I got rid of my tv (sold it to a teacher, Arlo) in 1983 because I read 1984 in 1983 and it quite frankly freaked me out. I think Orwell was extrapolating social tendencies already in play at the time and pointing to a future that must be avoided with effort.
So I became... a Waiter. John the waiter On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:41 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [MK] > Better put Orwell on your summer reading list. > > [Arlo] > Recall that in 1984, the people were kept in line by a government sold > "war", > their senses kept in check by the constant barrage of "fear the boogeymen" > (not > his words, of course). The constant "enemy", always at our doors, always > one > step away from raping your daughter and eating your puppy, the enemy, a > subhuman, violent, non-reasoning group that seeks only to destroy YOU... > support the state or else THE ENEMY WILL GET YOU! > > Yes, many people should put Orwell on their summer reading list. > > I've posted this before, but since you mention Orwell, I thought I'd post > it > again. The quote is from Wikipedia, reproduced from "Collected Essays". > > ""My recent novel [Nineteen Eighty-Four] is NOT intended as an attack on > Socialism or on the British Labour Party (of which I am a supporter) but as > a > show-up of the perversions ... which have already been partly realized in > Communism and Fascism. ...The scene of the book is laid in Britain in order > to > emphasize that the English-speaking races are not innately better than > anyone > else and that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph > anywhere." > (Orwell) > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > -- ------------ Self is simply Choice, so choose good ------------ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
