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Huxley vs Orwell

Unread postby dorlomin » Sun 16 Aug 2009, 14:37:09

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A suprisingly thought provoking cartoon. Two dystopias, which is ours?
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Re: Huxley vs Orwell

Unread postby NTBKtrader » Sun 16 Aug 2009, 15:09:19

thanks
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Re: Huxley vs Orwell

Unread postby Escapist » Sun 16 Aug 2009, 21:08:43

I think they both are partially true. I still remember the lies that has been told when Russia invaded Georgia and everyone in the news were saying that Russia started it when there was enough evidence that georgia threw the first stone. Heck even Glenn Beck interviewed Shaakasvili. So censorship still exists and in countries like China and Tibet Orwell's views still are more acurate then huxley.

I doubt you will see a lot of farmers getting brainwashed in poor countries by "Home and Away"
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Re: Huxley vs Orwell

Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Mon 17 Aug 2009, 00:14:52

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Escapist', 'I') doubt you will see a lot of farmers getting brainwashed in poor countries by "Home and Away"


I dunno. I bet there are a lot of poor farmers in far off places who regularly fill up on American pop-culture.
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The way things were before
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