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To: Akira
the Orwellian level of an anti-sexual league and capital punishment for the offence

I dunno. Maybe Orwellian. But Huxleylike totalitarianism seemed to endorse lascivious behavior. I think this is technicaly more "Puritanical" than "Orwellian."

6 posted on 11/08/2003 9:26:44 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: sam_paine
I dunno. Maybe Orwellian. But Huxleylike totalitarianism seemed to endorse lascivious behavior. I think this is technicaly more "Puritanical" than "Orwellian."

Brave New World indeed!

12 posted on 11/08/2003 10:07:09 AM PST by StatesEnemy
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sam_paine said: I dunno. Maybe Orwellian. But Huxleylike totalitarianism seemed to endorse lascivious behavior. I think this is technicaly more "Puritanical" than "Orwellian."

Another aspect of "Orwellian" control is that the control is arbitrary. One day the nation is aligned with "Oceania" and the next day opposed. The people were expected to adapt to the changed allegiances and controls without question. The state which can prohibit kissing in public can also mandate it. That which is not prohibited becomes required.

I believe it is in Missouri that the state constitution enumerates the right to keep and bear arms but which contains a clause that such right "shall not justify the carrying of concealed weapons". A judge has ruled that this clause prohibits carrying of concealed weapons. The "thinking" (if it can be called that) is that whatever is not a protected right must therefor be prohibited even with legislative approval.

14 posted on 11/08/2003 12:23:20 PM PST by William Tell
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