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I prefer yours. The Orwellian thing triggers some analogue to Godwin's Law and won't help credibility, true though it is.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:27:19 AM EST
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If it may sound too strong... forget about it.

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:37:19 AM EST
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To me, "Orwellianism" refers to manifestations of totalitarianism, specifically. You can have runaway capitalism without totalitarianism.

Furthermore, the reference to the 17th century is perfectly accurate. These people aren't saying 2 + 2 = 5, as the Bushies often do: they have simply gone back to a much older social model.

A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns

by Alexander on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 09:01:50 PM EST
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The Orwell reference is spot-on, but is used again and again by all sides of any given debate and has thus lost pertinence. Godwin's Law (2).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:56:20 AM EST
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It doesn't help that Orwell's heart was on the other side.

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 07:26:38 AM EST
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:-D

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 12:43:09 PM EST
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