1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

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In a message dated 5/1/2003 12:51:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
isread at btopenworld.com writes:


> It was never quite so simple and it isn't now. And I honestly don't
> think P. was interested in writing a Foreword in which he said it's
> 1984. Attacks on civil liberties have taken place, certainly. But
> Chomsky and Michael Moore have had books in the best-sellers lists. I
> don't know the numbers involved, what constitutes a best-seller, but
> there's a market for dissent. We have a system in which dissent has a
> place; the problem for the government, the ruling class, just plain
> Them, is to keep it in its place. Because people aren't stupid. My
> reading of Orwell, a man of great courage and commitment, is that he
> thought, deep down, they were, so they could be manipulated. My reading
> of P's take on Orwell is that he's not so sure. He appreciates the
> importance of the battle going on, and that's what he's addressing in
> the passage we've discussed. It might be only two dots, but they're like
> the Tardis, there's an awful lot of stuff inside. And it is only one
> page. I'm still waiting to read the complete Foreword, from start to
> finish; when I do I'll be looking for a narrative.
> 
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Well said. I agree with most of this, especially about P not
being so sure. Thanks.

respectfully
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