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Martin68

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2. Good book. Orwell learned a lot in Burma. Most of the British officials there just reinforced their biases against
Reply to NNadir (Original post)
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 09:30 AM
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people of color and other cultures. Being open to a lesson from the country you are occupying and ruling is always the exception.

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"The key conclusion Orwell took away from his time in... [View all] NNadir Apr 2025 OP
The War against Free Will - the true G.O.P. target BoRaGard Apr 2025 #1
Good book. Orwell learned a lot in Burma. Most of the British officials there just reinforced their biases against Martin68 Apr 2025 #2
"We seem to be moving, drifting, steadily against our will... NNadir Apr 2025 #3
Hideous catastrophe is in the air jimmy the one Apr 2025 #10
Sounds like an interesting read. I have read KPN Apr 2025 #4
Excellent book, just finished reading it Sequoia Apr 2025 #5
I'm more than halfway through it the waiting room for my wife. NNadir Apr 2025 #7
Even Kipling got tired of glorifying the Empire ... or so I have read ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #6
When I was in high school, a very long time ago, we used to have what were called "Declamation Projects." NNadir Apr 2025 #14
If only now was political fiction jimmy the one Apr 2025 #8
For all that - everything you say about him is true - Churchill had his "Finest Hour." NNadir Apr 2025 #15
"Political language--and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists Ping Tung Apr 2025 #9
What will the historians write about the period 2000-2030? Bluetus Apr 2025 #11
I sort of wonder whether the historical record will exist. Great and powerful nations fall, of course, but few fall... NNadir Apr 2025 #13
I prefer The Road to Wigan Pier Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #12
Ricks had nice things to say about "The Road to Wigan Pier," saying it was the first indication of Orwell becoming... NNadir Apr 2025 #16
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