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To: zonder who wrote (13416)	10/29/2004 2:59:27 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 20773

Thanks, I had not really thought (enough) of "doublethink" and what is needed to "cope with it". Besides the "early practicing" needed to learn to live with "it", one mechaism a "third party named faith", humor is also important, as it (almost) always is based on, relieves from, one of the basic pains, the one of "contradictory thoughts". PS "early practicing", according to some, starts at the "why"-age by replying "don't ask those questions all the time", some carefully applied spanking produces even funnier results.

To: zonder who wrote (13416)	10/30/2004 2:04:14 AM
From: Yogizuna	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

How can rulers achieve this kind of instant consent? Orwell's cruellest insight is that people have little desire to know the truth. This is an important challenge to a certain kind of optimism in the liberal tradition. The core texts of liberal toleration, such as Milton's Areopagitica and Mill's On Liberty, take for granted that individuals will wish to know the truth. They contend that in the absence of censorship, truth will eventually emerge and be recognised as such. But even in democracies this may not always be true. For what it is worth, and I do not mean to depress any of the intelligent and or optimistic readers here, but after almost 55 years of living in this country, it has been my experience that the majority of the people would rather have their minds at ease by not knowing too much of the truth and all the "shenanigans" going on behind the scenes by selfish manipulators and "puppet string" pullers...

To: zonder who wrote (13416)	10/31/2004 8:11:08 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

F~E~A~R: The History of a Political Idea Corey Robin Description: Corey Robin is the author of "Fear: The History of a Political Idea." He explains that the thesis of his book documents how leaders have used fear to shape politics throughout history. Mr. Robin also makes the argument that fear is still used as an instrument of repression in contemporary America including the current war on terrorism. This event is hosted by 57th St. Books in Chicago, Illinois. Author Bio: Corey Robin teaches political science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, and American Political Science Review. Publisher: Oxford University Press 198 Madison Ave New York, NY 10016 ===== booktv.org maybe archived on late monday, thorsday, and if not on wednesday, somebody decided it should not be. PS Recessions are abviously one of the best to instill some fruitful fear and if every tenth year, few generations are not instilled from holy birth and conception PPS Sad tradegy, those listners who did not "get it", although they were physically present, but Q&As are always go