Re "Winston Smith is the protagonist in George Orwell's novel 1984. He works in the Ministry of Truth. His job is one of continuously rewriting history to conform to the current view held by the ruling totalitarian party. He deletes references to persons out of favour.":
I used to work for the BBC in London so often hung out at Broadcasting House (where George Orwell worked during the war writing propaganda). Broadcasting House (and the BBC) was Orwell's inspiration for the Ministry of Truth. Deleting references to people out of favour is chillingly like the recent directive from the European Union giving people the "right to be forgotten" and ordering Google to delete all links to articles that anyone now finds embarrassing. Lots of low-lifes and criminals are taking advantage of that decision. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote : Winston Smith is the protagonist in George Orwell's novel 1984. He works in the Ministry of Truth. His job is one of continuously rewriting history to conform to the current view held by the ruling totalitarian party. He deletes references to persons out of favour, creates new versions of historical documents to conform to the new version of truth. In this society, it does not matter if you are for or against the party, for in the end, they will get to you and you will love the party leader 'Big Brother', or you will be dead. Kind of like North Korea today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : I dunnoe who Winston Smith is. From: "anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 3:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Old TM Article Michael, I actually read this article on the Internet at MIU, probably shortly after it came out. I was just getting used to being on the Internet. I distinctly recall Curtis' mention of getting a 'medieval education', although (sorry Curtis) I do not remember Curtis from that time as I did not have much knowledge of earlier times in the TM movement and I did not know of him at that time. He had left the movement by that time. Winston Smith probably deleted all mention of him in the revised history. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : Can't believe I never saw this before, I just ran across it. The interesting thing is the piece about John Fagan getting money from the government for his non-TM research. Sort of flies in the face of the bragging guys like Bob Schneider have made about how much money the feds give them for TM research, saying like the giving of a grant is tantamount to the gov'ment signing off on TM. University's Degree Comes With a Heavy Dose of Meditation (and Skepticism) http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/29/news/university-s-degree-comes-with-a-heavy-dose-of-meditation-and-skepticism.html?src=pm&pagewanted=1&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/29/news/university-s-degree-comes-with-a-heavy-dose-of-meditation-and-skepticism.html?src=pm&pagewanted=1&pagewanted=all University's Degree Comes With a Heavy Dose of Meditatio... http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/29/news/university-s-degree-comes-with-a-heavy-dose-of-meditation-and-skepticism.html?src=pm&pagewanted=1&pagewanted=all The plains are misty with chill as first light slips over the Patanjali Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge. A man in a hooded sweatshirt shakes a bell to call in meditat... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/29/news/university-s-degree-comes-with-a-heavy-dose-of-meditation-and-skepticism.html?src=pm&pagewanted=1&pagewanted=all Preview by Yahoo
