1984

'I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt...' Winston Smith

My gosh, I go down on my knees and hail George Orwell for delivering such words of liberating wisdom.

1984 was a brilliant socio-commentary and warning on the potential evils of the police state and totalitarianism. It was intended as a clear dig at the Communist Bloc during Orwell's time. Besides the sprouting of various memorable phrases, the novel contributed many new words to the english vocabulary (want to find out what they are? go read the book you lazy ass)

As I'm re-reading the book after a 9 year haitus (yes I'm that damn old), it struck me that the ideas that Orwell introduced in the book has clearly been mirrored in our present day society, so I feel there's a responsibilty for me, as a civic-minded person, to bring them to you.

So in the many postings to come, I will be regularly popping a few quotes from the book together with commentary and comparisions from yours truly. Remember...

*pic used without permission from thoughtcrime.org (heyz its in the spirit of 1984 rite)