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Book Review – George Orwell - 1984

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Jan 17

Various editions The definitive Dystopian vision of a totalitarian future Britain, as scary and relevant today as on publication in 1948. Its title simply swapped round the four and eight to set the work in the not too distant...

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Where "slippery slope" is no longer a fallacy...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Sep 09

The nanny staters are a bunch who can't be parodied and you can never exagerate the lengths they'll go to accomplish their totalitarian goals. Freedom of choice is an enemy and "there outta be a law" is their creed. First...

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Laws in search of a problem...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 27 Aug 09

Like many other places, Wisconsin is full of people who seem to demand laws that don't actually address a problem... There is a push for a state law requiring "Obsolute Sobriety" for bartenders while on duty. Have any of you...

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Don't You Just Hate it When the Conspiracy Theorists Are Right?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2 Feb 09

For a few years now, Alex Jones, the Libertarian Party and other wings of the Aluminum Foil Hat Society have been telling tales about secret detention camps set up by FEMA, The Department of Homeland Security and the "special...

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Who Should Control Your Thermostat?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 9 Jan 08

In California there are legislators who believe it shouldn't be the residents of the home... it should be them. Why? Because everyone is too wasteful to be trusted anymore. The sales pitch is: "During emergencies, PCTs...

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The Educated Idiots Strike Again... Banning Hugs?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 7 Nov 07

Good morning, The Worm, Your Honour, The Crown will plainly show, The prisoner who now stands before you, Was caught red-handed showing feelings. Showing feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do. Call the...

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Could Animal Farm Serve As A Warning For "We The People Of The United States?"

Ainsley Jo Phillips @AJ1952Chats (2331) • Anderson, Indiana 12 Jan 07

How do you see George Orwell's Animal Farm? Do you see it as simply a satire directed at one particular totalitarian government, or are there lessons in there that should be heeded by those of us living in the democracy known...

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