Orwell & Nineteen Eighty-Four

[David Morris]

This made me shiver.

--- s~Z <keithsz at concentric.net> wrote:
> The paragraph could just as easily be an allusion to this as 9/11.
> Especially since 9/11 was not characterized by any bombs falling. Pick an
> allusion any allusion.
> 
> "We at least know why we in the Homeland have to make these sacrifices. They
> seem to me more than bearable, especially given the sacrifices those in the
> areas subject to bombing attacks have been enduring nearly every night. Our
> enemy is attacking all they have with brutal cynicism, hoping to destroy
> their morale. They admit that openly. The German cultural monuments that
> they are destroying will be their eternal shame. But they want more than
> that. They are waging war against the attitude of our people, destroying
> civilian life, killing old people, women and children, and do not even
> bother to cloak their infamous bloody terror. (The Minister's remarks draw
> repeated shouts of Pfui and disgust.) The Church of England declared a few
> days ago that bombs do not distinguish between men, women and children. Even
> this seems mild when compared to the demonic hatred and triumph in the
> London Jewish papers. We Germans are not the sort of people who beg for
> mercy from an enemy who is out to annihilate us. We know that there is only
> one effective answer to British-American bombing terror: counter-terror. "
> 
> from The Winter Crisis is Over
> by Joseph Goebbels (1943)
> http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/goeb40.htm
> 
> 


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