Pynchon's "Knewspeak"
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 16 14:31:25 CST 2003
Otto wrote:
>
> >
> > So why is Pynchon penning a Forward to 1984?
> >
>
> Maybe because he thinks (as many others too) that the world is in danger in
> becoming a world similar to that world Orwell has described in the novel?
You mean to say, Iraq is in danger of becoming such a world. Stalinism
is dead the world most of us enjoy living in. Even the French and the
Germans have to admit that the United States has thus far been one of
the reasons why.
>
> >From which "Blair" is that stupid quote?
>
> Otto
> >
> > "All Left-wing parties in the highly industrialized countries are at
> > bottom a sham, because they make it their business to fight against
> > something which they do not really want to destroy."
> >
> > --Blair
>
Sorry, Bliar's real name is George Orwell.
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