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zridling:
Top 10 most depressing quotes from Orwell's 1984:



"We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent there will be no need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler....

tinjaw:
You sure those quotes aren't from King George's President Bush's campaign speeches?

TucknDar:
sort of OT, but: If you like 1984, I can recommend "This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin (probably best known as the author of "Rosemary's Baby"). Excellent novel! I'm surprised (and a little relieved) that Hollywood hasn't picked it up yet... But the book is always better ;)

Cpilot:
You do of course realize that 1984 is a work of fiction, right?

tinjaw:
You do of course realize that 1984 is a work of fiction, right?
-Cpilot (March 14, 2008, 02:35 PM)
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Well, at one point it was, but now that the likes of Bush, Gonzales, Ashcroft have been in office, it doesn't take too much effort to understand that the GWOT is just another name for the war with Eurasia. No sir, 1984 is happening right here, right now.

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