The Big Brother element of 1984 is the one that stuck in public consciousness even before the TV programme.
What is, or should be, more relevant to a contemporary readership is that the events of the book take place against the background of a continuing, endless war between two ideological blocs to which there can be no resolution. It is this which allows civil liberties to be eroded in the way they are. Now think about the 'War on Terror.' Think about subsequent erosion of civil liberty across both the western and eastern world. Spooky, eh? Steve Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Napier <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:15:57 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Up the Trent! On 10 Jun 2009, at 09:15, Adrian Stott wrote: >> >> Meanwhile, where does this one come from: >> >> "Thus, the Party rejects and vilifies every principle for which the >> Socialist movement originally stood, and it chooses to do this in the >> name of Socialism." > > Arthur Scargill? Nope, George Orwell. I was rereading 1984 this week, and a lot of it makes a lot more sense to me now than when I had to read it for English O-level. –– All the best Bruce Go steady, but keep going. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
