[Angry_Chimp]

"In our society, those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

One clear illustration of this is the fact that war hysteria increases in intensity as one rises in the social scale. Those whose attitude towards the war is most nearly rational are the subject peoples of the disputed territories. To these people the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave. Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. They are aware that a change of overlordship means simply that they will be doing the same work as before for new masters who treat them in the same manner as the old ones. The slightly more favoured workers whom we call 'the proles' are only intermittently conscious of the war. When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening. It is in the ranks of the Party, and above all of the Inner Party, that the true war enthusiasm is found. World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible. This peculiar linking-together of opposites -- knowledge with ignorance, cynicism with fanaticism -- is one of the chief distinguishing marks of society.

If human equality is to be for ever averted -- if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently -- then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity."

[roccman]

Honey!!!!!

Git my flag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

911 got out agin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Excellent post AC.

[MD]

Since you've used quote marks I'll assume it's a quote. Give authorship credits, please.
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[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'S')ince you've used quote marks I'll assume it's a quote. Give authorship credits, please.
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[Angry_Chimp]

I thought it would be obvious who it was from, my bad.


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[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'S')ince you've used quote marks I'll assume it's a quote. Give authorship credits, please.
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[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')fterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if its owner fails to control it. Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men said it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie, because an elephant was worth more than any damn Coringhee coolie. And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant. I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.