Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:08:31 -0500
From: txliberty@yahoo.com ("Terry L Parker")
Subject: [libs4peace] US Thru the Looking Glass
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U.S. should look in the mirror
By Ellen Goodman
THE BOSTON GLOBE

After a hard year, our government has somehow segued from a war on terror
to a war on Iraq. The evildoer named Osama as morphed into the evil
threatener named Saddam. There's been a sleight of policy hand and mind
that many Americans have trouble following.

MoreAt:
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/monday/editorial_5.html
[that link is good until next Monday ]


In George Orwell's famous novel "1984" conceived and written during the
first half of the 20th Century, there are passages about the 'two minute
hate'  These are part of the control and manipulation tactics portrayed in
this depiction of a totalitarian society.  In one of these sessions the
face of the 'enemy' being 'hated' is actually switched and everyone seems
to go along; as unreal as that seems!  Here's a sample of one of those '2
minute hates' though you will have to search the on-line version of the
novel to find that 'bait & switch' enemy session   :)

"It was even possible, at moments, to switch one's hatred this way or that
by a voluntary act. Suddenly, by the sort of violent effort with which one
wrenches one's head away from the pillow n a nightmare, Winston succeeded
in transferring his hatred from the face on the screen to the dark-haired
girl behind him. Vivid, beautiful hallucinations flashed through his mind.
He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon. He would tie her naked
to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian. He would
ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax. Better than before,
moreover, he realized why it was that he hated her. He hated her because
she was young and pretty and sexless because he wanted to go to bed with
her and would never do so, because round her sweet supple waist, which
seemed to ask you to encircle it with your arm, there was only the odious
scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity"

That's an excerpt from one of the novel's chapters on-line.  But you can't
read just one
at: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/


1984 - The Movie

All of these clips were taken from the film version of George Orwell's
novell Nineteen-eighty-four. The clips are all in the RealAudio format.
This
movie relied heavily on visuals, so I have edited these clicks in order to
remove any long pauses in the dialog in order to cut the size down by
20-40%. Unfortunately, this sometimes causes the actors to sound like
they're rambling on without even taking a breath, but it allows me to
include a lot more scenes. These 25 minutes of Real Audio represents almost
40 minutes of the movie.

Click on "RA" to download the files to your system in order to play
them locally. Click on "RAM" in order to hear the files through an audio
stream. (FREE Player at www.real.com)

at: http://members.aol.com/orion1787/go-movie.html



Some encouragement
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/message/323

and background
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/message/317


America's best ideal is a brave love for life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness as it triumphs over the tyranny of fear!


PeaceInTheHeartOfTexas,
Terry Liberty Parker
AustinVoiceCall 1.512.462.1776
Find 21st Century 'War & Peace' via
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And at that same site WATCH LibertyTV in the 'Links' area
Also, In Austin Every Sunday 6pm - ? I host informal discussion to which
all
are welcome who want to talk about ideas & issues of freedom at Hickory St
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