animate/inanimate objects and concepts? A country is a legal tangible representation of a concept. It does not have emotions.

The regime currently in charge of any country may have strong opinions either way about any other country's regime, but that doesn't always reflect the feelings of the rank and file citizen. It's the sweeping statements like yours that foster animosity and unreasoning hatred between groups.

Sort of like the statement that if I p!ss you off today, the "government" is responsible for that because I work for one small agency within the government...

To get back to the true issue: Dell asking people to promise not to look up "The Anarchist's Cookbook" or similar is pretty lame. Does Michael Dell and Co. really think that the truly nefarious will answer that question honestly? It's an exercise in release from culpability in case one of the company's computers turns up somewhere it shouldn't be.

BTW-hasn't anyone at Dell heard of resale? What happens then? Who's responsible for any acts performed using a resold computer?
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This PC will not be used for P2P activity...  SpideyWriter | 02/20/04
Well this should stop the HONEST terrorist - LOL (NT)  JWatson77 | 02/20/04
Really..Dell will end terrorism!  Bobby Sskcat | 02/20/04
LOL  Prognosticator | 02/20/04
Mr. Broersma (not true information)  FirstNLastN | 02/20/04
Dude, you're getting a dirty bomb!  Bobby Sskcat | 02/20/04
How about Dod ?  dg mh | 02/20/04
Kickbacks  AbsolutelyNot | 02/20/04
You don't understand  ejhonda | 02/20/04
Thankfully...  Bobby Sskcat | 02/20/04
ha ahahah AHAHAHAHHAA  nograin | 02/20/04
Thank goodness  James Schroer | 02/20/04
About as honest an answer  AbsolutelyNot | 02/20/04
Michael Dell, Bill Gates  skeptic tank | 02/20/04
Sixty-eight "POINT" two billion  AbsolutelyNot | 02/20/04
Message has been deleted.  idnew2009@... | 02/20/04
You mean people like Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols?  B.O.F.H. | 02/21/04
No, extremists are dangerous...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/21/04
U.S. ethnocentric racists  BUSH AWOL LIAR | 02/21/04
Yikes  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/04
You and the horse you rode in on...  boomslang_z | 02/23/04
Hmm...  phorvath2110 | 02/23/04
Dear DonnieBoy:  dmurphy@... | 02/23/04
India needs to be asked about this.... they are evil  idnew2009@... | 02/20/04
DonnieBoy  MrMagicHat | 02/21/04
You're lost yet again in time...  boomslang_z | 02/23/04
CHINA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUY EITHER  idnew2009@... | 02/20/04
Historical reasons why...  boomslang_z | 02/23/04
That's really good... Not!  AbsolutelyNot | 02/23/04
Great news!  d_jedi | 02/21/04
Weaker security than Win XP wink  phorvath2110 | 02/22/04
Message has been deleted.  linuxcad_is_a_spammer | 02/22/04
Aren't they using Playstation 2  FilledOut | 02/22/04
Actually...  AbsolutelyNot | 02/23/04
Rats!  daryl.cheshire@... | 02/23/04
They're just too clever  Chad_z | 02/23/04
amazing!!!!!  petem@... | 02/23/04
This is so friggin stupid it's not funny.  msdead | 02/23/04
What terrorist would want a broken down Dell?  MacGeek2121 | 02/23/04
Can you spell CYA ?  Oreamnos_americanus | 02/23/04
Dell's terrorist questions  realgomer | 02/23/04

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