...which you seem to shift each post; some specific person with an associated specific thoughtcrime. Wayne Throop ÿ thro...@sheol.org ÿhttp://sheol.org/throopw Well, let's take ... observed. It's no wonder some people didn't like him.)  This was certainly not "thoughtcrime".  The Church clearly was not reacting to what Galileo was thinking. That, I suppose...
... and spied on civil rights and antiwar groups during the 1950s and 60s. More research: (quote strings added to prevent linkwrap) Congress' "anti-extremist" bill targets online thoughtcrime http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9825287-38.html Here Come the Thought Police: The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/...
... expect eternal subservience and praise. �There are probably statues of Him everywhere. �He is omninarcissistic. Meanwhile, the Christian Hell stands as His gulag for those who have committed even thoughtcrimes. �I mean, where is the comfort people find in this metaphysics, really? �I just don't see it. Well I've had some experiences in prayer where, even though I suffer, God...
..., wherein an all-powerful deity reads your thoughts, knows all your deeds, and expect eternal subservience and praise. There are probably statues of Him everywhere. He is omninarcissistic. Meanwhile, the Christian Hell stands as His gulag for those who have committed even thoughtcrimes. I mean, where is the comfort people find in this metaphysics, really? I just don't see it.
... which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. In short....protective stupidity." Thoughtcrime (Newspeak: Crimethink) - To even consider any thought not in line with the principles of... can control crime. "Thoughtcrime is death. Thoughtcrime does not entail death, Thoughtcrime is death.... The essential crime that contains all others in itself." doublethink: "To ...
... Nineteen Eighty-Four. It is the job of the Thought Police to uncover and punish thoughtcrime and thought-criminals, using psychology and omnipresent surveillance from telescreens to find and eliminate members ... actions, but also the thoughts of its subjects, labeling unapproved thoughts with the term thoughtcrime, or, in Newspeak, crimethink. It also had much to do with Orwell's own "power...
... rules Oceania under its supreme figurehead, Big Brother. A man haunted by painful memories and restless desires, Winston is a malcontent who keeps a secret diary of his private thoughts, thus committing thoughtcrime -- the crime of independent thought contrary to the aims of the Party. His life takes a fatal turn when he is accosted by a fellow Outer Party worker -- a mysterious, bold-...
...: Islamic morality predated Kant by several hundreds of years. Ask your average Muslim about Kant and they'll shrug their shoulders. Kant has had none, or next to no influence on Islamic morality and theology, and I'll thank you not to blame Kant for the disgusting crimes committed by such persons. If there were such things as thoughtcrimes, you'd have several life sentences. SJ
..." indeed. The basic idea behind Newspeak was to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, good thoughts and thoughtcrimes) which reinforce the total dominance of the State. Similarly, Newspeak root words served as both nouns and verbs, which allowed further reduction in the total number of words; for ...
...of names" indeed. The basic idea behind Newspeak was to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, good thoughts and thoughtcrimes) which reinforce the total dominance of the State. Similarly, Newspeak root words served as both nouns and verbs, which allowed further reduction in the total number of words; for example...
