1984. in China.

[joseph porter]

With the arrest and "confession" of Mr. Woo in China, 
it is chilling to see, five years before the 
millenium, the operation of a state apparatus "Oceana" 
may have avoided.

It is interesting that the organized, militant and 
armed citizenry of America often points to China as a 
rationalization for their mobilization and the 
legitimation of their activites.

I have always felt that if we in the west have been 
lucky enough to avoid an Orwellian future, it has been 
more than anything, because of the publication, 
dissemination and discussion of his book (and the 
great sacrifices he made to write it), rather than 
some neo-Jeffersonian call to arms.