Re: Doublespeak, Doublethink, Thought Police, and 1984

[chen@intuit.com (Mark Chen)]

> I first read "1984" in around 1966, when I was in the 8th grade, and
> it has stuck with me ever since. No other novel has added as many
> basic linguistic and political ideas to the language as this novel--by
> yet another member of the Eric Conspiracy Secret Laboratories!
> 
> Big Brother, Thought Police, thoughtcrime, doublespeak, doublethink,
> Big Brother is Watching You!, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery,
> sexcrime, unperson, and probably several other terms I've left
> out. All are part of our language.
> 
> Too bad people on both the left and the right are missing the lesson.
> 
> Any Cypherpunk who hasn't read this novel should run out tonight to
> the All-Nite Barnes and Borders Megastore and buy a copy.

And while you're at it, you might want to take a look at Orwell's
classic essay, "Politics and the English Language."


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