1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"
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Wed Apr 30 21:04:32 CDT 2003
In a message dated 4/30/2003 9:56:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:
> The closest Bush comes to anyone Pynchon mentions is Churchill, which
> isn't very close.
That's too bad because I was hoping he'd share C's post-war fate.
>
> P only says it MIGHT be argued that C behaved no differently than a
> fascist regime. However the fascist-like actions cited were simply the
> usual ones taken when a country is in mortal danger, which Britain was.
Right. Bush/Ashcroft are much closer to the real thing.
> There is nothing said about Churchill's intending to permanently do away
> with civil liberties and such. Add to that the fact that American's
> situation at present is trivial danger-wise compared to Britain's in WW
> II. Osama is a threat of a sort to America but certainly no mortal
> danger to her survival, as the Axis powers were to Britain's.
>
>
You make my point better than I can.
respectfully
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