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August 24, 2005

Are we living in 1984?

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." -- George Orwell, from the book 1984, published in 1949.

In the book 1984, the totalitarian government known as "Big Brother", uses high technology and cleverly crafted language known as "Newspeak" to control the minds of the masses. In that fictional world, any person thinking about notions of freedom or revolution was punished with torture or severe brainwashing. You see, in that world, thinking about true freedom was considered a "thoughtcrime". So Big Brother used "Newspeak" to get people to think in narrow terms, limiting the range of thought, in order to make "thoughtcrime" impossible.

I'm getting sick and tired of the Orwellian Newspeak. Just turn on the television, all you hear is Orwellian Newspeak. Nothing is as it seems.

That is the preamble to one of the best posts I have ever read. Go check it out.

Posted by David A at August 24, 2005 07:13 PM
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Short answer: Yes we are. And our loss of individual freedoms and choices concerns me greatly. What concerns me more is how so many folks are so willing to throw away even more of their individual liberties in the name of "security."

Posted by: EdWonk at August 24, 2005 11:06 PM

Has the owner of ISOU played "blue league" baseball sometime in the past? When one travels around those basepads, one is apt to get shaken up by some ruffians.

Posted by: EdWonk at August 25, 2005 04:45 PM

You are absolutely right about the freedoms. The Blue League Baseball I dont know about.

Posted by: David Anderson at August 25, 2005 11:46 PM