From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 26 20:13:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01541 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:13:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01534 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:13:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from serv.net (dialup736.serv.net [207.207.65.100]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA06575; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <35940285.4C7C@concentric.net> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:13:26 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: fewtch@serv.net From: Tim Gerchmez To: ML Duke Subject: Re: How important is "the OS?" Cc: Rick Hamell , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, simon mendoza Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 26-Jun-98 ML Duke wrote: > It was "1984" and it was "George" Orwell, but those are unimportant > errors. The serious error is to think our current society is not > related to Orwell's "fictional" one. But Orwell's "double speak" has > been renamed: Its called "political correctness." > > We are living in it. _Now_. *No way*... and to believe so is paranoia, plain and simple. Our current society is *NOWHERE NEAR* what was portrayed in the book, not by a thousand miles. Do you have a mandatory camera in every room in your house (restrooms included) tied to the U.S. government and your local police departments? Are you forced to watch certain TV programs at certain times to receive government dictation on what to do tomorrow when you wake up? Do you have your lifelong career assigned to you from birth by a government worker? Are there certain times of day you can leave your house, and certain times you have to stay inside? Are there heavy restrictions on where you can drive to, and when? This was the kind of world portrayed in the book '1984.' Our society is FAR from utopian, but comparing it to the world of '1984' is downright paranoia. If I remember correctly, thoughts were directly censored in that world as well - thinking certain thoughts was against the law, and medications were used to prevent such thoughts. The fact that you posted that message stating you feel we're living in that kind of world, and weren't immediately arrested and "re-educated" for sending it, shows that your statement was false. ---------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Tim Gerchmez Date: 26-Jun-98 Time: 19:59:11 This message was sent by XFMail under Fvwm2 and FREEBSD. My personal website is at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html Take a look if you have the time - something for everyone there. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message