On: Lockdown - The coming war on general-purpose compu...

[sliverstorm]

Industrial quantities of fertilizer IS dangerous. The Oslo bombing wasn't even that long ago, have you forgotten?

[waqf → sliverstorm]

You missed my point. Of course it's dangerous if you want it to be, but so is a kitchen knife.

The point is, stuff eventually gets regulated because of how it might be used, not because of how it's normally used.

[sliverstorm → waqf]

But is fertilizer actually regulated?

[waqf → sliverstorm]

Apparently yes: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/fertilizer-control-dhs-creat...

(Thanks for making me research it, I learned some interesting stuff and I would learn more if I had more time.)

[whatusername → sliverstorm]

99.9% (and probably a few more 9's) of Fertilizer sold in Industrial Quantities is used on farms and not really all that dangerous.