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To: truemiester
The party slogan echoes Orwell's famous dictum in 1984: "Slavery Is Freedom; War Is Peace. Interestingly enough, in the movie based on Orwell's novel, Hurt plays Winston Smith and the late Richard Burton portrayed the Party's interrogator who tortured Smith in the aptly named MinPeace. Ministry Of Peace. Very felicitious, those totalitarian dictatorships. The irony of the language escapes their notice even as they seek all encompassing control over every thought of their hapless subjects.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

16 posted on 03/20/2006 3:13:27 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
I think that was the wrong Ministry. It was MinLove - which concerned itself with law and order; MinPeace dealt with war and defense; MinPlenty dealt with the economy and domestic affairs and MinTruth which focussed on education, the press and public relations. Every word in reality of course, carries exactly the opposite meaning. The MinLove tortured dissents. Smith found out all too well the Party's idea of all-embracing love: obedience to its dictates.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

18 posted on 03/20/2006 3:19:53 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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