tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post1002487857196763514..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Tony Clement's Orwellian "Open Government" PlanSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85782331083866228802014-11-12T07:25:04.371-05:002014-11-12T07:25:04.371-05:00hi David...although I was predicting that the U.S....hi David...although I was predicting that the U.S. was heading for fascism way back in my university days, it never crossed my mind that it could happen here. There are days when I still can't believe what has happened to my Canada. And the fevered militarism that is sweeping the country only makes me wonder even more where we are going....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-15151770876796106002014-11-12T04:17:14.492-05:002014-11-12T04:17:14.492-05:00“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak ...“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?... Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?... The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” ― George Orwell, 1984Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.com