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To: geode00 who wrote (52463)	12/14/2005 9:58:23 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361716

check out this new Kurdish oil deal... Message 21973936

To: geode00 who wrote (52463)	12/14/2005 10:01:13 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361716

It's just words but it's the right words Newspeak does not involve finding the right words so much as avoiding the wrong ones. You don't want to even critisise some ideas, if you can make the name of the idea dissappear then the idea will dissappear with it. The basic idea behind Newspeak was to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, good thoughts and thoughtcrimes) which reinforce the total dominance of the State. A staccato rhythm of short syllables was also a goal, further reducing the need for deep thinking about language. Successful Newspeak meant that there would be fewer and fewer words -- dictionaries would get thinner and thinner. In addition, words with opposite meanings were removed as redundant, so "bad" became "ungood." Words with superlative meanings were also removed, so "best" became "doubleplusgood." In this manner, as many words as possible were removed from the language. The ultimate aim of Newspeak was to reduce even the dichotomies to a single word that was a "yes" of some sort: an obedient word with which everyone answered affirmatively to what was asked of them. netcharles.com TP