George Orwell's '1984' Has Finally Arrived in America
Sep 19, 2017 08:46:00 #
Sep 19, 2017 08:59:02 #
I read this book when I was a young snot some 60 years ago. Fascinating reading! This should be required reading in every school. There I go again 'dreaming' of the impossible. Outside of the charter schools and 'private' schools, You won't see this in our current school system.Bearing in mind that it is the nations learning system that sets the future course of our youthful minds. Our current system is producing a piss poor crop of citizens of the new Amerika as depicted by "1984" even the timing is right.
Sep 19, 2017 09:06:12 #
Alicia
Loc: NYC
pappadeux wrote:
I read this book when I was a young snot some 60 y... (show quote)
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Rather than blaming only the schools, would it not be feasible to blame it on the parents who, because they're "too busy," left the business of parenting up to the schools? As 45 has proven, it IS much easier to blame one's failings on others.
Sep 19, 2017 09:28:45 #
Alicia wrote:
On this point you are right. I say this because I don't know where you stand. We as Americans have fallen asleep in our duties as citizens. So now what happens at the wake-up call? We simply roll over and go back to our sleep**********************
Rather than blaming only the schools, would it not be feasible to blame it on the parents who, because they're "too busy," left the business of parenting up to the schools? As 45 has proven, it IS much easier to blame one's failings on others.
Rather than blaming only the schools, would it not be feasible to blame it on the parents who, because they're "too busy," left the business of parenting up to the schools? As 45 has proven, it IS much easier to blame one's failings on others.
Sep 19, 2017 10:11:37 #
guitarman
Loc: University Park, Florida
To start pushing back against the police state, the first thing that needs to be done is to outlaw all surveillance cameras, public and private. The second thing is we need a Privacy Law.
Sep 20, 2017 08:35:48 #
susanblange
Loc: USA
1984 was the "acceptable year of the Lord", Isaiah 61:2, and it was proclaimed as such by the Messiah in late 1983. Jarrett Lawrence Emanuel was born on April 4, 1984. This was the exact date given by Orwell on page 6 of his novel.
Sep 20, 2017 10:40:06 #
guitarman wrote:
To start pushing back against the police state, the first thing that needs to be done is to outlaw all surveillance cameras, public and private. The second thing is we need a Privacy Law.
I don't think that's ever going to happen. Now that Big Brother Government has become so intrusive in our lives they aren't about to relinquish anything and want to keep tabs on each and every citizen. We have a plethora of privacy laws, which are routinely ignored by City, State and Federal agency's.
Sep 25, 2017 05:31:55 #
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