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To: Proud_texan

"Actually as we move closer and closer to thought crimes I'm guessing that it's going to be "I thought about having a drink/committing adultery/eating fried food" crimes."

Drinkcrime : The crime of consuming any beverage in a way that is disapproved by Big Brother, or consuming any beverage which is disapproved by Big Brother ("Milk is bad for you, therefore it is illegal. Pepsi and Coke are bad for you, therefore they're illegal. Unfiltered water is bad for you, therefor it's illegal. Beer is bad for you, therefore it's illegal.")

Foodcrime : The crime of consuming any food which is disapproved by Big Brother. Just imagine if ARA's and PeTA infiltrate Congress. ("Meat is bad for you, therefore it's illegal. Fish has mercury; any amount of mercury is bad for you, therefore fish is illegal. Cheese is bad for you, therefore it's illegal. Fried squash is bad for you, therefore it's illegal.") Any person guilty of foodcrime will be sent to Miniluv where they will be tortured by starvation until they agree to adhere to the government-mandated vegan diet.

I'm pretty sure in the "1984" universe, foodcrime and drinkcrime existed. I'm sure Victory Gin was non-alcoholic, and I'm sure veganism was mandated by BB. (remember the cafeteria scene where Parsons mentions that the beef in the beef stew "looks like meat, tastes like meat, isn't meat at all"? I interpreted that to mean that eating meat was forbidden by BB.)


416 posted on 03/24/2006 6:42:11 PM PST by bigdcaldavis ("HYAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" - Howard Dean; Xandros - Linux Made Easy)
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To: bigdcaldavis

Got to "love" how the politicos push for "sin taxes" on beer and cigarettes yet the State makes a lot of money off of their sales (and makes even more money off the prosecution of those arrested for drinking and smoking in bars).

Follow the money.

If these are bad products, outlaw them. If they are going to be legal, permit their use among like minded individuals.


425 posted on 03/27/2006 8:47:53 AM PST by weegee ("Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.")
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