1984

if 1984 actually came true would it really be so bad havent got time to write about this post now im being kicked out the computer room

sorry about that people. im back on a computer. so if if 1984 came true would it as bad as orwell thinks? althou the whole 2 minute hate thing is pretty bad and the extreme paranoia but is this really diff from what is going on now?

thats why jimi hendrix said in 1983 a merman i shall be

Please exlpain.. '1984'? WTF???

What is this?



Is about the comet or..?

no 1984 isnt about a comet. its a book by george orwell READ IT!

Originally posted by kurtcobainuk
no 1984 isnt about a comet. its a book by george orwell READ IT!

Right..

But i will not read it.

And if it is a book this topic really belongs to here or here.

(in 'Other Resources Of Information' or 'Entertainment'.)

Is that the book about how you're considered part of the civilized world when you don't grow old as long as they take a certain pill & monogamy is considered taboo & there is no such thing as a family unit?

But outside this civilized world exists outcasts who do grow old, monogamy exists & there are families?

And the irony is that there is more freedom of mind with the outcasts because the pill that is taken limits your free thinking.

It would be a good system if I could be a high-up in The Party. Mmmm, jsut thinking about all those nymphos in the Youth Anti-Sex League makes me want to think that 4=5. or at least convince a bunch of peons that it is true.

But frankly, I really dont think that the idea is half bad.

XAOS

hey questor,
i think youre talking about Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I always get those books confused too. i wouldnt mind a little soma right now...

I dont mind the idea of ruling in 1984. Ruling by fear is an effective way to keep general order. It has been proven through many centuries. (incas are a good example)

1984 is a really good book....read it.

I struggle to find one positive thing in the totalitarian vision of George Orwell.

The book was written as a warning, and has been used as a prescription after the successive dumbing down of two generations.

And now people want to embrace it! Maybe this topic is intended as a joke, sorry if I misread it.

"Brazil" (Terry Gilliam's flick) was a good little sideswipe at 1984 too.

I hope the world does not turn out like the world depicted in 1984. They were not allowed to have sex for pleasure. Kids would tell on their parents if they did something bad. Worst of all there were thought police.

sorry MA but i was just thinking if we did live in a world like 1984 would it be that bad like in the matrix i mean id choose the matrix anytime. "ignorance is bliss"

Most of what is predicted has already happened.

Gentetics, test tube babies, Microphones and cameras all over the country.

Phone numbers to call for everything from dole cheats to criminals.

We effectively have one party politics across the so called civilised world. All the parties seem to lie and cheat for their own ends and to ensure they stay in power for as long as possible while doing little but take away our freedoms.