Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian
superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought
Police. The story takes place in London, the capital of the territory
of Airstrip One (Britain).

Winston works in a cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history
in accordance with the agenda of the Party which 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-looking girl named Julia -- and they
begin an illicit affair. Their first meeting takes place in the remote
countryside where they exchange subversive ideas and enjoy a sexual
encounter. Shortly after, Winston rents a room above a pawn shop where
they continue their liaison. Julia, a sensual, free-spirited woman,
procures contraband food and clothing for them, and for a brief few
months they secretly meet and enjoy an idyllic life of relative
freedom and contentment together.

"turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqCJaPJ8APQ

"You make sound like a bad idea"

*Big Brother*

On Mar 23, 11:41 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:

Will reason win the day?

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:49:48 -0700, turtoni wrote:

in a world of...

Crimestop - "The faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the
threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping
analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the
simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or
repelled by any train of thought 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 Ingsoc. Doubting any of the principles of
Ingsoc. All crimes begin with a thought. So, if you control thought, you
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 know and not to know, to be conscious of complete
truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold
simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them...