Murder, despite being debateably worse than anything else (yes, rape, yes, pedophilia, yes, torture- All these things, while horiffic, can see the victim recover.), seems to often lack the hysterical response that a pedophile/rapist/Scientologist seems to create.


So. There are movies (Saw, any slasher movie, any movie about a serial killer) about how to kill people. Hell, Dexter (a fine, fine show) is practically a how-to on the subject.

There are books. There are essays (I assume). Some deal with just the physical deed, some deal with the psychological aspect, some are police procedurals figuring out how it was done, some have criminal protagonists SHOWING us how it is done.


So, yeah. All of that is protected under free speech. The closest censorship comes into play is that sometimes we just see a spray of blood instead of an actual cut, and if someone makes a bomb maybe we don't learn all the ingredients.


So, as awful as the book is, yes. It's protected.