1984

[Angmar]

I've heard the same thing, but then, Animal Farm was extremely well done. I'm not sure why, but 1984 simply wasn't as appealing to me as Orwell's other work.

[Ogilvy]

Angmar said:

I've heard the same thing, but then, Animal Farm was extremely well done. I'm not sure why, but 1984 simply wasn't as appealing to me as Orwell's other work.

Orwell was not good at character development and I have heard that if you read 1984 twice his writing style seems almost comical at places.

Animal Farm was more of a parable, akin to the stories that Jesus would tell to the multitudes. Character development was entirely unimportant; the characters lacked depth because the focus was on the moral of the story.

This is probably why Animal Farm succeeds while many believe that 1984 is a failure.

[hubcap]

The pragmatist reads 1984 and sees it as a cautionary tale.

The republican zealot seems to regard it as a sound business plan.

[Walter]

hubcap, that's plain silly.

Among many other things, the notion of "thought police," for example, is clearly a Liberal characteristic.

Political Correctness was originally developed to avoid offending, but has now become a crime.

A hate crime is a crime commited against a "protected group." The idea of "hate crimes came from the Liberals.

I think you need to read "1984" before commenting on it.

[Equal Protection]

Walter said:

hubcap, that's plain silly.

Among many other things, the notion of "thought police," for example, is clearly a Liberal characteristic.

...

Drug use is a personal choice.

If no harm comes from it, what crime is there?

By harm I mean OTHERWISE criminalous behavior.


Because drug use ought not be intrinsically criminalous.

Smoking and drinking could be said to cause, to similar degrees if used in excess (As with anything, in excess) troubles in the same areas drugs would.

And so called 'social conservatives' love to make a name for themselves by jailing many a drug user.

Social Interventionism (of course, always assuming no crime has been commited) is wrong and is rooted in the idea of Social Control, which, whether by Religion, by Government, or a blend of the two, bring about the same folly.

Same as concensual sex laws....

You have two consenting adults...

What basis is there for interdiction?

Same as pornography laws, touted by Social Conservatives...

Thought control, no other good reason.

The list goes on.

Liberals hold one side of the dangerous path to Statism and universal intervention, from birth onward, as do the 'Conservatives' the other... they just want different things.

When you are ready to reverse the trend of petty, though-contolling laws, where no crime has been commited... you will abandon the mono-party system we have and vote for real opposition to what's going on.

Vote Libertarian.

www.lp.org

[Matt]

Good read...