1984

[Kimbo]

war is peace
ignorance is strength
freedom is slavery

dumdeedumdumdum...
yea... think about it

 

[Neil Pickup]

Too close for comfort.

 

[Top_Cat]

Don't get me started...........actually right now I don't have time, but I'll be back.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

whats 1984 gotta do with it ?

 

[Kimbo]

the book 1984 by george owell is where these slogans come from. i haven't actually read it but that what i heard and have since thought a lot about them... especially freedom is slavery

its all so true

 

[lord_of_darkness]

oh are you doing it for an english assignment ?

or someone suggested it to you ?

 

[Kimbo]

i read about it in a book called "the new rulers of the world"
it was talking about slogans in society. it said that todays slogan "war on terrorism" also reverses meaning- the war is terrorism.
anyway, so far its a really good book, i recommend it.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

okay cool , ill ask my mum to borrow it for me when she goes around to the library

 

[Kimbo]

don't think you will find it at the library, it has only just come out.

 

[Anoop]

1984 ... what an year!! It even has a famous book named after it.. and what's more Anoop was born that year!!

 

[luckyeddie]

Yer Uncle Ed says read it.
1984 (and Animal Farm) are not only terrific reads, but have deep inner messages and warnings about the dangers of totalitarianism and the erosion of free will.

I will discuss 'War is Peace' here . .
Three superstates exist, all perpetually at war with each other (although temporary alliances sometimes exist). No-one can win. Is the war real? It doesn't really matter, because it serves it's purpose - that is, to pacify the proletariat and unite them. War abroad = peace at home (and the party can continue on it's merry way).

 

[Kimbo]

ah yes... thanks for that... i got this from "freedom is slavery"

the freedom of the west comes at the price of slavery for the rest of the world. the rest of the world is slaving away for our "freedom". they produce goods that are of no use to them, grow crops dependant on our needs, and what do they get... well many die, and the rest get a couple of bucks a day.

 

[MrPerko]

"Freedom is slavery"....

Couldn't agree more, Sunil.


P.S. George Orwell's books are fantasic... throughly recommend.

 

[luckyeddie]

Why 'Room 101', anyone?

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Animal Farm , dont remind me about it we are doing that in english we read it 5 times and now we have to do an essay on it ....

 

[Anoop]

well.. Rueben.. I had to do Shakespear's "Merchant of Venice" and "The Tempest" .. The torture is nothing compared to "Animal Farm".. That atleast is in English!!

 

[lord_of_darkness]

im just waiting when English becomes an "optional" subject so i can leave it

 

[Kimbo]

not until 7th form.

 

[luckyeddie]

And when you have finished with 1984 and Animal Farm, it's on to 'Down and Out in Paris and London'.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

lol 7th form is ages away