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24 Jun 2014, 4:22 pm
On the streets, Thais have been arrested for wearing the wrong message on a T-shirt, or reading George Orwell's "1984" in public. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 3:37 pm
It brings to mind George Orwell’s observation, in his enduring essay “Politics and the English Language,” that “[i]n our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible,” and that the word “democracy,” in particular, “has several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with each other” and “is often used in a consciously dishonest way. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 3:04 pm
") But the fact remains: if 815 has become a barricaded citadel for ECUSA's elite, akin to the farmhouse in George Orwell's novel, then it is not serving the Church. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 12:39 pm
It brings to mind George Orwell’s observation, in his enduring essay “Politics and the English Language,” that “[i]n our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible,” and that the word “democracy,” in particular, “has several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with each other” and “is often used in a consciously dishonest way. [read post]
29 May 2014, 7:47 pm
Worse, he also violated George Orwell's great rule about never using an expression you've heard before when you write. [read post]
13 May 2014, 11:33 am
But as long as North Korea still has a regime that is a real-life version of George Orwell’s 1984, Cuba will not be the last commmunist state, or even the most repressive. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 7:11 pm
Historical momentIn his famous book 1984, George Orwell wrote that “[h]e who controls the past controls the future”. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 4:54 pm
Analysis It has been all of thirty years since George Orwell’s “1984,” but imagery from that novel can still be scary, indeed. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 9:07 am
(A personal note: if you believe the reference to “Big Brother” relates to a TV show by that name, I’d encourage you to pick up the seminal George Orwell novel 1984, wherein the phrase was born.) [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 8:07 am
(A personal note: if you believe the reference to “Big Brother” relates to a TV show by that name, I’d encourage you to pick up the seminal George Orwell novel 1984, wherein the phrase was born.) [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 4:43 am
the Blue plaque is for George Orwell. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 8:33 am
The revelations over the past nine months that the United States is engaging in various mass-surveillance programs that collect and store huge amounts of information about both Americans and foreigners has rightly invited frequent references to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 8:33 am
I recently came across an interesting passage by George Orwell. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 12:50 am
George Orwell couldn’t have written better. [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 7:50 am
The longer this matter drags out, the more the NSA looks like it has become even more of a “big brother” than George Orwell imagined in his book,1984. [read post]
27 Dec 2013, 6:54 am
Here. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 9:07 am
” – 1984, George Orwell The present government of Canada has made considerable efforts to explain how this new legislation is going to protect Canadians from criminals; but nothing is said about it also changes internet privacy of everyday Canadians to a point that offers an overwhelming amount of surveillance and preservations of online activity. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 9:07 am
” – 1984, George Orwell The present government of Canada has made considerable efforts to explain how this new legislation is going to protect Canadians from criminals; but nothing is said about it also changes internet privacy of everyday Canadians to a point that offers an overwhelming amount of surveillance and preservations of online activity. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 9:41 am
What has become painfully clear is that the NSA and the intelligence community at large have created a surveillance apparatus that puts even the dystopic creation of George Orwell's "1984" to shame. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 8:12 am
George Orwell would have appreciated the slippery and soul-less use of the passive voice. [read post]
