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To: FaultLine who started this subject	9/20/2002 1:37:46 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi all; Art imitates life. Maybe it's time to revisit '1984'. Which of the following phrases are from real life and which from the book: ( 1) "War is Peace." ( 2) Ministry of "Peace" actually responsible for war. ( 3) In God We Trust. ( 4) The government lies about past alliances. ( 5) Obey the UN or we'll attack you, and we'll ignore the UN when we do it. ( 6) Department of "Defense" actually responsible for attack. ( 7) The Ministry of "Truth" responsible for propaganda. ( 8) A country called "Eurasia". ( 9) Someone who deliberates blows himself up: "martyr". (10) You were supposed to call everyone 'comrade'. (11) The "Floating Fortress" anchored at sea. (12) Big brother is watching you. (13) Watch your neighbor. (14) "Pravda" (truth) as a government source of news. (15) Victor Cigarettes. (16) The "Black Market" means the market where prices are freely negotiated. (17) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (18) A black market for pharmaceuticals is called the "Drug Free Zone". (19) Doublethink. (20) We have "armaments". They have "Weapons of Mass Destruction". (21) Renouncing force would eliminate the possibility of "peaceful" reunification. (22) We have "freedom fighters". They have "terrorists". (23) "Sound bite". (24) A country called "The European Union". (25) Thought police. (26) The "Education Department" is responsible for ignorance. (27) The Junior Anti-Sex League. (28) The "Enemy of the People" is object of "The Two Minutes Hate". (29) The Nobel Peace Prize. -- Carl P.S. If you haven't been following recent events, at least this link will allow you to search for terms from the book: online-literature.com "Peaceful" unification is a quote about Taiwan. In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible. For example, it appeared from The Times of the seventeenth of March that Big Brother, in his speech of the previous day, had predicted that the South Indian front would remain quiet but that a Eurasian offensive would shortly be launched in North Africa. As it happened, the Eurasian Higher Command had launched its offensive in South India and left North Africa alone. It was therefore necessary to rewrite a paragraph of Big Brother's speech, in such a way as to make him predict the thing that had actually happened.

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