George was wrong! 1984 predicted the coming of a lethal weapon. Language a deadly tool for miseducation. Trimmed, refined and pruned. No words to express unwanted thoughts. Limited words for limited thinking. In the archives, they re-wrote the past, simplified it, confused it. Orwell got it backwards, the language is not [...]
Entries from April 2010
Newspeak
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments
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Dusty feet
April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
I have dusty feet, Steve has dusty feet and Justin will likely have dusty feet too. It’s metaphorical of course, our feet are not actually dirty. Once my mom told me, that back home that’s how they call people who are never home. Instead of keeping their house tidied up, they go [...]
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Why do people procreate?
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Why do people have children? Why do people long for the costly obligations and endless work of parenting. Why procreate and forgo freedom. For legacy, social duty, imperative of the species, curiosity? Is it just because that’s what people do? Last night Justin was running around from the living room to the kitchen. Steve was [...]
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