Orwell reborn
by Sean Gonsalves
Cape Cod Times
02/01/05
I know you think we are in the year 2005 but we're not. We are living in the year 1984. And this is the word (and the world) according to Orwell. Witness the thought-police out in full force, cloaked in 'patriotism.' Any criticism of our government's policies is popularly labeled 'anti-American.' Notice the proliferation of false, child-like dichotomies such as 'either you're with us or against us' and 'we're-good, they're evil,' international law, the Geneva Conventions and Abu Ghraib aside...
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/edits/seang.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Cape Cod Times
02/01/05
I know you think we are in the year 2005 but we're not. We are living in the year 1984. And this is the word (and the world) according to Orwell. Witness the thought-police out in full force, cloaked in 'patriotism.' Any criticism of our government's policies is popularly labeled 'anti-American.' Notice the proliferation of false, child-like dichotomies such as 'either you're with us or against us' and 'we're-good, they're evil,' international law, the Geneva Conventions and Abu Ghraib aside...
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/edits/seang.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 2. Feb, 13:59