On Monday 24 June 2013 12:57:01 André Nunes Batista wrote: > Since I was the one who first pointed out 1984, I guess I should add > another comment. > > I do not meant we actually live in Orwell's society. I used an hyperbole > as mean to purposefully disregard the differences in fiction and point > out how far his "distopia" went on to describe something very prevalent > on our societies: surveillance and behavior control, aka, fascism, and > the use of "tech" to put this on practice.
That is exactly how I understood what you said. I think that you were totally clear. It was Joel Rees with whom I disagreed. I still say that 1984 is not an allegory. It is not symbolic of anything; it is itself. I entirely agree with what you say here. It is disturbing how like Orwell's distopia our modern world is. And disturbing that he could see the seeds so long ago. I fear our governnments more than I fear the things from which they claim to protect us. Lisi This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to continue we should take it off-list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201306241528.18743.lisi.re...@gmail.com