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11-04-2006, 03:57 PM | #62 |
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Godwin's Law:
"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." It basically means that whatever the topic- abortion, evolution, politics, censorship, baseball, whatever- discussion will usually grow heated and someone will compare the other side to the Nazis It's often extended to the corollary that whoever does so, loses. Since this discussion is actually about totalitarianism, and Orwell very much had the Nazis in mind (not as much as the Commies, true), it is not applicable to this thread. Post away.
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11-04-2006, 04:14 PM | #63 |
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Question:
I've got a pretty good background in history and political philosophy covering this era (example- at one time I actually owned the complete works of Orwell, including the 4-volume collected Essays, Journalism and Letters) and I grew up during the Cold War. Does it make a difference to younger readers? Even for me, 1984 was pretty much a historical work- the Soviet Union under Brezhnev was not the Soviet Union under Stalin. As for Animal Farm, it is an allegory - can you fully appreciate it without knowing which historical figures Major, Napoleon, Snowball are; what groups Boxer, Benjamin and Moses represent; what the Battle of the Windmill was?
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11-07-2006, 10:14 PM | #64 | |
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11-10-2006, 10:44 PM | #65 | |
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Gee, what's the common denominator in all therse discussions that you enter?
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11-12-2006, 02:44 AM | #66 |
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*cough*
Err...the same few people that always fight? *cough* *cough*
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