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Ichingcarpenter

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1. -- George Orwell

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 05:33 AM

Aug 2012

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
-- George Orwell

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George Orwell is 'too Left-wing’ for a statue at BBC headquarters [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 OP

-- George Orwell Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #1

Would too right-wing be a problem? /nt Festivito Aug 2012 #2

Do you really have to ask? truebrit71 Aug 2012 #10

Animal Farm was written about the Soviet Union you blithering bloody dolt. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #3

Or rather, Stalin's U.S.S.R. AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #5

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #8

In Orwell's time the two were kind of synonymous. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #17

So what? Bad Thoughts Aug 2012 #9

Shall we put you down as agreeing with Mark Thompson then? Fumesucker Aug 2012 #13

Not at all Bad Thoughts Aug 2012 #15

They've got to be JOKING. AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #4

Bakewell supports the statue; careful who you're calling a moron, there muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #7

"Thompson is about to become president and chief executive of the New York Times" marmar Aug 2012 #11

i started rereading 1984 recently. every few pages or so i think "how did he *know*?" HiPointDem Aug 2012 #6

Because he saw it all happen before? n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #12

Yeah, he was alive and awake during the 30's.... Wounded Bear Aug 2012 #19

Because he was writing about his own time? (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #18

They need to put it in front of 10 Downing st. n2doc Aug 2012 #14

Hell, his picture should be on all the "newscasts" woo me with science Aug 2012 #16

we could trade them for that rush limbaugh statue DonRedwood Aug 2012 #20