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Felix Rex  Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope 
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  _________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:32 am |
 
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Minor Diety  Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Would you mind summing it up? That plot outline is burning my brain considering im trying to get a 2500 word paper in for Wednesday.
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:06 am |
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Minor Diety  Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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You never read it?
_________________ Melchett: As private parts to the gods are we: they play with us for their sport! |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:27 am |
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Felix Rex Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16661 Location: On a slope
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ultra summary that will fail any test given on the subject:
The "future" (book was written in the 40s, I think, so 1984 was the far future) world controlled by 3 warring super powers no personal freedom "big brother" is always watching... the thought police will get you for inappropriate thoughts etc etc... Classic dystopian literature, and one of the best known besides Brave New World. And seems to be the direction that the civilized world is heading in, with England boldly leading the way to a total surveillance state. *edit* haha...found this on slashdot. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/01/14/2125202.shtml It makes reference to England and Big Brother. What a coincidence.  _________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:04 am |
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Minor Diety Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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 I accept the blame. Although, i don't think the UK will ever take is so far as actually abusing it. We have parliament!  _________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:18 am |
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Minor Diety Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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[Godwin]So had the 1920's Weimar Republic.[/Godwin]
_________________ Melchett: As private parts to the gods are we: they play with us for their sport! |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:43 am |
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Count  Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:30 pm Posts: 810
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of course no "government" would ever take things to far! nope not at all. I'll keep microwaving the rfid's and really considering keeping my money and mail in a safe in my back yard under a trap door with my nuc. rations.
_________________ I LUV everybody until they piss me off. |
| Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:32 am |
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Minor Diety Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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Look at this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6267305.stm
_________________ "Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson |
| Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:18 am |
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Minor Diety  Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Returning to an old discussion perhaps but...the difference between Derf being under the thumb of Blair and the soldiers in Iraq is, obviously, that Blair can become the PM regardless of Derf voting for him or not. The soldiers on the other hand signed for the army; if they wouldn't have signed they wouldn't be in Iraq.
Not that it really matters anyway, a lot (most?) of the soldiers in Iraq are from poor backgrounds and are trying to get a better life by serving in the military and all the perks that come with it. So I wouldn't go as far as Derf and blame them for signing. But the guys who had a real choice NOT to sign or the idealists, why would anyone be sorry for them? In the former's case they're doing their 'job' and in the latter they totally asked for it. 
Anyway, I hope for everyone that's not a major asshole that he gets out of the Iraq hell alive, American or Iraqi. _________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse." - Coach |
| Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:38 pm |
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