On May 24, 9:06=A0pm, Joe Brenner From: <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The Bavarian Fascineti <fasci...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Panurge <panu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Endymion <disintegrat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > Joe Brenner <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> > > I think the Orwell novel "1984" did an excellent job of holding
> >> > > back this particular tide. =A0For many years, "that sounds like
> >> > > something out of '1984'" was an effective argument.
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> >> > > I guess the question would be why it *stopped* being an
> >> > > effective argument.
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> >> > Through overuse, the same way comparing one's opponent to Hitler
> >> > stopped being an effective argument. If every trivial thing is
called=
> >> > Orwellian, people start to think of his work as trivial.
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> Indeed. =A0After to you hear the same thing, over-and-over, you
> stop paying attention. =A0So when the Republicans trot out the
> same old accusations this year ("you don't sup****t the
> troops!"), CNN is going to just yawn and pass over them.
>
> And this explains why people can no longer be stampeded into
> surrending their liberty because of some trumped-up external
> threat: they've just seen it too many times before.
>
> >What's happening in Guantanamo Bay is Orwellian? =A0In that case,
> >Orwellian doesn't mean anything except "I think it's bad,"
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> =A0 =A0"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot
> =A0 =A0 stamping on a human face... for ever"
>
Is it my boot?
You sweet talker.
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> >It's basic to human nature, it has nothing to do with linguistic
> >imperatives. =A0If you want the term to carry the pejorative force
> >it deserves, only use it where apt. =A0"Never cry wolf," right?
>
> Not when the wolves own the press.
>
I thought they were the ones crying wolf.
-F
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